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CROSSROADS IN CULTURAL STUDIES Fourth International Conference June 29 - July 2, 2002, Tampere, Finland ************************************************************* FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PROPOSALS After the extremely successful Crossroads 2000 in Birmingham, UK, our plan was to continue the international tour of the Crossroads conference site. Unfortunately, we did not manage to get the next conference organized either in Amsterdam or elsewhere. Therefore, the next international biannual Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference will again take place in Tampere, Finland, where it first started in 1996. Speakers will include Henry Giroux * Akhil Gupta * Anu Kantola * David Morley Janet Wolff * Shunya Yoshimi * Ming-Bao Yue The mission of the Crossroads conference is to provide an open forum for all topics that interest the diverse international cultural studies community; to make contacts, exchange views and gain inspiration from each other. We encourage international participation from different countries, disciplines and cultural backgrounds, and from a wide range of research areas. In that way, the conference will also show where cultural studies is going next. To succeed in this, we especially encourage you to send us session proposals. You may propose a session with a complete list of participants, or just send us the title and session abstract, so people can see it advertised and contact you with their paper proposals. You are free to propose sessions on any topics of interest to the cultural studies community, but we assume that the following topics will in one way or another be tackled in the sessions: Anthropology and Cultural Studies Audiences Body in Society Consumption and Consumer Culture Cultural Policy Cultural Studies and History Cultural Studies, Education and Pedagogy Ethnicity and Race High and Low, Art and Mass Culture Identity Construction Material Culture Media Studies Methodology Nationhood and Nationalism New Media and Information Technology Popular Culture Psychological Cultural Studies The Culture of Cities Youth Culture To learn more about the Crossroads conference and how to participate, just visit our web site at http://www.crossroads2002.com On the Crossroads conference web page you can also join the crossroads2002 discussion group, where ideas about session themes can be exchanged and developed. You are all warmly welcome to the Fourth International Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference! Best regards, Pertti Alasuutari Chair of the organizing committee Contact details: Crossroads 2002 Tampere Conference Service Ltd P.O. Box 630 FIN 33101-Tampere FINLAND tel. +358-3-366 4400 fax +358-3-222 6440 e-mail: [log in to unmask]