Fourth Journal of Media Practice Symposium
Supported by the Louis Le Prince Centre, and MeCCSA Practice Section
Institute of Communication Studies
University of Leeds 20th June 2008
Media Practice and its field
The relationship with professional practice, teaching and research
Call for Presentations
The fourth JMP symposium will be convened at the University of Leeds
Institute of Communications on Friday 20th June 2008. The conference has
increased in size and vitality since the inaugural conference in 2005, and
we are now recognising this by looking at our context – how we interact
with our field. This is about how we teach media practice, how researchers
and educators relate to professional and conventional practice (and vice
versa), and how our research by and through practice relates to other
research methods and activity in the same field.
The field in which we operate has constraints and conventions in and of
itself; so what, runs the basic question, are the implications and issues
for us? For example, what problems are there in relating our teaching or
research to the industrial context, and should we worry about it anyway?
How can our knowledge best be disseminated to both students and colleagues
within (and outside) the mostly literary and scientific traditions of the
Academy? What obstacles are there for our research colleagues in using
our work, or for post-graduate and doctoral students in understanding and
adapting our methods within their theses? Indeed how do we ensure our work
is properly represented within the field as a whole?
A particular focus this year will be on postgraduate work – such as on
media practice in research awards or on training for teaching media
practice. Proposals concerning the postgraduate aspect are particularly
welcome.
Proposals for creative presentations, screenworks or extracts, posters,
handouts, performances, talks or traditional papers – anything that relates
to media practice as an academic subject – are welcome. There will be
opportunity for additional screenings or audio presentations as
appropriate. As previously, extracts and proceedings will be published and
participants invited to submit to both the JMP and Screenworks. The
organisers would like to receive proposals of up to 500 words plus other
artefacts or information as relevant, by Monday 31st March 2008.
Enquiries (including about available space and technical resources) and
proposals to:
Ian W. Macdonald
Louis Le Prince Centre for Cinema, Photography and Television
Institute of Communication Studies
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
(+44) 113 343 5816
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