LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD 2000
Consuming (in) the War Zone
4th - 6th July 2000

CALL FOR PAPERS
Following the success of 1999's LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD conference, the
Communication, 
Culture & Media Subject Group of Coventry University is pleased to
announce its 2000 
conference. Once again, we are encouraging submissions on the themes
outlined below from 
academics, students, practitioners and independent scholars. 

 Engines of the Future:
.... the commodity after the object... the information economy & its
discontents…knowledge as 
commodity…e-commerce.... non-physical technologies.... information &
communications 
convergence.... the cultural location of technology…. copyright &
patenting…the ethics of 
bio-technology…genome research and gender identity….  

Space Wars/War Spaces:
...the city as war-zone...urban conflict…war art/war artists…imperialist
borders & po-mo wars.... new 
gender identities in the combat zone…mediatised war…new ethnicities/new
communities in 
conflict... ...diasporic movements & the future of Fortress
Europe...beyond the Black Atlantic…soft 
& cuddly imperialism…the nanny super-state…  

Dis-Placed Knowledges:
… hyper-real/really hyped cities.... public art and 'the public'....
museum culture and urban 
regeneration.... the coming crisis in the heritage industry.... the role
of the 
writer/artist-in-residence (prisons, workplaces etc).... academic
consultancy in the public sphere 
(cultural industries, sport etc)…. ethical investment & social
entrepreneurship...art after 
commodification...the artist as commodity.... consumption as
creativity...consumer cultures & the 
culture of critique: is consumption the problem?

Submissions are invited for 20-minute papers. The deadline for
consideration is 24th March 
2000. We will also consider suggestions for symposia, panels,
performances, installations, 
witness sessions etc. Please send a one page abstract of your proposal to:
Peter Playdon 
(LIAM2) School of Art & Design, Coventry University, Priory Street,
Coventry CV2 5FB or by email 
to [log in to unmask] (electronic submission is encouraged). The
conference fee is £175 
(concessions £65). This includes entry to all the sessions over three
days, conference pack, 
copy of conference proceedings, wine reception, food and refreshments
during the day and two 
evening meals. We are offering an 'early bird' discount of £150
(concessions £55) for delegates 
registering by 24th March 2000.

Wait, there's more…

Communication, Culture & Media Subject Group

RESEARCH SEMINAR PROGRAMME 1999-2000

2.00pm-3.30pm Wednesday afternoons
Room MG17 unless otherwise indicated 


October 13th: Glynis Cousins (EDU, Coventry University)
Colour-coding Humanity 
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME & ROOM: 3-4.30pm in M111

October 27th: Kwesi Owusu 
The Genealogy of Black British Cultural Studies

November 10th: Chris Darke (Freelance writer)
The Essay Film PLUS screening of The Blue Summer (dir. John Sergeant)

November 24th: Roger Silverstone (Professor of Media & Communications, LSE)
Title to be announced
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME: 3.30 - 5.00pm

December 8th: John Downey (CCM) 
Media Representations of Refugees in the UK 1989 - 1999

January 19th: Daya Thussu (CCM)
Title to be announced
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF ROOM: M111

February 2nd: Chris Jenks (Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths College) 
East End Flaneurie
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF ROOM: M111

February 16th: Karen Ross (CCM)
Title to be announced                                                     
                                      

March 15th: Katherine Sarikakis (CCM)
Title to be announced
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF ROOM: M111

March 29th: Richard Collins (Head of Education, British Film Institute)
Liberalisation of Communication Regulation in the European Union - a
history of unanticipated 
consequences

April 12th: Ruth Cherrington (CCM)
Title to be announced

April 26th: Oreet Ashery
Signs of Loyalty: The Search for a Visual Language between Jerusalem and
Soho.

May 10th: Richard Dyer (Professor of Film & Television, Warwick University)
Film, Music and the idea of pastiche
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME: 3.00-4.30pm.

May 24th: Neil Leach (Nottingham University)
The Human Chameleon

THESE SESSIONS ARE FREE AND ARE OPEN TO STAFF,  STUDENTS AND THE PUBLIC. 
FOR 
MORE DETAILS CONTACT PETER PLAYDON (01203) 838 511, or
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