MeCCSA 2008 Conference:
Last call for papers – for deadline of 15 October 2007
MeCCSA is the UK subject association for those teaching and researching in
Media, Communication and Cultural Studies. It joined with AMPE (the
Association of Media Practitioners in Education) last year and the new
organisation holds its first conference from January 9th to 11th 2008,
hosted by the School of Journalism Media and Cultural Studies, at Cardiff
University (with some locations as featured in Dr Who!). It includes a
reception in the Wales Assembly Building (the Senedd) and evening meal in
the nearby Millennium Centre, both in the Bay area (the pricing chart for
the conference is listed below).
We are inviting papers, presentations of practice, posters and panels
across the range of interests represented by the Association and its
networks (see http://www.meccsa.org.uk). Some sessions, we hope, will weave
together ‘practice’ and ‘research’ focused papers, and there will be
separate screenings in full of material referred to in these. George
Monbiot’s presence signals the hope that at least one panel will explore
the relation of media and cultures to environmental politics, and perhaps
also to H.E. practices.
Confirmed plenary speakers:
- Toby Miller (University of California, Riverside)
- George Monbiot (Guardian columnist and environmental activist)
- Greg Philo (Glasgow University)
- Annabelle Sreberny (SOAS).
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Other speakers who have said they intend to take part include Martin
Barker, Georgina Born, Nick Couldry , Ian Hargreaves (OFCOM),
Sonia Livingstone, Angela McRobbie, Jackie Stacey , Richard Tait (BBC
Trust), Keith Tester and Valerie Walkerdine, as well as staff from the
Cardiff School.
There will be a poster competition with a prize of £100, to be judged by
the MeCCSA Exec.Cttee. (see
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/pop2a.cfm for advice if
you’re uncertain how to present this).
The Art Design Media - Higher Education Academy Subject Centre (ADM-HEA)
are also offering a £300 prize, and publication, for the best paper
analysing key issues impacting on media, communications and cultural
studies in higher education. Submission details as for other papers etc.
below.
Abstracts of papers, presentations of practice and posters, no longer than
250 words, should be sent to [log in to unmask] by October 15th in
order for peer review to take place. For panels, let us have a short
description and rationale for the whole (200 words), abstracts for each of
the papers (250 words each) and the name of the person chairing. Sessions
will be 75 minutes long so panels should plan accordingly.
If you’re screening in full material referred to in a ‘practice’
presentation, make sure you send some DVD or VHS preview material (not the
whole item) with the abstract.
We’re aiming to produce a conference CD so will need full electronic
versions of any paper (pdf format please) shortly before the conference
date.
The pricing chart for the 2008 MeCCSA Conference in Cardiff is as follows:
*Early Bird: November 16, 2007
Attendance 1 Day
*Member Early £140
Member Non Early £150
*Non-Member Early £160
Non-Member Non Early £180
Attendance 3 Day
*Member Early £185
Member Non Early £205
*Non-Member Early £230
Non-Member Non Early £250
*Postgrad Early £100
Postgrad Non Early £120
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