Call for Papers
CENTRE for COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION STUDIES, UNIVERSITY of WESTMINSTER
UNIVERSITY of NORTH LONDON
EUROPEAN INSTITUTE for COMMUNICATION and CULTURE (EURICOM)
Diasporic Communications: Transnational & Local Cross-currents
London, 5-7 September 2001
The Centre for Communication & Information Studies of the University of
Westminster (CCIS) and the University of North London, in association with
the European Institute for Communication & Culture (Euricom) intend to
hold a Colloquium on diasporic communication and audiences at the Harrow
Campus of the University of Westminster in London.
As the relationship between diasporas and globalization is enhanced and
intensified as a result of the transnationalization of the media,
processes of reconfiguration of place, space and culture are set in motion
and affect diasporic communities everyday life: electronic media, old and
new, increasingly link producers and audiences across national boundaries
and initiate processes of deterritorialization/reterritorialization of
diasporic identities, challenging and transforming established notions of
the nation-state, of tradition, heritage and citizenship and modes of
belonging.
The Colloquium aims to bring together academics to discuss these processes
and their broader implications. Although the organisers do not wish to
prioritise any particular method or approach within the scope of the
overall topic, we would envisage the colloquium to address the following
general themes:
intersections of the transnational & the local in diasporic
communications
diasporic communications & diasporic identities
diasporic audiences & diasporic cultural politics
diasporic cultural production & consumption : the interplay between
integration, cultural separatism & hybridity
Papers are invited on any of these topics, or upon other issues defined by
prospective participants. The colloquium organisers intend to pursue
publication of selected papers presented during the event.
Prospective participants should send abstracts of about 200 words to Roza
Tsagarousianou ([log in to unmask]) or Shehina Fazal
([log in to unmask]) as soon as possible, and in any event by Friday 23
March 2001. Invitations will be issued by the end of April 2001.
For more information on the colloquium visit
http://media.wmin.ac.uk/diasporas/
or contact Dr. Roza Tsagarousianou, Centre for Communication & Information
Studies, Block J, University of Westminster Northwick Park Campus, Watford
Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3TP, United Kingdom,
Tel. +44(0)20 7911 5000 ext 4196, Fax +44(0)20 7911 5942, E-mail
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For further information about the European Institute for Communication &
Culture, and publications from previous colloquia, visit the Euricom
website at: http://www2.arnes.si/guest/ljjavno1/euricom.html
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Dr. Roza Tsagarousianou
Centre for Communication and Information Studies
Block J, University of Westminster Northwick Park Campus, Watford Road,
Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3TP, United Kingdom
Tel. +44(0)20 7911 5000 ext 4196
Fax +44(0)20 7911 5942
E-mail [log in to unmask]
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