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> From: Helen Davis
> Reply To: Helen Davis
> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 15:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: The Radio Conference
>
> Tim Wall (Chair Radio Studies Network)
>
> The Radio Conference: A Transnational Forum
>
> Location: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
> Dates: July 28-31, 2003
>
> Radio is one of the most widespread and accessible media in the world
> today,
> yet it remains an understudied site of cultural production. This
> conference
> joins a growing handful of others held over the last few years to bring
> together scholars, practitioners, and students of radio to share ideas
> and
> perspectives on radio1s cultural role in an increasingly global media
> context. We welcome proposals for papers, panels, and symposia on all
> aspects of radio - historical, cultural, critical, and institutional -
> including but not limited to the range of topics below:
>
> Broadcasting versus narrowcasting
> Radio1s invisible public(s)
> Radio and nation
> Radio activism and grassroots radio
> National and transnational radio histories
> New audio technologies: web radio, digital broadcasting, satellite radio
> Radio and music
> Audio forms, styles and genres
> Centers and margins in broadcasting
> Radio archives and preservation of the audio past
> Negotiations of identity: race, gender, class
> Transnational audio flows and influences
> Cultural policy and radio
> Industry consolidation, fragmentation, and innovation
> Radio and national cultures
>
> You may submit proposals for individual papers, pre-constituted panels,
> or
> symposia. See our website at
> http://commarts.wisc.edu/radioconference.htm
> for information on these formats and instructions on how to submit your
> proposal. Information about keynote speakers, accommodations, travel,
> helpful links, and the conference schedule will be posted when available.
> DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS JANUARY 15, 2003, but we encourage earlier
> proposals. Acceptance will be made on a rolling basis.
> The conference is jointly sponsored by the Radio Studies Network of Great
> Britain and the University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA. The conference
> planning board consists of Tim Wall (University of Central England,
> Birmingham) and Michele Hilmes (Unversity of Wisconsin-Madison),
> co-chairs;
> James Baughman (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Kathy Newman (Carnegie
> Mellon University), Jason Loviglio (University of Maryland - Baltimore
> County), and David Goodman (University of Melbourne).
>
> Contact Michele Hilmes ([log in to unmask]) for more information.
>
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