October 2–3, 2026

University of Oviedo (Historic Building), Spain

Deadline for submission: May 15, 2026

The University of Oviedo, through the Department of Art History and Musicology, in collaboration with the R&D Project Music and Audiovisual Media: Intermedial Transits, Heritage and Cultural Dialogues (MUSIMA) (PID2023-147271NB-I00), announces the call for papers for the International Conference on Identities, Ideologies and Aesthetics in Subcultures, Music Scenes and Urban Tribes, to be held on October 2–3, 2026, at the Historic Building of the University of Oviedo.

This event builds on previous initiatives such as the Conference on Subcultures, Identities and Other Rhetorics of Participation (SUIPA, Complutense University of Madrid, 2024) and gatherings organized by Punk Scholars Iberia. It is conceived as a forum for academic exchange and discussion, bringing together researchers interested in subcultures, music scenes, urban tribes, and related sociocultural formations within popular culture.

The conference adopts an open academic approach, welcoming contributions from a wide range of disciplines, empirical contexts, and analytical perspectives. It aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue across fields such as Sociology, Cultural Studies, Musicology, Communication, Anthropology, Cultural Geography, and the Arts and Humanities.

Full call for papers and further details: https://congreso-subculturas-2026.webnode.es/

Thematic areas include:

• Concepts, categories, and theorization
  
• Digital cultures, video games, media ecologies, and platforms
  
• Creativity, emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence
  
• Spaces, territories, and urban and rural studies
  
• Situated, mixed, collaborative, and visual methodologies
  
• Memory, musical heritage, nostalgia, and revival
  
• Political economy, cultural labor, and alternative media
  
• Bodies, gender, queerness, and political action
  
• Photography, fashion, and other artistic media
  
• Popular music
  
• Audiovisual media
  
• Film, photography, and music festivals and live events
  

Submission guidelines:

Proposals should be sent to: congresosubculturas@gmail.com

Subject line: “PROPUESTA DE COMUNICACIÓN UNIOVI 2026”

Submissions must include a single PDF file containing:

• An abstract (max. 250 words)
  
• A short biographical note (max. 150 words)
  
• Indication of up to three thematic areas
  

Proposals may be submitted in English, Spanish, Portuguese, or any of the co-official languages of Spain. Only in-person presentations will be accepted.

Contact: congresosubculturas@gmail.com