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The latest happenings in the US, UK and some of the European countries beg the question of “Is multicultural society as an idea failed.” As a byproduct of colonization, imperialism, capitalism, and globalization, multiculturalism often celebrated. It is also turned into a commodity by consumer culture to be sold to attract more audience or consumers to make higher profits. Despite their challenges multicultural societies became exemplary models to value diversity (culturally and economically). Lately as an idea multiculturalism came under attack as the discourse of immigration became more populist (once again) both in Europe and US. Immigrants started to be seen as the sources of societal shortcomings and economic depression. As a media and cultural studies scholar I have spent last several months to try make sense of the current political and cultural happenings. Hence, I figured writing about these will help me to further understand the cultural milieu. I am planning to build interconnected projects that would address issues and the future of multiculturalism, the role of media in multicultural society, the political economy of multiculturalism and finally focus on forces between late capitalism and fall of multiculturalism. I am interested in collaborating with others who are interested in these issues. Perhaps we can establish a working group and a research network. Please let me know if you are interested in building and working on such projects. Ahmet Atay, Ph.D Associate Professor Department of Communication College of Wooster + Visiting Scholar, CEMP University of Bournemouth -------------------------------------------------------- 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. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------