MeCCSA Practice Section Update – 11 Jan 2008
Contents
1. MeCCSA 2008 Conference report
2. Journal of Media Practice Symposium – CFP Deadline 31 March 2008
3. AVPhD South Wales and South West England regional workshop – CFP extended deadline – 28
Feb 2008
4. Negotiating the Mediascape (Canterbury) – CFP deadline 14 Jan
5. Westminster Arts on Film Archive
1. MeCCSA 2008 Conference Report
I’ve just got back from the MeCCSA conference and would like to invite anybody who attended to
post their comments on the Facebook group as soon as possible. Jill Daniels (UEL) will then edit
our discussions into a conference report for publication in Journal of Media Practice. The
overwhelming feedback in the closing remarks by Ivor Gaber (one of the founding members of
AMPE) was that practice had had a very strong presence at the conference and that the perceived
gap between theory and practice was beginning to disappear. On behalf of the Practice Section I
would like to thank Justin Lewis and Gill Branston and all the conference organisers and helpers
for making it such a smooth running, enjoyable and productive event. I will be commenting
further on Facebook so see you there.
2. CFP: “Media Practice and its Field: The Relationship with Professional Practice, Teaching and
Research” The Fourth Journal of Media Practice Symposium – Call for Presentations
Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds (20 June 2008)
Supported by the Louis Le Prince Centre, and MeCCSA Practice Section
Media Practice has increased in scope and vitality since the inaugural JMP 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.
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 31 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, t: (+44) 113 343 5816, e:
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3. CFP: The AVPhD South Wales and South West England regional workshop
Newport (16-17 May 2008).
Extended call for papers until 28th February. Proposals should take the form of a 200-word
abstract outlining the theme of the research presentation or performance along with a brief
biography of the author(s) and should be sent no later than 28th February 2008 to Coral Houtman
(email: [log in to unmask]). If you would like to present please see go to http://
www.avphd.ac.uk for full details and contact information.
4. CFP: Negotiating the Mediascape: Theory and Practice Interchange in Contemporary Media,
Department of Media, Canterbury Christ Church University (Friday 2 May 2008).
A one-day conference exploring the relationships between theory and practice in a changing
media environment. Submit 200 word proposals by 14 January 2008 to Dr Andy Birtwistle,
Department of Media, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1QU, e:
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include your name, affiliation (where appropriate), home and office telephone numbers, postal and
email addresses with your proposal. For more information: http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/arts-
humanities/media/
6. Arts on Film
Westminster University is pleased to announce its Arts on Film Archive offering on-line access to a
large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s. It is a unique record
of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. If it
may be of interest to you or your colleagues please spread the word and do explore it at: http://
artsonfilm.wmin.ac.uk.
Charlotte Crofts (UWE)
Practice Section Chair
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