SSA #MAKE 2026

Registration

Submit a Making Matters Proposal

For those who pursue affect in ways that might be somewhat less formally academic and more aesthetic, performative, poetic, evocative, etc, we welcome the submission of proposals for performances, art installations, musical pieces, film and video showings, and similarly provocative interventions. Please submit a detailed description including special requirements for space and some sense of the time-range.

Deadline: May 30, 2026 at 11:00am PDT

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Submit a Paper Abstract

Opens: April 16, 2026 at 1:00pm PDT

Approved streams available: 26
Deadline: May 30, 2026 at 11:00am PDT

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Propose a Stream

We encourage your direct participation in the creation and flow of our conference's conversations around Methods/​Atmospheres/​Knowledges/​Energies through the submission of stream proposals: a submission from a single person, duo, or trio (no more than three) that identifies and expands on a specific theme related to affect in conjunction with the MAKE theme. Your stream will, ideally, become a set of two to four conference panels (with three to four panelists each). The issues and engagements that serve as a stream's central concerns should be clearly framed and conceived in a way that encourages—as much as possible—potential participation from a wide variety of academic disciplines. Please include a list of topics and sub-topics. See example streams.

Opens: March 1, 2026 at 11:30am PST

Deadline: April 6, 2026 at 10:00am PDT

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