Sent on behalf of Gill Branston:
MeCCSA 2008 Conference: First call for papers
MeCCSA is the UK subject association for those teaching and researching in
Media, Communication and Cultural Studies. It joined with AMPE (the
Association of Media Practitioners in Education) last year and the new
organisation holds its first conference from January 9th to 11th 2008,
hosted by the School of Journalism Media and Cultural Studies, at Cardiff
University (with some locations as featured in Dr Who!)
It includes a reception in the Wales Assembly Building (the Senedd) and
evening meal in the nearby Millennium Centre, both in the Bay area.
We are inviting papers, presentations of practice, posters and panels
across the range of interests represented by the Association and its
networks (see www.MeCCSA.org). Some sessions we hope will weave
together ‘practice’ and ‘research’ focused papers, and there will be
separate screenings in full of material referred to in these. George
Monbiot’s presence signals the hope that at least one panel will explore
the relation of media and cultures to environmental politics, and perhaps
also to H.E. practices.
Confirmed plenary speakers:
- Toby Miller (University of California, Riverside)
- George Monbiot (Guardian columnist and environmental activist)
- Greg Philo (Glasgow University)
- Annabelle Sreberny (SOAS).
Other speakers who have said they intend to take part include Martin
Barker, Nick Couldry, Ros Gill, Ian Hargreaves (OFCOM), Sonia Livingstone,
Angela McRobbie, Gillian Swanson, Richard Tait (BBC Trust) and Valerie
Walkerdine, as well as staff from the Cardiff School.
There will be a poster competition with a prize of £100, to be judged by
the MeCCSA Exec.Cttee. (see
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/pop2a.cfm for advice
if you’re uncertain how to present this).
The Art Design Media - Higher Education Academy Subject Centre (ADM-HEA)
are also offering a £300 prize, and publication, for the best paper
analysing key issues impacting on media, communications and cultural
studies in higher education.
Submission details as for other papers etc. below.
Abstracts of papers, presentations of practice and posters, no longer than
250 words, should be sent to [log in to unmask] by September 30th in
order for peer review to take place. They will be accepted from
July 1st onwards.
For panels, let us have a short description and rationale for the whole
(200 words), abstracts for each of the papers (250 words each) and the name
of the person chairing.
If you’re screening in full material referred to in a ‘practice’
presentation, make sure you send some DVD or VHS preview material (not the
whole item) with the abstract.
We’re aiming to produce a conference CD so will need full electronic
versions of any paper (pdf format please) shortly before the conference
date.
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