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Transformations in Politics, Culture and Society:
Media Perspectives
Munich, Germany
Friday 7th - Saturday 8th December 2001
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to
integrate the study of transformations in politics, culture, and
society with the analysis of key media - for example, art and art
history, cinema and film, literature and poetry, music, newspapers,
and television and radio.
Papers, presentations, and short surveys are invited on issues
related to any of the following themes;
- dissolution, liberation, reconstruction; political and economic
rejuvenation
- invasion, resistance, revolution
- coalitions, governments, social reform, and the presentation of
political agendas
- state control of media; political mass communication, election
campaigns, lobby groups; propaganda; fringe movements; pressure
groups
- the place of street drama, posters, graffiti
- the importance of land; territory; boundaries; rural/urban; land
redistribution
- education, student rebellions, and the role of the intelligentsia
- cultural revolutions: status of women, feminism, sexual freedom;
representations of gender, ethnicity, sexuality; pornography
- exposure of labour issues; exposure of class issues
- cultural difference and otherness; immigration and immigrants
- international confrontation; the role and influence of the military
- the impact of globalisation
- third world issues; global responsibility; public awareness;
ecological issues
- medical and social issues in film - for example, drugs, aids,
euthanasia
- role of religion and religious institutions
- role and influence of the United States
- influence of new technologies; multimedia industries, Internet,
www, cyberspace
- accessibility to data, information, knowledge; the fate of
intellectual property
- Control of knowledge; anonymity; privacy
- the role of the law and legal processes; regulation and legislation;
appeal systems
- market economies; monopolies and mergers; control of
multinationals
Papers will be considered on any related theme, writer, book or
film. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 19th
October 2001. Full draft papers should be submitted by Friday 16th
November 2001.
The conference is the first in a series of annual research projects,
run under the general banner ‘Probing the Boundaries'. It aims to
create working 'encounter' groups between people of differing
perspectives, disciplines, professions, and contexts. The project is
to be supported by an e-mail discussion group, threaded forum
board, e-journal, and dedicated publication series.
Selected papers accepted for and presented at the conference will
be published in themed volumes.
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To submit a paper or receive clarification of any aspect of the
conference, please contact: Dr Rob Fisher (rf@learning-
solutions.org)
Tel: 01993 882087
Fax: 0870 0560055
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