Radio conference in Australia next year, supported by
the UK Radio Studies Network and others....
--- Bruce Berryman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:07:52 +1000
> From: Bruce Berryman
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: RADIO CONFERENCE MELBOURNE 2005
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> You may already be aware of the planning underway
> for a radio conference to be held in Melbourne,
> Australia in 2005. Here is the first announcement. A
> call for papers will follow shortly.
>
> THE RADIO CONFERENCE 2005 the second transnational
> forum for radio scholars, teachers and broadcasters
> to be held at Rmit University City Campus,
> Melbourne, Australia 11-14 July 2005
> The cultural impacts of radio broadcasting, and the
> continuing social and political importance of radio
> almost all over the world, are important and
> under-researched
> areas. Studies of radio - long neglected in the era
> of television - have been reinvigorated in many
> nations. A Radio Studies Network was formed in
> Britain in 1998 to encourage critical study and
> research and improve the academic and cultural
> status of radio. A similar network, IREN, was
> initiated in EU countries in 2003. That year the
> Radio conference:a transnational forum at the
> University of Madison, Wisconsin, supported by RSN,
> brought participants together from all over the
> world. This was preceded by the
> Radiocracy conferences (Cardiff, 1999 and Durban,
> 2002).
>
> The Radio Conference 2005 in Melbourne will continue
> this movement toward a critical appreciation of
> radio. AustraliaÕs position in the south, adjacent
> to Asia and the Pacific,
> should assist in achieving broad cultural
> participation in the conference.
>
> The conference will provide an international forum
> that aims to:
> 1. strengthen international links between
> participants; and
> 2. continue in Australia, New Zealand and the
> Pacific, the processes of building co-operative
> networks between radio practitioners and
> humanities-based scholars of radio history and
> theory.
>
> The Radio Conference 2005 is organized by staff at
> Melbourne, RMIT, La Trobe and Deakin Universities as
> a co-operative project.
>
> The conference will be held at Storey Hall, RMIT
> University with special sessions at the University
> of Melbourne and La Trobe University. A call for
> papers will follow. In the meantime we encourage
> scholars and broadcasters to consider contributions
> from local, national or comparative perspectives in
> areas such as:
> * radio and communities
> * radio history
> * indigenous radio
> * radio pedagogy
> * radio in the Asian and Pacific regions
> * African radio
> * radio programming
> * radio regulation
> * radio and talk
> * radio, music and sound
> * radio audiences
> * national radio systems
> * youth and radio
> * radio and gender
> * radio and sexuality
> * religion and radio
> * futures of radio broadcasting
> * radio in the digital era
> We actively encourage diverse approaches and
> interests and welcome the inclusion of other themes.
>
> Registrations including earlybird discount will be
> open from November 2004.
> To be added to a conference announcement email list
> please email the conference administrator
> [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
> Bruce Berryman
> Lecturer in Radio and Advanced Media Production
> Media Selection Officer
> RMIT University
> 613 9925 3065
> [log in to unmask]
>
> 3RRR fm producer/presenter
> http://rrr.org.au
>
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