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OFF-SCREEN SAPCES: REGIONALISM AND GLOBALISED CULTURES
AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FILM, TELEVISION AND MEDIA:
CULTURES AND POLICIES
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http://www.bftv.ac.uk
http://www.bftv.ac.uk/events/osscall2.htm
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
A conference organised by the AHRB Centre for British Film
and Television Studies in association with The Centre for
Media Research, University of Ulster
Wednesday 28 - Friday 30 July 2004
University of Ulster, Coleraine (Portrush Campus)
This major international conference will explore the
relationship between 'global' popular culture and various
definitions of 'local' culture. Crucial to an understanding
of this relationship is the concept of 'the region' as it
has become reconfigured by global economic and cultural
forces. Regional cultures exist in relation and in
opposition to dominant national cultures and interact with
them in complex and contradictory ways.
National cultures are themselves often posited as
'regional' cultures in opposition to the global and the
concept of 'critical regionalism' has been canvassed as a
challenge to global conformity or homogeneity. On the other
hand, in line with the strategies of multinational
corporations more generally, multinational software
manufacturers have divided the global market into 'regions'
for the purpose of controlling the DVD market. This would
suggest that, despite the potential of regional cultures to
offer alternatives to the global market, there is in fact
nothing intrinsically challenging or radical in the concept
of the region.
The conference will explore the complex and contradictory
relationships among the local, the regional, the national
and the global and assess the implications for both media
representation and local, national and transnational
audio-visual policy. Central to discussions will be the
concept of comparative film studies and a number of papers
will address the rationale and theoretical implications of
comparative media research.
The conference also encourages papers that explore the role
that new ICTs play in shaping regional digital cultures and
politics. How, for instance, have social movements adopted
new technologies in order to become organised in ways that
challenge national borders? What responses have the state
and supranational entities had to such practices? How have
new media industries redefined cartographies of production,
distribution and consumption and what are some of the new
antagonisms and collaborations that attend such
socio-technical formations? The conference is interested in
both theoretical and reflexive empirical responses to
questions along these lines.
PROGRAMME:
Confirmed speakers so far include:
John Tomlinson, Ien Ang, Toby Miller, John Hill, Ned
Rossiter, Valentina Vitali, Desmond Bell, Máire Messenger
Davies and Paul Willemen.
Conference sessions will include the following themes:
Regional Cultures
Digital Cultures & the role of ICTs
Ukania and the Cultural Break-up of Britain
National Cinemas
Irish Cinema (and other small Anglophone Cinemas)
Globalised Hollywood
Comparative Film/Media Studies
There are two special plenary sessions:
Regional Policy and the BBC Charter Renewal Debate (with
Pat Loughrey, Director, BBC Regions and Nations) Four Years
of the Film Council (with John Hill from the Film Council)
CONFERENCE FEES:
Fees (with two nights accommodation) £130.00
Fees only £90.00
Fees include breakfast, tea & coffee, light lunch and
evening meals on Wednesday and Thursday.
Please note that paper presenters need to register for the
conference and pay the registration fee. Cheques made
payable to University of Ulster
Due date for abstracts: June 11, 2004
ABSTRACTS AND ENQUIRIES TO:
Janet Mackle Martin Mcloone
Conference Co-ordinator Conference Organiser
Cultural Development
Centre for Media Research
Tel: 028 7032 4683
University of Ulster
Coleraine
Northern Ireland
BT52 1SA
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Registration form can be downloaded from:
http://www.bftv.ac.uk/events/osscall2.htm
The Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) funds
postgraduate and advanced research within the UK's higher
education institutions and provides funding for museums,
galleries and collections that are based in, or attached
to, HEIs within England. The AHRB supports research within
a huge subject domain - from 'traditional' humanities
subjects, such as history, modern languages and English
literature, to music and the creative and performing arts.
The AHRB makes awards on the basis of academic excellence
and is not responsible for the views or research outcomes
expressed by its award holders.
Hosted by Birkbeck College, the AHRB Centre for British
Film and Television Studies - www.bftv.ac.uk - is funded
for a period of five years under the AHRB Research Centres
Scheme and is a partnership of eight institutions.
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AHRB Centre for British Film & Television Studies
http://www.bftv.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7631 6137
Fax: 020 7631 6136
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