Accepted Presentations

One of the greatest strengths of IAFOR’s international conferences is their international and intercultural diversity. As of July 30, 2025, BAMC2025 has received over 330 submissions from 69 countries and territories - including: Brazil, Canada, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Nigeria, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the UAE, the UK, and the United States.

The following submissions have been accepted for presentation at BAMC2025.

Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations

- The Role of Digital Diplomacy in Building Nation Branding for Egyptian Expatriate
- #influenced to Care: Comparing Human and Virtual Influencers in Promoting Eco-friendly Fashion
- What Was that Brand? Exploring and Expanding Vampire Effect Theory in Digital Advertising
- From View to Purchase: An Investigation of Vlog Mall Consumer Purchase Intention After Watching AI-Generated Sponsored Vlogs
- Impulse Buying Behavior of Malaysian Research University Students in Online Stores
- The Art of Belonging: Experiential Marketing and Collaboration at Molave Marketplace

Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music

- Understanding and Performing Silence in Dance
- The Backyard of Weird Creatures: Ethical Reflections on AI in Cyberformance
- The Hidden Costs of Musical Excellence: Interventions for a Healthier Path in Music
- Indigenous Imagination Dance as a Healing Modality
- Amathambo KaMngoma as a Metaphor for Acting Techniques in Southern Africa
- Playing the Impossible: Performing Utopia at a Tabletop Game Table During a May Day Rally
- The Creative Process of Physical Science Theatre: A Case Study of Why Me? Is It My DNA?

Arts Practices

- In Search of Balance: Turning Online Media Losses to Gains for the Promotion of Youth Productivity
- When Imagination Becomes Intelligent: Unlocking Creativity Through Concept Building Exercises
- Underground Commons: Rhizospheric Art Practices in Partnership with Soil Communities
- Witnessing Through Art: AI Weiwei and the Aesthetics of Political Resistance
- Tradition in Transition: Contemporary Miniature Painting and Global Cross-cultural Flows
- A Critical Analysis of the Artistic Merits of Copies: Ajanta Copies in State Museum, Hyderabad

Aesthetics and Design

- Beyond the Product-centered Design Culture
- Developing a Classification Model: A Categorization of Contemporary Tattoo Art Within the Urban Landscapes of Kumasi and Accra Metropolises
- Adopting Embroidery Techniques on Indigenous Tanned Leather for the Production of Instructional Materials
- Global Threads: The Influence of British Calicos on Traditional Kalamkari Textile
- The Integration and Expression of Chinese Traditional Aesthetic Thought in Oil Painting: The Example of QiYunShengDong (气韵生动)
- Contemporary Authorial Glass Design in Portugal: Between Craft and Technology

Literature, Literary Studies and Theory

- Navigating Spaces, Creating Places: a Spatial Analysis of Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You
- Poetries of Abandonment: A Study of Plath and Glück
- "History as a Nightmare": From Modernist to Metamodernist Irish Drama (James Joyce, Flan O’Brien, Frank McGuinness and Owen McCafferty)
- Sankofa Reading of S.E.K. Mqhayi’s Two IsiXhosa Poems: Lessons for South African Leadership Crisis
- Poetry and Politics: Irish Poetry in Georgian Translation
- Migration, Identity, and the Symbolic Weight of Place in Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn
- A Posthumanist Reading of Bessie Head's When Rain Clouds Gather
- Listening to Literature: Intermedial Forms and the Reconfiguration of Textuality
- Translating Millennial Intimacy: Sally Rooney’s Coming-of-age Novels in Georgian Translation
- Bare Life, Broken Dreams: Decoding Subjugation, Xenophobia and Governmentality in Select Narratives of Marichjhapi Massacre
- Exophonic Historical Writing About China: Shan Sa's Porte De La Paix Céleste as an Example
- Reframing Female Madness: Colonial and Patriarchal Pathologization in Pillars of Salt
- The Mystical Journey in Kahlil Gibran’s Writings: Symbolism, Allegory, and Metaphor in the Madman, the Prophet, and the Broken Wings
- Echoes of Melancholia: Freud and Klein's Psychoanalytic Paradigms of Object Loss in the Writings of Sylvia Plath

Climate Change and Arts, Media, Culture

- Climate Crisis and Human Responsibility: Reading the Great Derangement and Gun Island Through the Lens of Environmental Humanism
- Empowering Communities for Sustainability: Ecotourism Planning in Laguna De Bay
- Literary Value Transmission and Media Narrative Transformation in the Overseas Communication of Chinese Micro-dramas Driven by Global Citizenship Consciousness
- Evaluation of the Contribution of Indigenous Art Forms in Nigerian Broadcast Media on Climate Change Awareness and Mitigation Behaviour
- Media Coverage and Public Engagement in Climate Change Communication: Bridging Global Narratives and Local Realities
- Reverberant Tribal Manoeuvres: Delineating Graphic Tranquilities of Autochthonic History

Digital Humanities

- Examining Individuals' NFT Purchase Intentions
- Connecting Memory and Innovation: Digital Transformation of Documentation Centers and Museums
- Artificial Intelligence Translation – Grammatical and Lexical Failures
- Braking Barriers: Art and Technology for Neurodivergent Inclusion in the Whitney Museum of American Art
- Opposing Social Media Movement on Sexual Violence: A Case Study on Female University Students' Abduction and Rape in Ethiopia
- Student Perspectives on Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Distance Learning in Secondary and Higher Education
- Adaptation of Mukowasha Sakabonyo to 2D Animation: Towards Re-storying and Restoring of Korekore Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Dreaming the City: Reclaiming Urban Memory and Queer Intimacy Through AI Immersive Narratives in "Chongqing 2046"
- Mapping Disinformation Narratives Through Digital Humanities: A Pan-African Feminist Lens
- Operational Functions and Extratextual Engagements: Digital Narratives in Hyperlinked Spaces
- Digital Dependency and Human Interaction in a Cross-Cultural Study of Communication Patterns in the Post-Pandemic Era

Politics and Philosophy

- Filipino Young Voters' Sources of Information in the 2022 Elections: Inputs for the Development of Voter Education Materials
- Digital Governance in the Philippines: A Scoping Review of Current Challenges and Opportunities
- Contours of Resistance: Gender, Class, and State Power in Pak-Afghan Borderlands

Ageing Studies

- "Gen Jones" and Elder Latinxs: Shining Light on Unique Digital Tech Gaps Impacting Health, Lifeways
- Images and Narratives of Sexual Desire and Desirability of Older Filipinas in Films

Gender, Sexuality and Culture

- The Connection Between Social Media Addiction and Masculine Depression: The Roles of Physical Appearance Comparison, Self-Esteem, and Emotional Control
- Zoe Saldaña as Confounding Heroine in the Film Emilia Pérez: Motifs of Exclusion, Unexpected Mothering of Attorney Mora Castro
- Mothering Pretty: Maternal Identity Negotiation as a Performative Social Phenomenon on Instagram
- HA HA HA!: Malaysian Muslims' Perspectives on Humorous Non-normative Performance and Expression
- Fear and Patriarchy: Women Representation in Pakistani Soap Operas
- Reframing LGBTQ+ Narratives in the Ghanaian Media: Applying Ubuntu as an Ethical Framework for Inclusive Journalism
- Roadblocks to Combatting LGBT-based School Bullying in South African Schools: A Phenomenological Study
- The Objectification of Women in Persian Rap & Hip-Hop: Gender, Power and Media Representation
- Suggestive Ties, Unspoken Desires: Queerbaiting and Audience Meaning-Making in Song Lang and a Balloon's Landing
- Indigenous Science in Herbal Health Research Through a Gender Equality Lens in Uganda
- Spectral Intimacy: A Quest for Motherhood and Family in Taradas Bandopadhyay’s Rāņgā Kākimā
- Fluid Politics and Homo-Viewers: Squirting, Embodied Pleasure and Erotic Body in Lesbian Pornography
- Feminist Psychoanalysis of the Protagonist: A Study of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar

Media Studies

- When Tibetan Buddhism Meets New Media: How Tibetan Buddhist Community Negotiate with New Information Technologies
- Virtual Reality Beyond the Digital: Historical and Epistemological Perspectives on Immersive Presence in Western Culture
- Relationship Between Social Media, Exposure, Demographic and Hard Drug Consumption Among Undergraduates in Kwara State University, Malete
- Best Practices and Challenges of Social Enterprise Media in Thailand: A Qualitative Analysis
- Moral Frames in the Media: How Lakoff Explains Political Narratives in the Face of Contemporary Crises
- Media System Dependency (MSD) Theory in the Context of Misinformation/disinformation, Crisis, and Institutional Trust: A Systematic Literature Review
- Upholding Authority: Memes in the Hands of Fandom Nationalists
- News-Sharing Among Arab Social Media Users in the United Arab Emirates
- Adolescent Safety on Social Media Risks, Challenges, and Strategies for a Secure Online Environment
- Afrofuturism Unbound: Reimagining Cultural Narrative Through Speculative Aesthetics in Contemporary Art and Media
- Community Radio in Efforts to Curb Maternal Mortality: Perspectives from Radio Staff and Women in Rural Areas of Tanzania
- From "Objectivity" to "Ubuntu": Reaccessing the GJA Code of Ethics
- Like a Thorn in the Flesh: The Pain of Surpassing Online Social Media Pandemics
- "AI Does Not Speak Turkish": Minority Languages and Digital Disappearance in Algorithmic Europe
- What Happened After the "First Wave"?: Sustainability Challenges of BL Media in the Philippines
- Gilded Screens: The Cultural Politics of Wealth Representation in Contemporary Television (2020-2025)
- Decolonising South African Public Health Communication: A Stylistic Analysis of the Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic by Ngoho Community Newspaper
- Unlocking Students' Media Literacy via Critical Thinking: The Case of Kuwait
- The Transformative Power and Evolving Dynamics of Social Media Activism in Egypt: A Scoping Review
- The 'Invisible Gatekeepers': Arab Users' Perceptions of the Algorithmic Impacts on News Consumption About the Gaza War

Visual Culture

- Surveillance in Contemporary Art: Power Shifts, Visibility, and Gender
- Tales of Isolation: A Comparative Visual Analysis of Female Hikikomori in Manga
- Future-Proofing Heritage: Adivasi Art and Its Potential
- Negotiating Female Subjectivity and Transnational Experiences in the Works of Eileen Gray (1878-1976) and Pan Yuliang (1895-1977)
- Compilation (Textual Analysis) of Definitive Conceptual, Aesthetic, & Narrative Elements of Contemporary (Post 2010) Indian Comic Books & Graphic Novels
- The Algorithmic Chimera: Between the Dialectics of AI Pathologies and the Monstrosities of Enlightenment
- Rebirthing Decay: Renaissance Intarsia and the Aesthetics of Impermanence in the Medical Humanities' Material Turn

Communication

- Navigating Digital Feminism: a Cultural Perspective on Social Media Engagement
- Computational Propaganda in the WEIRD Context: What Democracies Can Learn from the Netherlands Case
- Reputation and Fake Information: How "Fake News" Impacts Organizations Reputations in the AI Age
- Two Ways to Europeanization: A Study on the Social Media Debate in Ten European Countries
- Representation and Misrepresentation of Migration in Social Media Discourse in Europe
- YouTube Journalism in Morocco: Platformization and the Politics of Alternative News
- Kristo: Decoding the Lingo and Signals in the Cockpit, a Research-Based Creative Work
- Social Evolution of Order Observation in Art
- The Impact of Cultural Diplomacy Activities by Foreign Cultural Centers Operating in Egypt on the Country’s Image
- Real Estate and Construction Employees' Challenges and Needs of English Communication for Phuket’s Growing Tourism Industry
- Exploring the Literary Paradigm in Intercultural Communication

Film Studies

- Seriousness, Banter, and Vulgarization: The Shift in the Meaning of Sex and Violence in Audio-visual Works of the Northeastern Renaissance
- An Exploration of Director’s Intended Meanings and Audience Interpretations of Paranormal Depictions in Nollywood Films
- ‏Exploring Identity Through Sudanese Sound and Visual Storytelling
- From Immersion to Efficiency: Pragmatic Spectatorship in the Digital Era

Cultural Studies

- Cultural Education and Interdisciplinary Synergies: Building Inclusive Societies Through Arts, Media, and Culture
- Acknowledging the Silver Screen: An Autoethnographic Reflection on the Relationship Between the Ritual of Watching Ramadan Serials and Gender Identity
- Designing Cultural Identity: The Visual Representation of Indonesian Heritage in Government Institutions
- The FlipTop Phenomenon: Embodied Narratives and Cultural Resistance in Filipino Rap Battle League Performances
- Erpangir Ku Lau: Where Water Heals the Soul
- Documentation of Cultural Heritage Resources: A Case of Kolon-Yiri, Upper West Region of Ghana
- How Art Communicates Social Change: A Case Study on Student Occupation of Student’s Cultural Centre in Belgrade During the 2024/2025 Protests
- The In-depth Analysis of Philippine Cultural Heritage Law and Its Participation in the Global Preservation and Protection of Cultural Heritage
- Caring Commons: Youth Mobilization and Moralist Engagement
- Why Hallyu, Not Kollywood? Structural Dynamics and Identity Formation Through State-Led Representation in South Korea
- "Persianism": A New Wave of Persian Nationalism and Identity Among Iranians
- Cultural Insight: Understanding the Human Experience Through the Traditions and Rituals of the People of Bila, Bokod, Benguet
- Archiving the Intangible: Inputs from Project InMAP
- Mapping the Indian Stand-Up Comedy Landscape Through a Davisian Lens of Cultural Topography
- Mapping the Art Consumption Habitus of Academics
- Embodied Devotion: Exploring the Spiritual Dance Ritual of the Tig-Sinulog Women of Cebu
- Ink & Exile: Pictographic Memory, Royal Dispossession, and the Visual Ethics of African Sovereignty
- Critical Transculturalism: Navigating Cultural Complexity in a Globalized World
- Novel Writing: An Alternative Narrative in International Relations and a Tool for Fostering Cultural Diplomacy
- "You Will Be Nearer to Heaven Through Football Than Through the Study of the Gita": Vivekananda, Masculinity, and Sports Culture
- Musical Identity and Cultural Resilience: An Analysis of Nasep Music in Thai Muslim Communities
- Architectural Memory and Postcolonial Space in the Old Settlement of Bitombang, Selayar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Perception of European Union Values ​​in Türkiye in Terms of Culture and Identity
- Digital Aura Reborn: Sustaining Cultural Landscapes Through Media-Archaeological Readings of Black Myth: Wukong
- Research on the Construction and Overseas Dissemination of Hero Images in Chinese Online Fantasy Novels
- The Perception of Nature – Paul Cézanne‘s El Greco
- Towards Neoliberal Approaches to Raising Gen Alpha: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Taiwanese Reality Show Dream Family
- "Persianism": A New Wave of Persian Nationalism and Identity Among Iranians
- Design as a Mediator of Authenticity in the Cultural Representation of Tourist Souvenirs

Architecture and Urban Studies/Design

- Urban Narratives in Literature: Cultural Representation, Resistance, and the Reinterpretation of Cities in the Global South
- Metamorphosis of an Archetype in the Heritage of Persian Architecture
- Geospatial Direct-Address Videos as Alternative Participatory Governance Device for Community Problem Identification and Decision-Making at a Subdivision in Laguna, Philippines
- Fascinating Shops: The Position of Unique Stores in the Organic Development of Shotengai Shopping Areas in Japan

Ethnicity, Difference, Identity

- Beyond Authenticity: Understanding Adaptation and Survival Through Mimicry Among Filipinos in Japan
- Navigating Difference, Identity, and Ethnicity: A Cultural Perspective from Nigeria

History/Historiography

- A Study on the Early Historic Society of Kerala, its Society, Trade and Burial Practices Through the Megaliths (1000BCE to 500CE)

Sociology

- Untold Stories of Former Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) in the Philippines
- How to Stop a Train: Teaching Social Justice Through Children’s Literature
- From Artistic Performance to State Propaganda: The Politicization of Durga Puja in West Bengal
- Beyond the Virus: How the COVID-19 Lockdown Exposed and Amplified Structural Inequalities in India

Other

- Traces of Folklore in Creative Media: The Folktale Influence on Editorial Cartoons with Reference to Selected Salient Features
- The Impacts of Internships Abroad Offered by Ubuntu Cultures and Academics on International Students

Language Development & Literacy

- The Meaning of Mythological Elements in Phraseologisms and Their Motivational Origins

Linguistics, Language and Cultural Studies

- AI in the Press: Divergent Affective Frames of ChatGPT Across China Daily’s Editions and Constructive Journalism’s Role in Shaping Discourse
- Language Nationalism in 19th-Century Albania: The Case of Papa Kristo Negovani
- Dictionary Without Borders: A Hungarian Case Study
- Multimodal Narration in Jerry Pinkney’s the Ugly Duckling: A Textual Stylistics Approach
- Tibetan Linguistic and Cultural Identity
- Stance-taking and Code-switching in #StopEnslavingSaudiWomen: Critical Discourse Analysis of Campaigning Discourse on Twitter
- Automated Detection of Hate Speech and Toxic Comments Using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing
- Hegel and Levinas on the Limits of Conceptual Language: A Phenomenological Enquiry
- Going Global: Artificial Intelligence as a Catalyst for Enhancing Intercultural Communication Among Moroccan EFL University Learners

Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice & Praxis

- 3D Relief Sculptures Inspired by Oji Igbo: A Narrative Account of Longstanding Tradition, West Africa Nigeria

Education, Sustainability & Society: Social Justice, Development & Political Movements

- Confronting the Increase in Gender-based Violence

Education / Pedagogy

- The Use of Virtual Assistants of Everyday Life in Education
- Influence of International Posture on Motivation and Engagement for Japanese Junior High School Students
- I Say It Better in My Language(s): Multilingual Adolescents Enacting Ubuntu Translanguaging
- Engineered Not to Learn: The Four Digital-Induced Cognitive Impairments Hindering Learning Process in Digital Natives
- Individual Differences in Active Learning: The Role of Language Background in the Production Effect
- Dance Pedagogy for Adults: A Pilot Study on Cognition and Social Aesthetics
- Tracing the Contours: Interceptions Between Movement and Permaculture Practices
- Beyond Biomedicine: Centring Indigenous Knowledge and Justice in Health Education for Rural Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Collaborative Leadership in Design Education: Transforming Writing Pedagogies Through Feminist Methodologies
- Understanding Resilience Through a Neuroscience-Informed Lens: A Narrative Inquiry into Positive Outcomes After Childhood Adversity
- Mindfulness and Ecological Intelligence in Design, Technology and Entrepreneurship Education
- Contemporary Emphasis on Civic Education in the Process of Academic Preparation of Pedagogy Students
- From Project to Pedagogy: Designing a Fashion Curriculum Grounded in Sustainable Practice and Industry Collaboration
- Personalizing Learning with Big Data: A Critical Review of Trends, Benefits, and Barriers
- Elevating Creativity: The Rise of Digital Design in Art Education Classrooms
- Enhancing Student Engagement in Online Higher Education in Bangladesh Through Gamification
- Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Teacher Development in Sri Lanka: A Pathway to Educational Equity and Quality
- Using ChatGPT 4o Feedback to Enhance ESL Students' Writing
- Hybrid Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Critical Autoethnography, Situated Subjectivity, and Pedagogies of Recognition
- Integrating Cultural Heritage Awareness into Lifelong Learning: Transformative Early Childhood Education Approaches in UNESCO Learning Cities
- Gen Next PR Professionals: Integrating Traditional and Hybrid Pedagogy in Vietnam’s Public Relations Education

Challenging & Preserving: Culture, Inter/Multiculturalism & Language

- Melodies of Memory: Exploring Culture and Tradition Through Local Folksongs
- Etuaptmu’k T’an Telo’ltimk: Exploring Ways to Develop Cultural Identity and Wellness for Two-Spirit People Through Two-Eyed Seeing