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World Picture Conference University of Sussex Brighton, UK 2-3 November 2012 ACTION Keynote speakers: Felix Ensslin, Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart Alberto Toscano, Goldsmiths College, London The annual World Picture Conference gathers scholars from a range of different disciplines to address the relation between critical theory, philosophy, and aesthetics. For this year’s meeting we welcome papers on questions of action. Such considerations might include (but are in no sense limited to): • voluntarism • collectivity (in aesthetics, media, politics) • intentionality • acting (in film, media, theatre/performance) • acting out • willfulness • riotous behaviour • interaction/interactivity • inaction/inactivity • performative utterances/actions • performativity • neo-Arendtian accounts of action • media as action • action in perception • decision • stimulation Please send a 250 word abstract, five-entry bibliography, and brief bio to [log in to unmask] by 30 June. www.worldpicturejournal.com -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------