Some of you may be interested in this conference.
Louise Goodbody
Dear Colleagues,
Here’s a reminder of the upcoming conference “Sites of Protest”, being held by the Department of Media, Art and Design and organised by the MeCCSA Social Movements Network.
CFP: Sites of Protest
Wednesday, 29 October 2014
Canterbury Christ Church University
MeCCSA Social Movements Network
'Sites of Protest' is the fourth event organised by the MeCCSA Social Movements Network since its foundation in 2013. This conference, organised in conjunction with the Canterbury Media Discourse Group, will be held in Canterbury on 29 October 2014.
The role of social media in the development of contemporary social movements, such as the 'Arab spring' or the Indignados, has been decisive. Social media are useful instruments to coordinate national and international actions, and they have become essential to keep up with the latest news about different movements. Nevertheless, we should take a step back from the focus on social media and think about it as yet another available tool in the development of social movements.
While Castells (2009) states that recent technological changes have allowed new actors to enter the global network society, other authors argue that we need to pay attention to the physical and emotional aspects of social movements. Collins (2001), for instance, points out that the level of critical mass involved in social movements depends on emotional dynamics, and that it is in the physical assembly of people where a sense of collective awareness develops. After all, the digital divide is still a reality and, as activists involved in the 15M actions in 2011 point out, the initial web-based operation turned into a vast street-based campaign which included the use of posters, debates and word of mouth (Gerbaudo, 2012: 89). The need to become visible in the streets came from the fact that millions of citizens are still cut off from the online campaigns carried out on social media.
We welcome 250-word abstracts from academics, postgraduate students and activists for 15-20 minute presentations, exploring the concept of 'sites of protest' broadly, from street assemblies to creative work, including theoretical and empirical analyses. Abstracts received so far cover critical discussions on Occupy, art, music and film as sites of protest. Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
•Online and offline sites of protest
•Social media: opportunities and limitations
•Mobilizing people: following, liking, joining
•Uses of public space
•Building collective identities
•Sites of protest and the State
•Street assemblies
•Occupy
•Researching social movements on social media: methods and approaches
Please send your 250-word abstracts to Dr Ruth Sanz Sabido at [log in to unmask] by 1 July 2014, including your name and affiliation, email address, a paper title and any technical requirements to deliver your paper. Any queries about the Network should also be sent to the same email address. To register, please go to http://shop.canterbury.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=37&catid=172&prodid=1630&searchresults=1Best wishes,Ruth
Best wishes,
Ruth
Dr Ruth Sanz Sabido
Lecturer in Media and Communications
https://canterbury.academia.edu/RuthSanzSabido
Department of Media, Art and Design
Canterbury Christ Church University
North Holmes Road
Canterbury
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Chair, MeCCSA Social Movements Network
http://www.meccsa.org.uk/networks/social-movements-network/
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Subject: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] London Comm Psych Network Session - Pre session info for Tues 20th May
Dear all
A message from Kate Thompson - co-facilitator with Sarah for the London network session on Tuesday 20th May called 'Developing Best Practice Guidelines for Effective Joint Working - Psychologists and Community Organisations'....
Just in case anyone who is coming to the session on Tuesday is interested in a wee bit of pre-meeting reading, here is the link to the 2008 NICE guidelines on community engagement (! Yes, I hadn't taken them in before!). They are aimed at services in health and social care so are specifically relevant to the context I work in but might also be of interest (despite limitations).
NICE GUIDELINES: http://www.nice.org.uk/PH9
Also a link to a very useful paper by Rachel Tribe and Pauline Lane offering some thoughts about NICE's offering...
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rmp/dhc/2010/00000007/00000002/art00005
I look forward to seeing everyone on Tuesday at 6.30 at the Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA.
All the best
Kate Thompson
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