This weekend filmmaker White Stillman will be on Campus in conjunction with IU Cinema's screening of his films.
His most recent film, Damsels in Distress, is being screened here in Bloomington before opening in NY. So this is something of a special event for us.
Mr. Stillman will be speaking at the IU Cinema Friday, March 2 at 3
Bette Gordon will be on campus Mar 4-5. Ms. Gordon is a gifted independent filmmaker, whose 1983 film Variety become something of an iconic film in the Downtown Art Movement. In addition to Variety, we will be screening EmptySuitcases, an early short, as well as Ms. Gordon's recent Handsome Harry (2009)
Joan Hawkins will be interviewing Ms. Gordon onstage at the IU Cinema on Monday March 5 at 3 p.m.
For more info about these events
Whit Stillman
March 1-2
http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/?post_type=series&p=2353
Bette Gordon
March 4-5
http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/?post_type=series&p=2159
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Larry Kramer to Deliver 2012 Ralph L. Collins Memorial Lecture
WHAT: "An Evening With Larry Kramer," the 2012 Ralph L. Collins Memorial Lecture
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1
WHERE: Wells-Metz Theatre, Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center, 275 N. Jordan Ave.
TICKETS: Admission is free of charge
Award-winning playwright, social activist and humanitarian Larry Kramer will give the 2012 Ralph L. Collins Memorial Lecture in the Wells-Metz Theatre on the Indiana University Bloomington campus at 5:30 p.m. March 1.
For more information, please click HERE.
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1
WHERE: Wells-Metz Theatre, Lee Norvelle Theatre and Drama Center, 275 N. Jordan Ave.
TICKETS: Admission is free of charge
Award-winning playwright, social activist and humanitarian Larry Kramer will give the 2012 Ralph L. Collins Memorial Lecture in the Wells-Metz Theatre on the Indiana University Bloomington campus at 5:30 p.m. March 1.
For more information, please click HERE.
CFP - FIFTH GLOBAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moscow, Russia
20-22 June, 2012
http://onglobalisation.com/conference-2012/
We are pleased to host the Global Studies Conference this year at Lomonosov Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia. As the center of one of the emerging BRICS economies, Moscow is an ideally relevant location for this year's conference, with the special theme - Eurasia and Globalization: Complexity and Global Studies.
The Global Studies Conference is devoted to mapping and interpreting new trends and patterns in globalization, and serves as an open forum for exploring globalization from many perspectives. Scholars, researchers, and graduate students from all backgrounds, all over the world are joining this cross-disciplinary conference, and we hope that you will join the conversation.
Speakers may include, among other researchers and experts:
* Ulrich Beck, University of Munich
* Leonid E. Grinin, Volgograd Center for Social Research
* Ilya Ilin, Lomonosov Moscow State University
* Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh and the University of Aberdeen
* John Urry, Lancaster University
Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed Global Studies Journal. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available.
Visit our website for more information about the conference, our submission process and this year's themes, to sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, and to become an active member of our community. It is available at: http://onglobalisation.com/conference-2012/
The deadline for the next round in the call-for-papers (a title and short abstract) is 20 March 2012. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission.
We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Moscow in 2012.
Yours Sincerely,
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
For the Advisory Board, Global Studies Conference and Global Studies Journal
Moscow, Russia
20-22 June, 2012
http://onglobalisation.com/conference-2012/
We are pleased to host the Global Studies Conference this year at Lomonosov Moscow State University in Moscow, Russia. As the center of one of the emerging BRICS economies, Moscow is an ideally relevant location for this year's conference, with the special theme - Eurasia and Globalization: Complexity and Global Studies.
The Global Studies Conference is devoted to mapping and interpreting new trends and patterns in globalization, and serves as an open forum for exploring globalization from many perspectives. Scholars, researchers, and graduate students from all backgrounds, all over the world are joining this cross-disciplinary conference, and we hope that you will join the conversation.
Speakers may include, among other researchers and experts:
* Ulrich Beck, University of Munich
* Leonid E. Grinin, Volgograd Center for Social Research
* Ilya Ilin, Lomonosov Moscow State University
* Roland Robertson, University of Pittsburgh and the University of Aberdeen
* John Urry, Lancaster University
Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed Global Studies Journal. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available.
Visit our website for more information about the conference, our submission process and this year's themes, to sign up for our monthly e-newsletter, and to become an active member of our community. It is available at: http://onglobalisation.com/conference-2012/
The deadline for the next round in the call-for-papers (a title and short abstract) is 20 March 2012. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission.
We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Moscow in 2012.
Yours Sincerely,
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
For the Advisory Board, Global Studies Conference and Global Studies Journal
Brian Larkin coming to IU
Brian Larkin Guest Lecture
Woodburn Hall 218
5:30 -7:30 pm
7 March 2012
Brian Larkin -- the author of "Signal and Noise: Media, Infrastructure and Urban Culture in Nigeria" will be on campus as a guest speaker in the AFRI A731 - Africa, Media, Materiality course taught by Beth A. Buggenhagen from Anthropology on 7 March 2012.
The class meets in Woodburn Hall 218; 5:30 -7:30 pm (refreshments at 5:00 pm in Woodburn Hall 221A). All the welcome to attend.
Woodburn Hall 218
5:30 -7:30 pm
7 March 2012
Brian Larkin -- the author of "Signal and Noise: Media, Infrastructure and Urban Culture in Nigeria" will be on campus as a guest speaker in the AFRI A731 - Africa, Media, Materiality course taught by Beth A. Buggenhagen from Anthropology on 7 March 2012.
The class meets in Woodburn Hall 218; 5:30 -7:30 pm (refreshments at 5:00 pm in Woodburn Hall 221A). All the welcome to attend.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
“The Technogenetic Spiral: Implications and Interventions”
Katherine Hayles will be visiting campus on March 22-23rd.
She is giving a public talk and a workshop on chapters from her new book, “How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis”
(coming out May 2012).
Her public talk will be held at 3:30 pm on Thursday, March 22nd
(location: IMU Dogwood Room), and is sponsored by media@iu, the Sawyer Seminar, and the Center for Theory in the Humanities.
“The Technogenetic Spiral: Implications and Interventions.”
Technogenesis is the idea that humans and technics are co-evolving together, both historically and in the contemporary period. While genetic adaptation was involved in previous eras, in the contemporary period the primary mechanisms of adaptation run between technologically engineered environments and human cognitive systems, including consciousness, subconsciousness, and the (adaptive or cognitive) unconscious. The adaptive presssures toward increased information density and more (and more flexible) information streams (among other
factors) are re-configuring human cognition on multiple levels, including neurophysiological. This talk will explore the implications of these adaptations and discuss works of digital literature that attempt to intervene constructively in the present situation.
She will discuss her chapters in a workshop on Friday, March 23rd at 10 am (location TBA).
In anticipation of her visit, we will be reading chapters from her new book and meeting to discuss them. The reading group meets 10 am on
Fridays: Feb 24, March 2nd and March 9th.
We will be meeting at COB -- 800 East Third St., room 203. It is the first room on your left at the top of the stairs.
If you would like copies of the chapters, please contact Eric Harvey
(eharvey@indiana.edu)
She is giving a public talk and a workshop on chapters from her new book, “How We Think: Digital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis”
(coming out May 2012).
Her public talk will be held at 3:30 pm on Thursday, March 22nd
(location: IMU Dogwood Room), and is sponsored by media@iu, the Sawyer Seminar, and the Center for Theory in the Humanities.
“The Technogenetic Spiral: Implications and Interventions.”
Technogenesis is the idea that humans and technics are co-evolving together, both historically and in the contemporary period. While genetic adaptation was involved in previous eras, in the contemporary period the primary mechanisms of adaptation run between technologically engineered environments and human cognitive systems, including consciousness, subconsciousness, and the (adaptive or cognitive) unconscious. The adaptive presssures toward increased information density and more (and more flexible) information streams (among other
factors) are re-configuring human cognition on multiple levels, including neurophysiological. This talk will explore the implications of these adaptations and discuss works of digital literature that attempt to intervene constructively in the present situation.
She will discuss her chapters in a workshop on Friday, March 23rd at 10 am (location TBA).
In anticipation of her visit, we will be reading chapters from her new book and meeting to discuss them. The reading group meets 10 am on
Fridays: Feb 24, March 2nd and March 9th.
We will be meeting at COB -- 800 East Third St., room 203. It is the first room on your left at the top of the stairs.
If you would like copies of the chapters, please contact Eric Harvey
(eharvey@indiana.edu)
The Brazilian Film Series-- "On the Margins of Brazilian Cinema"-- begins tonight at the IU Cinema.
Thursday, February 23
7 pm
First up is José Mojica Marins' This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse-- a screening that should be of interest to cult and horror afficionados as well as to lovers of international cinema.
Part of the dizzying Coffin Joe series, the film features CJ dressed in black and sporting his signature 6 inch long fingernails. Already foiled in his quest to father the perfect child, Coffin Joe goes to demonic lengths to realize his dreams.
Now those horror fans who have seen these flicks have most likely seen terrible, 13th gen video dubs; this is a rare opportunity to see a gorgeous 35 mm print--
Richard Peña programmed the series and may well be on hand to introduce and chat about the film.
7 pm
First up is José Mojica Marins' This Night I Will Possess Your Corpse-- a screening that should be of interest to cult and horror afficionados as well as to lovers of international cinema.
Part of the dizzying Coffin Joe series, the film features CJ dressed in black and sporting his signature 6 inch long fingernails. Already foiled in his quest to father the perfect child, Coffin Joe goes to demonic lengths to realize his dreams.
Now those horror fans who have seen these flicks have most likely seen terrible, 13th gen video dubs; this is a rare opportunity to see a gorgeous 35 mm print--
Richard Peña programmed the series and may well be on hand to introduce and chat about the film.
Sowing Struggle: Urban and rural social movements in Tlaxcala, Mexico
Luz Rivera Martínez lead organizer with Consejo Nacional Urbano Campesino (CNUC)
Presented by the Mexico Solidarity Network
Friday March 9
6-8p
Rachaelʼs Café (300 East 3rd St)
As co-founder and lead organizer of CNUC, Luz has worked tirelessly over 20 years to protect peasantsʼ rights and build inspiring, community-based autonomous projects. Luz and CNUC also accompany the Apizaco merchantʼs union, a bus-drivers' cooperative, and the National Assembly of Braceros in their struggles against corrupt governance, police repression, and neoliberalism. Her talk will have important lessons for anyone interested in womenʼs, peasant, and labor movements.
The presentation will be in Spanish with English translation provided by a MSN representative.
Attendance is open and free of charge.
Presented by the Mexico Solidarity Network
Friday March 9
6-8p
Rachaelʼs Café (300 East 3rd St)
As co-founder and lead organizer of CNUC, Luz has worked tirelessly over 20 years to protect peasantsʼ rights and build inspiring, community-based autonomous projects. Luz and CNUC also accompany the Apizaco merchantʼs union, a bus-drivers' cooperative, and the National Assembly of Braceros in their struggles against corrupt governance, police repression, and neoliberalism. Her talk will have important lessons for anyone interested in womenʼs, peasant, and labor movements.
The presentation will be in Spanish with English translation provided by a MSN representative.
Attendance is open and free of charge.
CFP - Queertopia! 5.0: Sexing the Law: Love as/at the Limit
May 25‐27, 2012,
Northwestern University School of Law and other venues
"You can’t make love to a unicorn."
‐Jean Genet
"The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing; the exception proves everything."
‐Carl Schmitt
Keynote: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of novels So Many Ways to Sleep Badly and Pulling Taffy, editor of anthologies Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity and That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, among others. Sycamore is also a critic, filmmaker, public installation artist, in short, a trouble‐maker.
Northwestern University’s Queer Pride Graduate Student Association and The Graduate School invite individual papers, complete panels and organized roundtables and workshops for its 5th annual academic festival, which includes our evening showcase, Queergasm! An Interdisciplinary Performance Event at Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery. This year, Queertopia! is supported by Gender Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Art History, Art Theory and Practice, French and Italian, Comparative Literary Studies, Sociology, the Radio, Television, Video, and
Film and Screen Cultures programs, the LGBTQA Resource Center, and The Sexualities Project at Northwestern.
Scholars, artists and activists from all disciplines are warmly welcome, including but not limited to philosophy, law and justice studies, sociology, anthropology, medical studies, psychology, psychiatry, biology, chemistry, mathematics, communications studies, technology studies, physics, art (and other) practice, art (and other) history, literature, political and critical theory, political science, music practice, musicology, moving image studies, performance studies, library
and archival studies and practice, religious studies, theology, and women’s, gender, queer, trans and sexuality studies.
This year’s theme invites scholars, artists and activists from all disciplines to fuck the law; that is, to explore the violent / erotic tension between sexuality and “law” in the broadest sense possible. Interpret “law” as juridical line, principle, system, boundary, limit, totality, rule, norm, more, threshold, the possible. Interpret “fuck” as to create, to make love (to), to caress, to make
come, to scandalize, to say “yes” to, to say “no” to, to subvert, to protest, to transform; to prove, to imagine and to embody that things could be otherwise.
As always, Queertopia! invites proposals that fall outside the strict realm of our theme. We love our academically and otherwise diverse community and we want you all back this year for our biggest queer and trans studies event yet!
Please send abstracts of 250 words, and a 100 word presentation summary / 75 word bio (for our conference booklet) to QPGSA at nuqpgsa@gmail.com by February 28th, 2012.
Northwestern University School of Law and other venues
"You can’t make love to a unicorn."
‐Jean Genet
"The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing; the exception proves everything."
‐Carl Schmitt
Keynote: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of novels So Many Ways to Sleep Badly and Pulling Taffy, editor of anthologies Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity and That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation, among others. Sycamore is also a critic, filmmaker, public installation artist, in short, a trouble‐maker.
Northwestern University’s Queer Pride Graduate Student Association and The Graduate School invite individual papers, complete panels and organized roundtables and workshops for its 5th annual academic festival, which includes our evening showcase, Queergasm! An Interdisciplinary Performance Event at Defibrillator Performance Art Gallery. This year, Queertopia! is supported by Gender Studies, Performance Studies, Philosophy, Art History, Art Theory and Practice, French and Italian, Comparative Literary Studies, Sociology, the Radio, Television, Video, and
Film and Screen Cultures programs, the LGBTQA Resource Center, and The Sexualities Project at Northwestern.
Scholars, artists and activists from all disciplines are warmly welcome, including but not limited to philosophy, law and justice studies, sociology, anthropology, medical studies, psychology, psychiatry, biology, chemistry, mathematics, communications studies, technology studies, physics, art (and other) practice, art (and other) history, literature, political and critical theory, political science, music practice, musicology, moving image studies, performance studies, library
and archival studies and practice, religious studies, theology, and women’s, gender, queer, trans and sexuality studies.
This year’s theme invites scholars, artists and activists from all disciplines to fuck the law; that is, to explore the violent / erotic tension between sexuality and “law” in the broadest sense possible. Interpret “law” as juridical line, principle, system, boundary, limit, totality, rule, norm, more, threshold, the possible. Interpret “fuck” as to create, to make love (to), to caress, to make
come, to scandalize, to say “yes” to, to say “no” to, to subvert, to protest, to transform; to prove, to imagine and to embody that things could be otherwise.
As always, Queertopia! invites proposals that fall outside the strict realm of our theme. We love our academically and otherwise diverse community and we want you all back this year for our biggest queer and trans studies event yet!
Please send abstracts of 250 words, and a 100 word presentation summary / 75 word bio (for our conference booklet) to QPGSA at nuqpgsa@gmail.com by February 28th, 2012.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
CFP - Rethinking Theories of Television Sound (Deadline: May 31, 2012)
Essays are invited for a special issue of the Journal of Sonic Studies that will reexamine the most persistent accounts of television sound, from the 1980s to the present, and reflect on these accounts in terms of contemporary changes in the production and consumption of television. Studies on television sound typically begin by emphasizing that the fundamental differences between film and television—differences in terms of structure, content, and modes of address—are a direct result of the fact that film privileges the eye over the ear, while television privileges the ear over the eye. This notion of television as a form of 'illustrated radio' became the basis of television sound studies, but the rise of high-definition television, widescreen receivers, and home entertainment systems
challenged this notion by bringing the cinematic experience into the home. Following these technological developments, critics began to apply theories of film sound to the study of television by focusing on the design of 'underscores' to convey emotional states and enhance narrative tension.
In recent years, television has undergone yet another major shift as the concept of 'home cinema' has been accompanied by radical changes in the way television is broadcast and received. With the rise of ambient television, portable devices, social media and web interfaces, television is now viewed in a much wider range of locations and contexts, which complicates these earlier approaches to the study of
television sound. Viewers are increasingly watching television in public spaces, they are increasingly using portable devices that transmit sound over low-quality speakers or headphones, and they are increasingly using new media platforms that alter the context in which television is viewed by time-shifting, eliminating advertising, and isolating programs from broadcast flow, which de-emphasizes televisual 'liveness.' Portability, transferability, and access have thus become
more important than the reproduction of a cinematic experience, which problematizes both the 'illustrated radio' and 'home cinema' models of television sound.
These contemporary changes demand that scholars once again reexamine and reevaluate the function of sound in the production, transmission, and reception of television programming, and we therefore invite proposals that examine the range of approaches used in sound recording and design in the contemporary 'post-television' era. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Are established theories of sound-image relations and television 'orality' still relevant?
- Are there ways of conceiving of television sound as more than simply the operation of soundtracks and music?
- What role does sound play in the spatial and temporal organization of televisual texts?
- Does television sound still play an interpolative role following the disappearance of traditional sound cues, such as applause and laugh tracks?
- What are the sound practices employed in the production of television 'webisodes,' which are intended to be viewed on alternate media platforms?
- What is the impact of new economic models (i.e. subscription and pay-per-view) on the production and reception of television sound?
Potential contributors are invited to submit completed essays by May 31, 2012. Submissions should be 5500-6000 words in length and they should be submitted as an attachment in .doc format.
For more information, or to submit an essay, please contact our guest editors:
Carolyn Birdsall, University of Amsterdam: C.J.Birdsall@uva.nl
Anthony Enns, Dalhousie University: Anthony.Enns@dal.ca
The Journal of Sonic Studies (JSS) is a peer-reviewed, online, open access journal providing a platform for theorists and artists who would like to present relevant work regarding auditory cultures, to further our collective understanding of the impact and importance of sound for our cultures. The editors welcome both scholarly and artistic research. In both cases, priority is given to contributions that explicitly use the Internet as a medium, e.g. by inserting A/V materials, hyperlinks, and the use of non-conventional structures. The editors also expect all contributions to have a firm theoretical grounding.
Submission guidelines may be found at sonicstudies.org/guidelines.
challenged this notion by bringing the cinematic experience into the home. Following these technological developments, critics began to apply theories of film sound to the study of television by focusing on the design of 'underscores' to convey emotional states and enhance narrative tension.
In recent years, television has undergone yet another major shift as the concept of 'home cinema' has been accompanied by radical changes in the way television is broadcast and received. With the rise of ambient television, portable devices, social media and web interfaces, television is now viewed in a much wider range of locations and contexts, which complicates these earlier approaches to the study of
television sound. Viewers are increasingly watching television in public spaces, they are increasingly using portable devices that transmit sound over low-quality speakers or headphones, and they are increasingly using new media platforms that alter the context in which television is viewed by time-shifting, eliminating advertising, and isolating programs from broadcast flow, which de-emphasizes televisual 'liveness.' Portability, transferability, and access have thus become
more important than the reproduction of a cinematic experience, which problematizes both the 'illustrated radio' and 'home cinema' models of television sound.
These contemporary changes demand that scholars once again reexamine and reevaluate the function of sound in the production, transmission, and reception of television programming, and we therefore invite proposals that examine the range of approaches used in sound recording and design in the contemporary 'post-television' era. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Are established theories of sound-image relations and television 'orality' still relevant?
- Are there ways of conceiving of television sound as more than simply the operation of soundtracks and music?
- What role does sound play in the spatial and temporal organization of televisual texts?
- Does television sound still play an interpolative role following the disappearance of traditional sound cues, such as applause and laugh tracks?
- What are the sound practices employed in the production of television 'webisodes,' which are intended to be viewed on alternate media platforms?
- What is the impact of new economic models (i.e. subscription and pay-per-view) on the production and reception of television sound?
Potential contributors are invited to submit completed essays by May 31, 2012. Submissions should be 5500-6000 words in length and they should be submitted as an attachment in .doc format.
For more information, or to submit an essay, please contact our guest editors:
Carolyn Birdsall, University of Amsterdam: C.J.Birdsall@uva.nl
Anthony Enns, Dalhousie University: Anthony.Enns@dal.ca
The Journal of Sonic Studies (JSS) is a peer-reviewed, online, open access journal providing a platform for theorists and artists who would like to present relevant work regarding auditory cultures, to further our collective understanding of the impact and importance of sound for our cultures. The editors welcome both scholarly and artistic research. In both cases, priority is given to contributions that explicitly use the Internet as a medium, e.g. by inserting A/V materials, hyperlinks, and the use of non-conventional structures. The editors also expect all contributions to have a firm theoretical grounding.
Submission guidelines may be found at sonicstudies.org/guidelines.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Wayne State University Summer Doctoral Seminar
BRINGING DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY INTO ELECTORAL POLITICS
MAY 30 - JUNE 2, 2012
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
WITH DISTINGUISHED GUEST SCHOLARDR. JOHN GASTIL
Talking about elections increasingly means exchanging anecdotes, recalling potent slogans, comparing outsized personalities, and dissecting carefully crafted campaign strategies. In contrast, weighing arguments, scrutinizing facts, and judging value conflicts occurs less frequently in the public sphere. This seminar focuses on revitalizing deliberative discourse in the American electoral process to generate more substantive adversarial clash and, on occasion, encourage a sense of common purpose. We will examine how candidates campaign and voters vote in local, state, and federal elections, and we will evaluate reforms - real and theoretical - that could make for a more constructive and democratic electoral process in the United States.
Application Deadline is March 15, 2012.
All Ph.D. students interested in being exposed to leading communication research and theory are encouraged to apply. Most expenses for accepted candidates will be paid by the Department of Communication at Wayne State University. Covered expenses for domestic students include airfare, lodging & meals, and course materials. An opening reception and other social events will give participants time to get to know each other and exchange ideas. A small group of doctoral students will be selected to join this unique program.
For application information, please click HERE.
MAY 30 - JUNE 2, 2012
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
WITH DISTINGUISHED GUEST SCHOLARDR. JOHN GASTIL
Talking about elections increasingly means exchanging anecdotes, recalling potent slogans, comparing outsized personalities, and dissecting carefully crafted campaign strategies. In contrast, weighing arguments, scrutinizing facts, and judging value conflicts occurs less frequently in the public sphere. This seminar focuses on revitalizing deliberative discourse in the American electoral process to generate more substantive adversarial clash and, on occasion, encourage a sense of common purpose. We will examine how candidates campaign and voters vote in local, state, and federal elections, and we will evaluate reforms - real and theoretical - that could make for a more constructive and democratic electoral process in the United States.
Application Deadline is March 15, 2012.
All Ph.D. students interested in being exposed to leading communication research and theory are encouraged to apply. Most expenses for accepted candidates will be paid by the Department of Communication at Wayne State University. Covered expenses for domestic students include airfare, lodging & meals, and course materials. An opening reception and other social events will give participants time to get to know each other and exchange ideas. A small group of doctoral students will be selected to join this unique program.
For application information, please click HERE.
Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series
Speakers: Mark Bell, Asta Zelenkauskaite
Friday, February 24
12:30-1:45pm
room RTV 180
Spring 2012
Full Schedule: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/news/t600.shtml
Everyone is invited to this Friday's session in the Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series, featuring Mark Bell and Asta Zelenkauskaite from the Department of Telecommunications - details below. Topics of this week's session include virtual worlds and Italian television.
Coffee, tea, and cookies will be served... please forward this to colleagues and students who may be interested!
Mark Bell
Title: We are all kinda here: Collaborating in Virtual and Analog Environments
Abstract
Over the past few months, I have been assisting Dr. Anne Massey (Dean's Research Professor & Professor of Information Systems) and a team of researchers with a National Science Foundation Grant. This grant studies collaborative virtual presence (CVP) in collaborative virtual environments (CVE), such as Second Life. Using a range of measurements (SL activity, eye tracking and physiological) and researchers from a number of areas (Telecommunications, Information Systems, HPER) this project is, in itself, a collaborative effort that synchronously captures three streams of data. I will give an overview of the project, its goals and the part I am playing.
Bio:
Mark Bell is a PhD candidate at Indiana University in the Department of Telecommunications. His past research has focused on virtual words but more recent work focuses on deception in computer mediated environments. He is interested in digital deception detection, group information verification, digital image and video manipulation and online identity manipulation.
Asta Zelenkauskaite
Title: RECONCEPTUALIZING GATEKEEPING IN MULTIMODAL CONTEXTS: THE CASE
OF ITALIAN RADIOVISION RTL 102.5
Abstract:
A change is occurring in media production and consumption in mass media contexts that affects the gatekeeping process of content selection: User-generated content (UGC) is increasingly being incorporated into programming. This research asks: What are the differences between attitudes and practices with regards to UGC integration in mass media programming, and what are the actual audience participation patterns?
To address these questions, gatekeeping theory is applied to a case study of an interactive multimedia setting -- a leading Italian radio-television-web station,
station RTL 102.5. Through interviews with media producers and content analysis, this study analyzed two types of UGC: SMS messages (mobile texting) (N=308,339) and Facebook messages (N=62,152).
As regards gatekeepers’ attitudes, the interviews with RTL 102.5 gatekeepers identified a number of editorial content-based criteria for selection of UGC; however, editorial guidelines mostly referred to restrictions and not to preferences, and interaction-based criteria were not explicitly mentioned. In contrast, actual editorial practice revealed not only restrictions on which UG messages were selected for broadcast, such as an avoidance of requests, political content, and nonsequiturs, but also preferences, e.g., for positive program-related content and sports content, and there were differences in preferences for SMS and FB messages.
With regard to user participation, there were many more SMS messages sent to the station overall than Facebook messages. However, proportionately more Facebook messages were selected for broadcasting, and user participation varied throughout the day. Moreover, users sent messages for various purposes, including one-to-one conversations with other audience members discussing private matters; romantic affairs; communication with the program hosts, responding to program prompts/
questions; and expressing their positive attitudes towards the program.
The results of this study point to a need to reconceptualize gatekeeping in interactive mass media settings. While in classical gatekeeping the focal issue is the content, in interactive contexts gatekeeping is more complex. Facebook and SMS messages differ in structure and content, requiring selection criteria tailored to
different UGC genres. Moreover, in interactive programming, messages have to be selected in real time. Finally, given that participation often takes the form of sequential dyadic conversation, to be comprehensible, all parts of a conversation should be selected. In these and other respects, traditional gatekeeping practices are challenged in programming that integrates UGC.
Bio:
Asta Zelenkauskaite is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University. Her research interests include Computer-Mediated Communication, and Social Media. She researched user-generated content mediated by TV such as Facebook messages and mobile texting; user participation pattertns in online environment - online Internet Relay Chat; collaboratevely analyzed knowledge depositories such as Wikipedia and user interaction patterns in an online massively multiplayer game BZFlag.
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Concluding Note: if you are interested in presenting work (in progress) in this speaker series in Fall 2012 - regardless in which department you are located - please do not hesitate to contact me: mdeuze@indiana.edu (and forward this message to who may be interested).
Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series
Every Friday
12:30-1:45pm
room RTV 180
info & schedule: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/news/t600.shtml
Friday, February 24
12:30-1:45pm
room RTV 180
Spring 2012
Full Schedule: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/news/t600.shtml
Everyone is invited to this Friday's session in the Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series, featuring Mark Bell and Asta Zelenkauskaite from the Department of Telecommunications - details below. Topics of this week's session include virtual worlds and Italian television.
Coffee, tea, and cookies will be served... please forward this to colleagues and students who may be interested!
Mark Bell
Title: We are all kinda here: Collaborating in Virtual and Analog Environments
Abstract
Over the past few months, I have been assisting Dr. Anne Massey (Dean's Research Professor & Professor of Information Systems) and a team of researchers with a National Science Foundation Grant. This grant studies collaborative virtual presence (CVP) in collaborative virtual environments (CVE), such as Second Life. Using a range of measurements (SL activity, eye tracking and physiological) and researchers from a number of areas (Telecommunications, Information Systems, HPER) this project is, in itself, a collaborative effort that synchronously captures three streams of data. I will give an overview of the project, its goals and the part I am playing.
Bio:
Mark Bell is a PhD candidate at Indiana University in the Department of Telecommunications. His past research has focused on virtual words but more recent work focuses on deception in computer mediated environments. He is interested in digital deception detection, group information verification, digital image and video manipulation and online identity manipulation.
Asta Zelenkauskaite
Title: RECONCEPTUALIZING GATEKEEPING IN MULTIMODAL CONTEXTS: THE CASE
OF ITALIAN RADIOVISION RTL 102.5
Abstract:
A change is occurring in media production and consumption in mass media contexts that affects the gatekeeping process of content selection: User-generated content (UGC) is increasingly being incorporated into programming. This research asks: What are the differences between attitudes and practices with regards to UGC integration in mass media programming, and what are the actual audience participation patterns?
To address these questions, gatekeeping theory is applied to a case study of an interactive multimedia setting -- a leading Italian radio-television-web station,
station RTL 102.5. Through interviews with media producers and content analysis, this study analyzed two types of UGC: SMS messages (mobile texting) (N=308,339) and Facebook messages (N=62,152).
As regards gatekeepers’ attitudes, the interviews with RTL 102.5 gatekeepers identified a number of editorial content-based criteria for selection of UGC; however, editorial guidelines mostly referred to restrictions and not to preferences, and interaction-based criteria were not explicitly mentioned. In contrast, actual editorial practice revealed not only restrictions on which UG messages were selected for broadcast, such as an avoidance of requests, political content, and nonsequiturs, but also preferences, e.g., for positive program-related content and sports content, and there were differences in preferences for SMS and FB messages.
With regard to user participation, there were many more SMS messages sent to the station overall than Facebook messages. However, proportionately more Facebook messages were selected for broadcasting, and user participation varied throughout the day. Moreover, users sent messages for various purposes, including one-to-one conversations with other audience members discussing private matters; romantic affairs; communication with the program hosts, responding to program prompts/
questions; and expressing their positive attitudes towards the program.
The results of this study point to a need to reconceptualize gatekeeping in interactive mass media settings. While in classical gatekeeping the focal issue is the content, in interactive contexts gatekeeping is more complex. Facebook and SMS messages differ in structure and content, requiring selection criteria tailored to
different UGC genres. Moreover, in interactive programming, messages have to be selected in real time. Finally, given that participation often takes the form of sequential dyadic conversation, to be comprehensible, all parts of a conversation should be selected. In these and other respects, traditional gatekeeping practices are challenged in programming that integrates UGC.
Bio:
Asta Zelenkauskaite is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University. Her research interests include Computer-Mediated Communication, and Social Media. She researched user-generated content mediated by TV such as Facebook messages and mobile texting; user participation pattertns in online environment - online Internet Relay Chat; collaboratevely analyzed knowledge depositories such as Wikipedia and user interaction patterns in an online massively multiplayer game BZFlag.
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Concluding Note: if you are interested in presenting work (in progress) in this speaker series in Fall 2012 - regardless in which department you are located - please do not hesitate to contact me: mdeuze@indiana.edu (and forward this message to who may be interested).
Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series
Every Friday
12:30-1:45pm
room RTV 180
info & schedule: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/news/t600.shtml
Employment Opportunity: St. Anselm College
CMCL Alumnus Travis Vogan has shared a job posting at hiw new institution.
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies (20120010)
Institution: Saint Anselm College
Location: Manchester, NH
Category: Faculty - Communications - Media & Communication Studies
Posted: 02/20/2012
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time - Tenure-track
The English Department of Saint Anselm College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in Communication Studies, beginning Fall 2012. We seek a generalist with an emphasis in media studies. Teaching and research interests should include two or more of the following areas: Mass Media and Society, Media Writing, Media Criticism, Journalism, Political Communication, Communication Theory. While the major is designed with an emphasis on textual analysis, familiarity with both quantitative and qualitative research methods is highly desirable. The candidate will be expected to teach a Senior Seminar capstone course.
Saint Anselm College, located one hour north of Boston, has approximately 2,000 undergraduate students and is dedicated to providing a liberal arts education, within and beyond the classroom, through innovative learning opportunities and engagement with the community. The four-three teaching load reflects the college's commitment to teaching. The Communication major at Saint Anselm College was created in January 2010 and has experienced significant growth. Support of the College's Catholic, Benedictine tradition is expected.
Saint Anselm College is an equal opportunity employer committed by its mission to building a diverse academic community that fosters an inclusive environment. A broad spectrum of candidates is encouraged to apply.
Candidates should submit a cover letter indicating areas of expertise, curriculum vitae, names of three references and a statement of research and teaching. Three letters of recommendation should be sent via PDF attachment.
Review will begin March 15 and continue until position is filled.
Experience Required
Ph.D. in Communication is required. ABD candidates near completion may also be considered.
Application Information
Contact: Human Resources St. Anselm College
For the online applicaiton form, please click HERE.
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies (20120010)
Institution: Saint Anselm College
Location: Manchester, NH
Category: Faculty - Communications - Media & Communication Studies
Posted: 02/20/2012
Application Due: Open Until Filled
Type: Full Time - Tenure-track
The English Department of Saint Anselm College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor in Communication Studies, beginning Fall 2012. We seek a generalist with an emphasis in media studies. Teaching and research interests should include two or more of the following areas: Mass Media and Society, Media Writing, Media Criticism, Journalism, Political Communication, Communication Theory. While the major is designed with an emphasis on textual analysis, familiarity with both quantitative and qualitative research methods is highly desirable. The candidate will be expected to teach a Senior Seminar capstone course.
Saint Anselm College, located one hour north of Boston, has approximately 2,000 undergraduate students and is dedicated to providing a liberal arts education, within and beyond the classroom, through innovative learning opportunities and engagement with the community. The four-three teaching load reflects the college's commitment to teaching. The Communication major at Saint Anselm College was created in January 2010 and has experienced significant growth. Support of the College's Catholic, Benedictine tradition is expected.
Saint Anselm College is an equal opportunity employer committed by its mission to building a diverse academic community that fosters an inclusive environment. A broad spectrum of candidates is encouraged to apply.
Candidates should submit a cover letter indicating areas of expertise, curriculum vitae, names of three references and a statement of research and teaching. Three letters of recommendation should be sent via PDF attachment.
Review will begin March 15 and continue until position is filled.
Experience Required
Ph.D. in Communication is required. ABD candidates near completion may also be considered.
Application Information
Contact: Human Resources St. Anselm College
For the online applicaiton form, please click HERE.
CFP - The Thread to the Unknown
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE IMAGE
14-16 September 2012
Higher School of the Humanities and Journalism, Poznan, Poland http://www.ontheimage.com/conference
SPECIAL THEME: 'The Thread to the Unknown'
Is the Unknown a construct? Can we actually construct the Unknown, and if so how do we do it? This conference aims to explore the boundaries of language, culture, scientific research, artistic production and images in relation to the Unknown, in order to think about the limits of science and the future of human society. (Full conference Themes may be found at http://ontheimage.com/ideas/themes/).
We are pleased to hold the 2012 conference in partnership with the Polish Mediations Biennale 3: The Unknown - Nieznane. The location of the city of Poznan in Poland and Europe creates a wonderful opportunity for it to become a mediator between Eastern and Western Europe, between Asia and Europe, and between the civilizations of the west and the east. The word MEDIATIONS also applies to the relationship between all fields of art, attitudes, outlooks on life, and generations. The Unknown - Nieznane: Works of art disclose areas which are incomprehensible and which cannot be expressed with the use of the words. We create knowledge of what is familiar to us and about the secret of our existence. Art awakens in us the sensibility and awareness of the presence of things that are unknown in our lives. During the MEDIATIONS BIENNALE, there will be works of ancient, modern and contemporary art presented and created by the artists from different cultural areas around the world.
In addition to an impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the conference will also include paper presentations, roundtable discussions, workshops, and colloquia submitted by practitioners, teachers and researchers. Please refer to the Call-for-Papers for proposal submission guidelines and descriptions of sessions - http://ontheimage.com/conference-2012/call-for-papers/. Presenters may also choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of the Image. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic journal.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 8 March 2012. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found on the conference website at http://ontheimage.com/conference. Presenters may also take advantage of the Early Conference Registration, available until 14 March, see: http://ontheimage.com/conference-2012/register/.
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14-16 September 2012
Higher School of the Humanities and Journalism, Poznan, Poland http://www.ontheimage.com/conference
SPECIAL THEME: 'The Thread to the Unknown'
Is the Unknown a construct? Can we actually construct the Unknown, and if so how do we do it? This conference aims to explore the boundaries of language, culture, scientific research, artistic production and images in relation to the Unknown, in order to think about the limits of science and the future of human society. (Full conference Themes may be found at http://ontheimage.com/ideas/themes/).
We are pleased to hold the 2012 conference in partnership with the Polish Mediations Biennale 3: The Unknown - Nieznane. The location of the city of Poznan in Poland and Europe creates a wonderful opportunity for it to become a mediator between Eastern and Western Europe, between Asia and Europe, and between the civilizations of the west and the east. The word MEDIATIONS also applies to the relationship between all fields of art, attitudes, outlooks on life, and generations. The Unknown - Nieznane: Works of art disclose areas which are incomprehensible and which cannot be expressed with the use of the words. We create knowledge of what is familiar to us and about the secret of our existence. Art awakens in us the sensibility and awareness of the presence of things that are unknown in our lives. During the MEDIATIONS BIENNALE, there will be works of ancient, modern and contemporary art presented and created by the artists from different cultural areas around the world.
In addition to an impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the conference will also include paper presentations, roundtable discussions, workshops, and colloquia submitted by practitioners, teachers and researchers. Please refer to the Call-for-Papers for proposal submission guidelines and descriptions of sessions - http://ontheimage.com/conference-2012/call-for-papers/. Presenters may also choose to submit written papers for publication in the fully refereed International Journal of the Image. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic journal.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 8 March 2012. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found on the conference website at http://ontheimage.com/conference. Presenters may also take advantage of the Early Conference Registration, available until 14 March, see: http://ontheimage.com/conference-2012/register/.
Please subscribe to our free, monthly email newsletter, and to our Facebook, RSS or Twitter feeds at http://ontheimage.com/.
International Summer Study Abroad
Shared by Joan Hawkins:
I am contacting you about a summer school that we have set up here at UEA, in case you know anyone who might be interested. Its aimed at students about half way, or two-thirds of the way, through their studies, and who want to spend some time in the UK. The link to information is below. I should also point out that it carries credit, so it is possible for students to have this contribute to their degree in the US, but that is for their institution to consider. If you know any students who would benefit from such an opportunity, please mention it to them.
http://www.uea.ac.uk/summerstudyabroad/modules/ftv
I am contacting you about a summer school that we have set up here at UEA, in case you know anyone who might be interested. Its aimed at students about half way, or two-thirds of the way, through their studies, and who want to spend some time in the UK. The link to information is below. I should also point out that it carries credit, so it is possible for students to have this contribute to their degree in the US, but that is for their institution to consider. If you know any students who would benefit from such an opportunity, please mention it to them.
http://www.uea.ac.uk/summerstudyabroad/modules/ftv
Dhar India Studies Program Presents The Shiva and Ram Avtar Tiwari Memorial Lecture
Siddhartha Deb, the author of The Beautiful and The Damned: A Portrait of the New India will be reading from, and discussing his work as this year’s Shiva and Ram Avtar Tiwari Memorial Lecture. There’s an excellent interview with Siddhartha Deb at NPR, and if you haven’t had the opportunity to read his work to date, it does an excellent job of discussing the project’s many merits: http://www.npr.org/2011/10/10/141213308/undercover-in-india-beautiful-and-damned
Siddhartha Deb has also graciously agreed to sign copies of his book afterward, which will be vended by the IU Bookstore.
The talk will be at :30pm, Thursday, February 23rd in the University Club, Indiana Memorial Union. We hope you find time to hear a unique and interesting voice in creating new impressions of India.
Siddhartha Deb has also graciously agreed to sign copies of his book afterward, which will be vended by the IU Bookstore.
The talk will be at :30pm, Thursday, February 23rd in the University Club, Indiana Memorial Union. We hope you find time to hear a unique and interesting voice in creating new impressions of India.
Dhar India Studies Program Presents a Lecture by Rochona Majumdar
On Thursday, March 8th, the Dhar India Studies Program has the pleasure of a lecture by Rochona Majumdar, University of Chicago(http://salc.uchicago.edu/faculty/majumdar ), on Cinema and Ideology: Film Societies in India at 5:30pm, India House, the corner of 8th and Woodlawn (just north of the Union, just West of the HPER Tennis Courts). Her talk will begin at 5:30pm and we would be honored to have you join us.
On the following morning, between 8am and 10am, we have the opportunity to allow Dr. Majumdar to engage with you, and graduate students from Film, Media and Cultural studies at India House—a conversation facilitated by some bagels, some hot beverages and no end, I’m certain, of ideas.
If you or your graduate students are interested to stop by on the morning of March 9 at India House—please let me know you’re coming, for a head count. There’s nothing worse than a morning meeting with mean accommodations.
And please consider Dr. Majumdar’s talk on the 8th—for reference, you might enjoy her work on “Debating Radical Cinema: A History of the Film Society Movement in India”
On the following morning, between 8am and 10am, we have the opportunity to allow Dr. Majumdar to engage with you, and graduate students from Film, Media and Cultural studies at India House—a conversation facilitated by some bagels, some hot beverages and no end, I’m certain, of ideas.
If you or your graduate students are interested to stop by on the morning of March 9 at India House—please let me know you’re coming, for a head count. There’s nothing worse than a morning meeting with mean accommodations.
And please consider Dr. Majumdar’s talk on the 8th—for reference, you might enjoy her work on “Debating Radical Cinema: A History of the Film Society Movement in India”
RKCSI Spring Lecture Series
Speaker: Hans Ibold, School of Journalism, Indiana University
Topic: New Media in Authoritarian Central Asia: Fuel for What?
Date: Friday, February 24, 2012
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Place: LI001 Wells Library (SLIS in Wells Library; East 10th St. entrance)
Talk preceded by an informal gathering with cookies, tea, and coffee, available at 1:45pm.
ABSTRACT
Emerging research on the role of media in social and political unrest in North Africa and the Middle East reminds us that newer networked media tools like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the mobile Web are not inherently transformative. What matters is how people select and use these tools and in what cultural contexts. However, this does not mean that a search for generalizable patterns of transformation is futile. In this talk, I discuss a work-in-progress that explores how activists in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan use newer networked media tactically. I begin by drawing on my past work in Kyrgyzstan and on more recent research to discuss how newer media have opened up opportunities for alternative forms of expression, participation, and learning in Kyrgyzstan. I then discuss and seek feedback on a study I am designing that investigates an information technology activist culture and its influence in Kyrgyzstan. Considerable evidence suggests that this small group may be playing a role in spreading awareness and in connecting otherwise separate domestic and international people that can lead to new ideas, new identities, and new opportunities for group actions, as well as new tensions and entrenchment. Finally, I suggest that this small group of IT activists may be filling an information and community-building void left by the increasingly irrelevant news media in Kyrgyzstan.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Hans Ibold is an assistant professor at the IU School of Journalism. His research examines media and cultural globalization and the role journalism plays when media technologies and cultures converge. He was the technology reporter for the Los Angeles Business Journal, arts editor for the Idaho Mountain Express in Ketchum, Idaho and an online editor and features writer for Getty.edu. From 2003 to 2005, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, where he continues to travel and carry out media research. Ongoing projects investigate Twitter and social change and new media literacies. For more information, see his website at: http://hanspeteribold.net/
This series is designed to introduce faculty, students and staff across the university to current research in social informatics conducted at IU and around the world. The Center is jointly sponsored by the IU Schools of Informatics and Library & Information Science, and the Kelley School of Business. For more information about the Center, please visit http://rkcsi.indiana.edu
Topic: New Media in Authoritarian Central Asia: Fuel for What?
Date: Friday, February 24, 2012
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Place: LI001 Wells Library (SLIS in Wells Library; East 10th St. entrance)
Talk preceded by an informal gathering with cookies, tea, and coffee, available at 1:45pm.
ABSTRACT
Emerging research on the role of media in social and political unrest in North Africa and the Middle East reminds us that newer networked media tools like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and the mobile Web are not inherently transformative. What matters is how people select and use these tools and in what cultural contexts. However, this does not mean that a search for generalizable patterns of transformation is futile. In this talk, I discuss a work-in-progress that explores how activists in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan use newer networked media tactically. I begin by drawing on my past work in Kyrgyzstan and on more recent research to discuss how newer media have opened up opportunities for alternative forms of expression, participation, and learning in Kyrgyzstan. I then discuss and seek feedback on a study I am designing that investigates an information technology activist culture and its influence in Kyrgyzstan. Considerable evidence suggests that this small group may be playing a role in spreading awareness and in connecting otherwise separate domestic and international people that can lead to new ideas, new identities, and new opportunities for group actions, as well as new tensions and entrenchment. Finally, I suggest that this small group of IT activists may be filling an information and community-building void left by the increasingly irrelevant news media in Kyrgyzstan.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Hans Ibold is an assistant professor at the IU School of Journalism. His research examines media and cultural globalization and the role journalism plays when media technologies and cultures converge. He was the technology reporter for the Los Angeles Business Journal, arts editor for the Idaho Mountain Express in Ketchum, Idaho and an online editor and features writer for Getty.edu. From 2003 to 2005, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, where he continues to travel and carry out media research. Ongoing projects investigate Twitter and social change and new media literacies. For more information, see his website at: http://hanspeteribold.net/
This series is designed to introduce faculty, students and staff across the university to current research in social informatics conducted at IU and around the world. The Center is jointly sponsored by the IU Schools of Informatics and Library & Information Science, and the Kelley School of Business. For more information about the Center, please visit http://rkcsi.indiana.edu
CFP: ‘Social Media-Global Voices’
2012 - 4th European Communication Conference Istanbul Bilgi University Istanbul, Turkey, 24-27 October 2012
HOSTED BY THE TURKISH COMMUNICATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (ILAD) www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu
The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and the Turkish Communication Research Association (ILAD), together with Istanbul Bilgi University, welcome the submission of abstracts for presentation at the 4th European Communication Conference to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 24 to 27 October 2012.
The general theme of the conference is ‘Social Media-Global Voices’. The organisers call for proposals in all fields of communication and media studies, but particularly invite conceptual, empirical, and methodological proposals on social media and global communication phenomena and/or on comparative research.
ECREA is pleased to accept proposals for individual papers, panels as well as poster presentations. All proposals must be submitted through the conference website www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu and will be reviewed by the 17 ECREA thematic sections. The descriptions of the sections are listed further below in this message.
Abstracts should be written in English and contain a clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, and, where applicable, methodology and results. The preferred length of the individual abstracts is between 400 and 500 words (the maximum is 500 words).
Panel proposals --which should consist of five individual contributions--, combine a panel abstract with five individual abstracts, each of which are between 400 and 500 words.
Participants may submit more than one proposal, but only one paper or poster by the same first author might be accepted. First authors can still be second (or third, etc.) author of other papers or posters, and can still act as chair or respondent of a panel.
All proposals should be submitted through the conference website from 1 December 2011 to 28 February 2012. Early submission is strongly encouraged. Please note that this submission deadline will not be extended.
TIMELINE
1 December 2011: Online submission system for proposals open
28 February 2012: Deadline for online submission of proposals
30 April 2012: Notification of the acceptance
15 August 2012: End of early bird registration fee
1 October 2012: Deadline for online registration
24-27 October 2012: European Communication Conference
ECREA Thematic Sections descriptions
AUDIENCE AND RECEPTION STUDIES
The Audience and Reception Studies section invites contributions that focus on how people use and make sense of old and new media and with what consequences for individuals, groups, communities and societies.
The section welcomes various approaches (theoretical/critical works, empirical studies, methodological discussions) and methods (quantitative or qualitative research, or both), and encourages submissions that cross disciplines (e.g. social sciences, political sciences, education sciences, humanities and arts, psychology) and traditional boundaries (e.g. between old and new media, between mass and group communication, between content/production and audience/ reception/effects).
COMMUNICATION AND DEMOCRACY
The Communication and Democracy section invites you to send in abstracts for papers as well as panel proposals focusing on the relationship between media, communication and democracy. Democracy is being defined here in a broad sense and is not merely limited to the procedural aspect of political systems, but also includes civic cultures. Equally, democracy does not only refer to (Western) models of liberal democracy, and media and communication relates to both more traditional (mass) media as well as the internet and newer forms of (digital) media and communication opportunities. The section-theme for 2012 Istanbul conference is "Social Media and Global Voices", but papers outside of this general theme will also be accepted. Abstracts and panel proposals should ideally address one of these sub-themes: democracy, participation and citizenship; critical approaches, theoretical challenges and methodological innovations; public spheres, counter-public spheres and beyond; media and political mobilizations, activism and protest cultures; the future of community media and (local) journalism (in a digital age) and their impact on (local) democracy; EU and/or national media & communication policies; civic engagement and media literacies.
COMMUNICATION HISTORY
The Communication History section provides a forum for scholars from different European countries who approach communication with a historical perspective. The section invites contributions dealing with: the history of socially relevant and mass communication (e.g., the history of media production and institutions, history of journalism, public relations and advertising, new media histories, historical audiences); the history of communication in general (e.g., history of interpersonal or group communication); memory studies (e.g., mass media and social memory); the history of ideas related to the field of communication (the history of theories concerning public or mediated communication or the history of communication as a scientific field); the methodology and theory of communication history.
COMMUNICATION LAW AND POLICY
The Communication Law and Policy section provides a forum for the debate and analysis of past and current national and EU legal, regulatory and policy directions in the field of European media and communication. The field is interpreted broadly to include political, social, cultural, anthropological and economic questions. The section invites contributions (proposals for papers, posters or panels) in any area of (broadly understood) European media and communication law, regulation and policy, including historical, comparative and philosophical approaches to this domain. We welcome critical methodologies and analyses, as well as discussions on new ways of thinking about policy and law in the media, communication and cultural industries. We also welcome works that are situated at the intersection of macro-level and micro-level analysis, that use interdisciplinary approaches and works that push the boundaries of established work.
DIASPORA, MIGRATION AND THE MEDIA
Transnational and diasporic communications have brought a number of theoretical and methodological challenges for European communication research, such as those relating to the significance of the national public spheres, national broadcasting, multicultural media and the cultural and communication practices of people living in culturally diverse societies. The section invites and encourages theoretical and empirical explorations of European communications and diversity from across Europe and beyond. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches and innovative studies in all areas of media and communication research (media production; media texts; consumption of media and communications technologies; national and transnational policy; media ethics and the representation of difference).
DIGITAL CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
The Digital Culture and Communication section aims at exchanging and developing research at the European level in the developing field of digital media and informational culture as this is broadly defined. We welcome work that crosses disciplines and that operates at the boundaries of what might generally be allowed to constitute media/communication systems. The section actively seeks both empirical and theoretical/critical work. It therefore welcomes work that questions the general specificity of 'the digital' and/or uses 'the digital' to rethink existing media and communication theories and approaches (as well as research methods).
FILM STUDIES
Ranging from early cinema experiences in European metropolis, to the contemporary blockbuster multiplexes, film has always been at the forefront of European popular culture. The Film Studies section invites for contributions that deal with film in a broad variety of aspects: film as content, as cultural artefact, as commercial product, as lived experience, as cultural and economic institution, as symbolic field of cultural production, as media technology, etc. We strive towards methodological openness and multilevel approaches on the study of historical and contemporary cinema: film text, context, production, representation and reception. Cultural studies perspectives, historical approaches, political economy, textual analysis, audience research all find their place within the section.
GENDER AND COMMUNICATION
The Gender and Communication section invites empirical and/or theoretical contributions to the field of communication with a specific interest in gender and its intersections. Gender is conceptualised in a broad sense, aiming for inclusivity and multivocality within the field. Contributions can therefore address gender or gender-related issues’ intersection with concepts such as ethnicity, identity politics, age, or queer studies. As with gender, the concept of media is equally open. Contributions might therefore adopt an interdisciplinary approach, for example using insights from feminist media studies, popular culture studies, and post-structural theory or posing philosophical questions. Aiming to bridge the gap between communication and gender studies, this section welcomes approaches that combine a focus on gender with media research, namely media production, content analysis of media texts and media use and/or reception.
INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
The field of International and Intercultural Communication has changed considerably over the last years. Globalisation and its consequences have forced the field to broaden its scope. Furthermore the field is challenged from the outside by other disciplines engaging in the debate on the role of communication in globalisation processes. In this section we welcome contributions that take a broad view on cross-border communication in all its forms. We define cross-border communication in terms of communication crossing national or/and cultural borders and we focus on both mediated and personal forms of communication.
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL
The Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction section welcomes contributions that focus on the study of human interaction and human communicative behaviour. The core is constituted of contacts and bonds between people, whether in private or public contexts, whether face-to-face or through various communication technologies. The research fields and theory development areas of interpersonal communication and social interaction are wide-ranging.
They include interpersonal relationships, relationship formation, development and termination, group and team communication, conversational organisation, verbal and nonverbal communication, public speaking, radio and television performance, rhetoric, argumentation, persuasion and mutual influence, communicative competence and interpersonal skills, ethnography of speaking, and other related approaches to human social interaction. All kinds of contexts are welcome (e.g., family, work, instructional, political, health), as are all methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, mixed).
JOURNALISM STUDIES
The Journalism Studies section is concerned with cultural, political, economic, social and professional aspects of journalism and news work.
The section accordingly invites for consideration papers of high quality across the range of journalism studies, focussing on occupational, participatory, regulatory, ethical, social, technological, political, commercial, cultural, educational, historical and other dimensions, with particular reference to the European and/or global context.
ORGANISATIONAL AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
The section for Organizational and Strategic Communication promotes an active and critical dialogue among scholars in view of consolidating an interdisciplinary field of debate, applications and complex projects. Its aim is to approach and to debate on the fundamentals of corporate communication, and to encourage the development of research topics and input concepts by different scholars in various European countries or elsewhere. The overall objective of the section is therefore to enhance the European research within the field of organizational and strategic communications as well as to refine the conceptual and methodological background of the correlated practice. The participation rules of the section allow contributions from researchers, professors, master and doctoral students, as well from corporate representatives whose aim is to develop the internal research portfolios of their own organizations. The section also allows for contributions of independent specialists and consultants in marketing, public communication or related fields, as the very field of organizational communication is difficult to observe unless part of the organizational systems.
PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNICATION
The Philosophy of Communication section in particular sets out to consolidate a European forum for the philosophy of communication. Guided by the ideal of a free, rational, diverse, engaged and socially just Europe, the section is explicitly oriented to reflect the cultural variety and the variety of traditions in the history of thought, scholarship and science. The philosophy of communication encompasses a variety of concerns including reflective, theoretical, analytical, normative and historical questions relating to communication as a phenomenon, a dialectical process, a social reality, a form of expression, a theoretical construct or last but not at least a paradox. What distinguishes Philosophy of Communication from other approaches is the foundational dimension embodied by the section. The Philosophy of Communication section welcomes contributions that deal with questions regarding theory formation and methodology in communication scholarship, and with fundamental questions regarding the place of communication in human existence.
POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
The Political Communication section invites empirical and/or theoretical contributions on the changing nature of the relationship between citizens, political actors and the media, old and new. We welcome papers that address issues such as: the implications of mediated and mediatized politics on the quality of modern democracy; the European political communication deficit; the link between political communication and media policy, new journalistic practices, but also rising antagonistic civic communicative inputs, practices and processes of the mediation and mediatization of politics. Similarly, we invite papers on communication strategies and news management of political elites; campaign communication; citizenship and public sphere; media effects on political orientations and participation; as well as interpersonal and online political communication. In line with the general theme of the 2012 ECC we are particularly interested in papers that take a comparative view on political communication in Europe. The section aims to bring together, and encourage critical and interdisciplinary approaches while creating dialogue between, a broad diversity of methodological and theoretical approaches.
RADIO RESEARCH
Following its successful conference at the University of Minho in September 2011, the Radio Research Section invites proposals for ECC12. Abstracts are welcome from across as wide a range of interests related to radio as possible. We do not wish to limit the focus and scope of members' research in the medium, and the panels will be organized thematically once abstracts have been peer-reviewed and accepted. Whole panel proposals are also welcome, although please note that there will inevitably be pressure on the available timeslots in the programme. Panels and papers could be situated in the following fields as they relate to radio: audience studies; community radio; audio content (programming and genre); audio narratives; radio identities; parallel web and mobile platform content; digitisation; new or revised research methodologies; social networking and user-generated radio. Papers in languages other than English are very welcome, but in the absence of funding for translation services, paper proposers are encouraged to consider ways of communicating their research to as wide a range of participants as possible. This may involve showing a PowerPoint in English or another of the widely-used European languages.
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMUNICATION
The 21st century faces unprecedented challenges in the environment and science fields. The Science and Environment Communication section seeks to foster a strong and dynamic research network and welcomes work that crosses a range of disciplinary and methodological boundaries. Examples of topic areas include - but are far from restricted to: media representations of science and the environment; political and commercial discourse on the environment; dialogic, participatory approaches to the communication of research-based knowledge; communication, democracy and research governance; public engagement with science and the environment.
TELEVISION STUDIES
The Television Studies section aims to facilitate strong cooperation for European research and education in the field of television studies. In the face of technological and cultural changes to television 'as we know it', the section provides a network for TV researchers from a wide range of disciplines focussing on all aspects of television, both addressing the 'post-broadcast era' and television's history and multiple futures. The phenomenon of television in its broadest sense is the topic of the section: TV as programme, TV as aesthetic form, TV as lived experience, TV as cultural and economic institution, TV as part of legal and political actions, TV as symbolic field of cultural production, TV as popular entertainment, TV as media technology, TV as commodity, TV as part of convergence culture, etc. The section welcomes various approaches (theoretical, analytical, historical, empirical, critical, methodological) and encourages inter- and transdisciplinary work on television. For this conference, we would particularly but not only like to hear from researchers working on television and its relation to different forms of participatory media and new forms of interactive solutions such as over-the-top television. Another focus could be fan-like activities and television.
HOSTED BY THE TURKISH COMMUNICATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (ILAD) www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu
The European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and the Turkish Communication Research Association (ILAD), together with Istanbul Bilgi University, welcome the submission of abstracts for presentation at the 4th European Communication Conference to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 24 to 27 October 2012.
The general theme of the conference is ‘Social Media-Global Voices’. The organisers call for proposals in all fields of communication and media studies, but particularly invite conceptual, empirical, and methodological proposals on social media and global communication phenomena and/or on comparative research.
ECREA is pleased to accept proposals for individual papers, panels as well as poster presentations. All proposals must be submitted through the conference website www.ecrea2012istanbul.eu and will be reviewed by the 17 ECREA thematic sections. The descriptions of the sections are listed further below in this message.
Abstracts should be written in English and contain a clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, and, where applicable, methodology and results. The preferred length of the individual abstracts is between 400 and 500 words (the maximum is 500 words).
Panel proposals --which should consist of five individual contributions--, combine a panel abstract with five individual abstracts, each of which are between 400 and 500 words.
Participants may submit more than one proposal, but only one paper or poster by the same first author might be accepted. First authors can still be second (or third, etc.) author of other papers or posters, and can still act as chair or respondent of a panel.
All proposals should be submitted through the conference website from 1 December 2011 to 28 February 2012. Early submission is strongly encouraged. Please note that this submission deadline will not be extended.
TIMELINE
1 December 2011: Online submission system for proposals open
28 February 2012: Deadline for online submission of proposals
30 April 2012: Notification of the acceptance
15 August 2012: End of early bird registration fee
1 October 2012: Deadline for online registration
24-27 October 2012: European Communication Conference
ECREA Thematic Sections descriptions
AUDIENCE AND RECEPTION STUDIES
The Audience and Reception Studies section invites contributions that focus on how people use and make sense of old and new media and with what consequences for individuals, groups, communities and societies.
The section welcomes various approaches (theoretical/critical works, empirical studies, methodological discussions) and methods (quantitative or qualitative research, or both), and encourages submissions that cross disciplines (e.g. social sciences, political sciences, education sciences, humanities and arts, psychology) and traditional boundaries (e.g. between old and new media, between mass and group communication, between content/production and audience/ reception/effects).
COMMUNICATION AND DEMOCRACY
The Communication and Democracy section invites you to send in abstracts for papers as well as panel proposals focusing on the relationship between media, communication and democracy. Democracy is being defined here in a broad sense and is not merely limited to the procedural aspect of political systems, but also includes civic cultures. Equally, democracy does not only refer to (Western) models of liberal democracy, and media and communication relates to both more traditional (mass) media as well as the internet and newer forms of (digital) media and communication opportunities. The section-theme for 2012 Istanbul conference is "Social Media and Global Voices", but papers outside of this general theme will also be accepted. Abstracts and panel proposals should ideally address one of these sub-themes: democracy, participation and citizenship; critical approaches, theoretical challenges and methodological innovations; public spheres, counter-public spheres and beyond; media and political mobilizations, activism and protest cultures; the future of community media and (local) journalism (in a digital age) and their impact on (local) democracy; EU and/or national media & communication policies; civic engagement and media literacies.
COMMUNICATION HISTORY
The Communication History section provides a forum for scholars from different European countries who approach communication with a historical perspective. The section invites contributions dealing with: the history of socially relevant and mass communication (e.g., the history of media production and institutions, history of journalism, public relations and advertising, new media histories, historical audiences); the history of communication in general (e.g., history of interpersonal or group communication); memory studies (e.g., mass media and social memory); the history of ideas related to the field of communication (the history of theories concerning public or mediated communication or the history of communication as a scientific field); the methodology and theory of communication history.
COMMUNICATION LAW AND POLICY
The Communication Law and Policy section provides a forum for the debate and analysis of past and current national and EU legal, regulatory and policy directions in the field of European media and communication. The field is interpreted broadly to include political, social, cultural, anthropological and economic questions. The section invites contributions (proposals for papers, posters or panels) in any area of (broadly understood) European media and communication law, regulation and policy, including historical, comparative and philosophical approaches to this domain. We welcome critical methodologies and analyses, as well as discussions on new ways of thinking about policy and law in the media, communication and cultural industries. We also welcome works that are situated at the intersection of macro-level and micro-level analysis, that use interdisciplinary approaches and works that push the boundaries of established work.
DIASPORA, MIGRATION AND THE MEDIA
Transnational and diasporic communications have brought a number of theoretical and methodological challenges for European communication research, such as those relating to the significance of the national public spheres, national broadcasting, multicultural media and the cultural and communication practices of people living in culturally diverse societies. The section invites and encourages theoretical and empirical explorations of European communications and diversity from across Europe and beyond. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches and innovative studies in all areas of media and communication research (media production; media texts; consumption of media and communications technologies; national and transnational policy; media ethics and the representation of difference).
DIGITAL CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION
The Digital Culture and Communication section aims at exchanging and developing research at the European level in the developing field of digital media and informational culture as this is broadly defined. We welcome work that crosses disciplines and that operates at the boundaries of what might generally be allowed to constitute media/communication systems. The section actively seeks both empirical and theoretical/critical work. It therefore welcomes work that questions the general specificity of 'the digital' and/or uses 'the digital' to rethink existing media and communication theories and approaches (as well as research methods).
FILM STUDIES
Ranging from early cinema experiences in European metropolis, to the contemporary blockbuster multiplexes, film has always been at the forefront of European popular culture. The Film Studies section invites for contributions that deal with film in a broad variety of aspects: film as content, as cultural artefact, as commercial product, as lived experience, as cultural and economic institution, as symbolic field of cultural production, as media technology, etc. We strive towards methodological openness and multilevel approaches on the study of historical and contemporary cinema: film text, context, production, representation and reception. Cultural studies perspectives, historical approaches, political economy, textual analysis, audience research all find their place within the section.
GENDER AND COMMUNICATION
The Gender and Communication section invites empirical and/or theoretical contributions to the field of communication with a specific interest in gender and its intersections. Gender is conceptualised in a broad sense, aiming for inclusivity and multivocality within the field. Contributions can therefore address gender or gender-related issues’ intersection with concepts such as ethnicity, identity politics, age, or queer studies. As with gender, the concept of media is equally open. Contributions might therefore adopt an interdisciplinary approach, for example using insights from feminist media studies, popular culture studies, and post-structural theory or posing philosophical questions. Aiming to bridge the gap between communication and gender studies, this section welcomes approaches that combine a focus on gender with media research, namely media production, content analysis of media texts and media use and/or reception.
INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
The field of International and Intercultural Communication has changed considerably over the last years. Globalisation and its consequences have forced the field to broaden its scope. Furthermore the field is challenged from the outside by other disciplines engaging in the debate on the role of communication in globalisation processes. In this section we welcome contributions that take a broad view on cross-border communication in all its forms. We define cross-border communication in terms of communication crossing national or/and cultural borders and we focus on both mediated and personal forms of communication.
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL
The Interpersonal Communication and Social Interaction section welcomes contributions that focus on the study of human interaction and human communicative behaviour. The core is constituted of contacts and bonds between people, whether in private or public contexts, whether face-to-face or through various communication technologies. The research fields and theory development areas of interpersonal communication and social interaction are wide-ranging.
They include interpersonal relationships, relationship formation, development and termination, group and team communication, conversational organisation, verbal and nonverbal communication, public speaking, radio and television performance, rhetoric, argumentation, persuasion and mutual influence, communicative competence and interpersonal skills, ethnography of speaking, and other related approaches to human social interaction. All kinds of contexts are welcome (e.g., family, work, instructional, political, health), as are all methodologies (qualitative, quantitative, mixed).
JOURNALISM STUDIES
The Journalism Studies section is concerned with cultural, political, economic, social and professional aspects of journalism and news work.
The section accordingly invites for consideration papers of high quality across the range of journalism studies, focussing on occupational, participatory, regulatory, ethical, social, technological, political, commercial, cultural, educational, historical and other dimensions, with particular reference to the European and/or global context.
ORGANISATIONAL AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
The section for Organizational and Strategic Communication promotes an active and critical dialogue among scholars in view of consolidating an interdisciplinary field of debate, applications and complex projects. Its aim is to approach and to debate on the fundamentals of corporate communication, and to encourage the development of research topics and input concepts by different scholars in various European countries or elsewhere. The overall objective of the section is therefore to enhance the European research within the field of organizational and strategic communications as well as to refine the conceptual and methodological background of the correlated practice. The participation rules of the section allow contributions from researchers, professors, master and doctoral students, as well from corporate representatives whose aim is to develop the internal research portfolios of their own organizations. The section also allows for contributions of independent specialists and consultants in marketing, public communication or related fields, as the very field of organizational communication is difficult to observe unless part of the organizational systems.
PHILOSOPHY OF COMMUNICATION
The Philosophy of Communication section in particular sets out to consolidate a European forum for the philosophy of communication. Guided by the ideal of a free, rational, diverse, engaged and socially just Europe, the section is explicitly oriented to reflect the cultural variety and the variety of traditions in the history of thought, scholarship and science. The philosophy of communication encompasses a variety of concerns including reflective, theoretical, analytical, normative and historical questions relating to communication as a phenomenon, a dialectical process, a social reality, a form of expression, a theoretical construct or last but not at least a paradox. What distinguishes Philosophy of Communication from other approaches is the foundational dimension embodied by the section. The Philosophy of Communication section welcomes contributions that deal with questions regarding theory formation and methodology in communication scholarship, and with fundamental questions regarding the place of communication in human existence.
POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
The Political Communication section invites empirical and/or theoretical contributions on the changing nature of the relationship between citizens, political actors and the media, old and new. We welcome papers that address issues such as: the implications of mediated and mediatized politics on the quality of modern democracy; the European political communication deficit; the link between political communication and media policy, new journalistic practices, but also rising antagonistic civic communicative inputs, practices and processes of the mediation and mediatization of politics. Similarly, we invite papers on communication strategies and news management of political elites; campaign communication; citizenship and public sphere; media effects on political orientations and participation; as well as interpersonal and online political communication. In line with the general theme of the 2012 ECC we are particularly interested in papers that take a comparative view on political communication in Europe. The section aims to bring together, and encourage critical and interdisciplinary approaches while creating dialogue between, a broad diversity of methodological and theoretical approaches.
RADIO RESEARCH
Following its successful conference at the University of Minho in September 2011, the Radio Research Section invites proposals for ECC12. Abstracts are welcome from across as wide a range of interests related to radio as possible. We do not wish to limit the focus and scope of members' research in the medium, and the panels will be organized thematically once abstracts have been peer-reviewed and accepted. Whole panel proposals are also welcome, although please note that there will inevitably be pressure on the available timeslots in the programme. Panels and papers could be situated in the following fields as they relate to radio: audience studies; community radio; audio content (programming and genre); audio narratives; radio identities; parallel web and mobile platform content; digitisation; new or revised research methodologies; social networking and user-generated radio. Papers in languages other than English are very welcome, but in the absence of funding for translation services, paper proposers are encouraged to consider ways of communicating their research to as wide a range of participants as possible. This may involve showing a PowerPoint in English or another of the widely-used European languages.
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT COMMUNICATION
The 21st century faces unprecedented challenges in the environment and science fields. The Science and Environment Communication section seeks to foster a strong and dynamic research network and welcomes work that crosses a range of disciplinary and methodological boundaries. Examples of topic areas include - but are far from restricted to: media representations of science and the environment; political and commercial discourse on the environment; dialogic, participatory approaches to the communication of research-based knowledge; communication, democracy and research governance; public engagement with science and the environment.
TELEVISION STUDIES
The Television Studies section aims to facilitate strong cooperation for European research and education in the field of television studies. In the face of technological and cultural changes to television 'as we know it', the section provides a network for TV researchers from a wide range of disciplines focussing on all aspects of television, both addressing the 'post-broadcast era' and television's history and multiple futures. The phenomenon of television in its broadest sense is the topic of the section: TV as programme, TV as aesthetic form, TV as lived experience, TV as cultural and economic institution, TV as part of legal and political actions, TV as symbolic field of cultural production, TV as popular entertainment, TV as media technology, TV as commodity, TV as part of convergence culture, etc. The section welcomes various approaches (theoretical, analytical, historical, empirical, critical, methodological) and encourages inter- and transdisciplinary work on television. For this conference, we would particularly but not only like to hear from researchers working on television and its relation to different forms of participatory media and new forms of interactive solutions such as over-the-top television. Another focus could be fan-like activities and television.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Clinic for Depression and Anxiety Disorders
Dr. Cara Lewis, Clinical Assistant Professor, IUB Psychological & Brain Sciences shares this update regarding the new Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Research and Training Clinic for depression and anxiety disorders. This clinic opened in January and now has a website that describing offered services.
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuclinic/
Briefly, advanced clinical doctoral students are offering free individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy targeting adolescents and adults who are depressed or anxious.
Interested individuals can call 812-855-4557 for more information or to make an appointment.
http://www.indiana.edu/~iuclinic/
Briefly, advanced clinical doctoral students are offering free individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy targeting adolescents and adults who are depressed or anxious.
Interested individuals can call 812-855-4557 for more information or to make an appointment.
Indiana University Credit Union Dissertation Year Fellowship Application Information
This year, the Indiana University Credit Union (IUCU) Dissertation Year Fellowship(DYF) Competition is earlier than usual. Also, the student part of the application goes through the COMPASS system, which I can’t monitor for new applications. Why does this matter? It matters because it means that I won’t know you’ve applied until after March 5th. I wouldn’t be able to gather your letters of recommendation, notify the GAC that it will need to review and rank the department’s nominations, or have the DGS write your departmental recommendation until March 5th or 6th at the earliest. As spring break begins on the 9th, this is a problem.
Therefore, if you are planning to apply for the IUCU DYF, please send me your application materials, and have your recommenders send me your letters by Wednesday, February 29th. This will allow us to get all ducks in a row before the campus shuts down for the break. You will still need to complete your part of the application online by March 2nd.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Therefore, if you are planning to apply for the IUCU DYF, please send me your application materials, and have your recommenders send me your letters by Wednesday, February 29th. This will allow us to get all ducks in a row before the campus shuts down for the break. You will still need to complete your part of the application online by March 2nd.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Friday, February 17, 2012
IU Cinema Seeks a Graduate Assistant Projectionist
Position: Graduate Assistant, Projectionist
Department: IU Cinema
Title of Supervisor: Assistant Director, Cinema Systems & Operations
Overview:
The Indiana University Cinema is a world-class facility and program that is dedicated to the scholarly study and highest standards of exhibition of film in its traditional and modern forms. Our GA Projectionists gain rare work experience operating sophisticated projection equipment, handling a variety of film & video
formats, and presenting film & video under optimal screening conditions. Such an opportunity will directly complement academic studies in film history, theory, criticism and production. (Note: Candidates MUST be G-901 eligible during Fall and Spring semesters.)
Duties and Responsibilities:
-Undergo detailed training in the exhibition of 35mm, 16mm, DCI and non DCI Compliant digital cinema
-Perform all necessary duties required as an IU Cinema Projectionist including:
-Set up and operation of cinema system (film/video) for auditorium for lectures, classes and public screenings;
-Execute necessary adjustments for format and aspect ratio changes;
-Execute “reel to reel” changeovers (for film screenings);
-Exhibit all films and videos, maintaining the highest standards of exhibition;
-Inspect, clean and repair incoming film prints;
-Inspect and prepare video tapes, discs and packages for screenings;
-Prepare screened materials (film/video) for return shipment;
-Perform general Cinema Booth maintenance, as needed;
-Clean lenses, oil equipment, and make minor repairs and adjustments, as needed;
-Serve as Cinema representative to welcome and build audiences;
-Occasionally close/lock the venue at the end of a shift when all patrons have left.
Qualifications:
-Knowledge of film history, technologies, and aesthetics;
-Good practical and organizational skills with the ability to solve problems;
-Keen attention to detail, reliability, excellent time-keeping skills, punctuality, independence, motivation and ability to multi-task in a busy environment;
-Enthusiastic and pleasant manner;
-Ability to work independently;
-Ability to work flexibly within a small team;
-Computer skills of PC platforms (Microsoft Office required, video editing desired)
-Confidence in public speaking and excellent communication skills with the ability to deal effectively with people at all levels, even under pressure;
-Commitment to continuous improvement and professional development.
Requirements:
-**Candidates must be G-901 eligible for both Fall and Spring semesters**
-If selected, candidates must be prepared to commit to either a 20-hour or 15-hour GA Appointment for both semesters.
-New hires must attend and successfully complete a mandatory training period during the month of August.
-The position entails lifting of film materials weighing up to 40 lbs. Candidates must be able to lift 10 lbs above their head, which is necessary for threading 35mm film reels.
-Good vision is also required in order to thread film and focus images onto a screen
approximately 60-feet away.
Compensation:
20-hour appointment (50.0% FTE)…………….$6500 per semester.
15-hour appointment (37.5% FTE)…………….$4875 per semester.
Start Date:
The official start date of the GA appointment will be August 1st 2012. For new hires, there will be a mandatory training period during the month of August. Training must be successfully completed prior to the first day of classes.
Application:
-Include a cover letter outlining your qualifications and the nature of your interest in this GA appointment. (Your cover letter may be either an attached document or within the body of the email itself.)
-Attach an updated copy of your resume.
-Please use “GA Application” as the subject of your email.
-Submit via email to iucinema@indiana.edu.
-Receipt of application will be acknowledged via email.
Deadline:
Applications must be received by Friday, March 2nd 2012
Department: IU Cinema
Title of Supervisor: Assistant Director, Cinema Systems & Operations
Overview:
The Indiana University Cinema is a world-class facility and program that is dedicated to the scholarly study and highest standards of exhibition of film in its traditional and modern forms. Our GA Projectionists gain rare work experience operating sophisticated projection equipment, handling a variety of film & video
formats, and presenting film & video under optimal screening conditions. Such an opportunity will directly complement academic studies in film history, theory, criticism and production. (Note: Candidates MUST be G-901 eligible during Fall and Spring semesters.)
Duties and Responsibilities:
-Undergo detailed training in the exhibition of 35mm, 16mm, DCI and non DCI Compliant digital cinema
-Perform all necessary duties required as an IU Cinema Projectionist including:
-Set up and operation of cinema system (film/video) for auditorium for lectures, classes and public screenings;
-Execute necessary adjustments for format and aspect ratio changes;
-Execute “reel to reel” changeovers (for film screenings);
-Exhibit all films and videos, maintaining the highest standards of exhibition;
-Inspect, clean and repair incoming film prints;
-Inspect and prepare video tapes, discs and packages for screenings;
-Prepare screened materials (film/video) for return shipment;
-Perform general Cinema Booth maintenance, as needed;
-Clean lenses, oil equipment, and make minor repairs and adjustments, as needed;
-Serve as Cinema representative to welcome and build audiences;
-Occasionally close/lock the venue at the end of a shift when all patrons have left.
Qualifications:
-Knowledge of film history, technologies, and aesthetics;
-Good practical and organizational skills with the ability to solve problems;
-Keen attention to detail, reliability, excellent time-keeping skills, punctuality, independence, motivation and ability to multi-task in a busy environment;
-Enthusiastic and pleasant manner;
-Ability to work independently;
-Ability to work flexibly within a small team;
-Computer skills of PC platforms (Microsoft Office required, video editing desired)
-Confidence in public speaking and excellent communication skills with the ability to deal effectively with people at all levels, even under pressure;
-Commitment to continuous improvement and professional development.
Requirements:
-**Candidates must be G-901 eligible for both Fall and Spring semesters**
-If selected, candidates must be prepared to commit to either a 20-hour or 15-hour GA Appointment for both semesters.
-New hires must attend and successfully complete a mandatory training period during the month of August.
-The position entails lifting of film materials weighing up to 40 lbs. Candidates must be able to lift 10 lbs above their head, which is necessary for threading 35mm film reels.
-Good vision is also required in order to thread film and focus images onto a screen
approximately 60-feet away.
Compensation:
20-hour appointment (50.0% FTE)…………….$6500 per semester.
15-hour appointment (37.5% FTE)…………….$4875 per semester.
Start Date:
The official start date of the GA appointment will be August 1st 2012. For new hires, there will be a mandatory training period during the month of August. Training must be successfully completed prior to the first day of classes.
Application:
-Include a cover letter outlining your qualifications and the nature of your interest in this GA appointment. (Your cover letter may be either an attached document or within the body of the email itself.)
-Attach an updated copy of your resume.
-Please use “GA Application” as the subject of your email.
-Submit via email to iucinema@indiana.edu.
-Receipt of application will be acknowledged via email.
Deadline:
Applications must be received by Friday, March 2nd 2012
Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival Fellowship
If you are graduate student of color pursuing a PHD, then all it takes is a short letter and a CV to apply for a Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival Fellowship. March 28-April 1, 2012 in Ithaca New York.
Festival theme is Microtopias...apply NOW...deadline is Feb 20...
More here: http://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/festivalfellow/
Festival theme is Microtopias...apply NOW...deadline is Feb 20...
More here: http://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/festivalfellow/
Media Arts and Science Speaker Series Features Stephanie DeBoer
Friday, February 17
12:30-1:45pm
room RTV 180
Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series
Spring 2012
You are invited to today's session in our Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series, featuring Stephanie de Boer from the Department of Communication and Culture, and Dong Kyan Kwak of the Department of Telecommunications - details below. Topic of this week's session is the global film industry, with particular reference to the integration and disintegration of the US movie business, and the the rise of international co-productions involving the Asian film industry. looking forward to seeing everyone in RTV 180, where - as usual - coffee, tea, and cookies will be served...
Final note: if you are interested in presenting work (in progress) in this speaker series in Fall 2012 - regardless in which department you are located - please do not hesitate to contact me: mdeuze@indiana.edu (and forward this message to who may be interested).
Every Friday
12:30-1:45pm
room RTV 180
Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series info & schedule: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/news/t600.shtml
12:30-1:45pm
room RTV 180
Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series
Spring 2012
You are invited to today's session in our Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series, featuring Stephanie de Boer from the Department of Communication and Culture, and Dong Kyan Kwak of the Department of Telecommunications - details below. Topic of this week's session is the global film industry, with particular reference to the integration and disintegration of the US movie business, and the the rise of international co-productions involving the Asian film industry. looking forward to seeing everyone in RTV 180, where - as usual - coffee, tea, and cookies will be served...
Final note: if you are interested in presenting work (in progress) in this speaker series in Fall 2012 - regardless in which department you are located - please do not hesitate to contact me: mdeuze@indiana.edu (and forward this message to who may be interested).
Every Friday
12:30-1:45pm
room RTV 180
Media Arts & Sciences Speaker Series info & schedule: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/news/t600.shtml
Carolyn Calloway-Thomas Inducted Into CSCA Hall of Fame
If you've never known an inductee into a Hall of Fame, you know one now! Carolyn Calloway-Thomas has been selected as one of the 2012 inductees into the Central States Communication Associations' Hall of Fame.
The induction will be held this March in Cleveland, and will take place across two ceremonies--one in The Gold Room of the Renaissance Hotel, and the other in the George Bush room of the same hotel.
Please join CMCL in giving Carolyn hearty and heartfelt congratulations for being awarded this honor.
The induction will be held this March in Cleveland, and will take place across two ceremonies--one in The Gold Room of the Renaissance Hotel, and the other in the George Bush room of the same hotel.
Please join CMCL in giving Carolyn hearty and heartfelt congratulations for being awarded this honor.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
IU Cinema: DOUBLE EXPOSURE
DOUBLE EXPOSURE
IU CINEMA
FEB 19, 6:30PM
Please mark your calendars for a great new IU Cinema event: Double Exposure.
Initiated by Jon Vickers, this is a collaboration between the Jacobs School of Music, Student Composers Association, and Communication & Culture. Students from two CMCL film production classes (C438 Experiments with the Film Camera & C360 Introduction to Motion Picture Production) were matched with composition students and collaborated in the making of 10 experimental short films. The original works--films & music--will be screened with live orchestra accompaniment at the IU Cinema.
Please click HERE for a trailer
IU CINEMA
FEB 19, 6:30PM
Please mark your calendars for a great new IU Cinema event: Double Exposure.
Initiated by Jon Vickers, this is a collaboration between the Jacobs School of Music, Student Composers Association, and Communication & Culture. Students from two CMCL film production classes (C438 Experiments with the Film Camera & C360 Introduction to Motion Picture Production) were matched with composition students and collaborated in the making of 10 experimental short films. The original works--films & music--will be screened with live orchestra accompaniment at the IU Cinema.
Please click HERE for a trailer
Announcement by Microsoft: Grad Internship @ Microsoft
Microsoft’s Technology Policy Group (TPG) is offering a limited number of internships to exceptional candidates interested in helping characterize the long-term policy implications of disruptive technologies.
TPG is charged with exploring how disruptive technologies affect Microsoft’s business outlook and policy landscape in key areas such as Internet Governance, Wireless Spectrum Management,
Next Generation Networks, 21st Century Research Universities, Privacy, Environmental Sustainability, Data Sovereignty, Intelligent Systems and the impact of Natural User Interfaces on improved access to technology and digital Inclusion. As an intern with TPG you will be working on one of these key policy areas for Microsoft helping to shape our thinking and position.
Your work will be done in partnership with Microsoft’s business groups, Microsoft Research, Microsoft’s Legal and Corporate Affairs as well as regional teams and subsidiaries. Importantly, TPG engages with thought leaders throughout the world across a range of universities, think tanks, NGOs, other major industry players, governments and international agencies. We envision and communicate the future of technological innovation and its disruptive influences, positioning Microsoft strategically for long-term success within this broad ecosystem of internal and external stakeholders. Based on your work in the team, TPG will engage directly with Microsoft influentials and policy leaders around the world, sharing our collective vision of information technology and engaging with them on public policy issues and strategies that can help accelerate and inform progress on technological innovation.
Somewhat uniquely, TPG has a dedicated prototyping capability which allows us to create demonstrators and/or proof-of-concepts which evidence the nature of future technical disruptions and inform policy makers as they wrestle with the implications of future changes to their policy and regulatory frameworks. Such integration of software development and alongside analytical exploration provides a solid foundation for our policy work.
Apply by sending CV to: tpginternship@microsoft.com
Internship duration: 12 weeks Location: Microsoft Campus, Redmond, Washington
Being an intern at Microsoft:
Once you are selected, TPG works in partnership with Microsoft Research to provide the following intern experience and benefits.
As an intern, you will meet new people, work on real projects, and get hands-on experience working in an exciting research area. Approximately
6-8 weeks before your internship begins, one of our Relocation Specialists will contact you by e-mail to provide additional detail on your travel, housing, and transportation options.
More specifically:
We take care of getting you here.
If you plan to fly, we will provide you with an airline ticket via the most direct route to and from your Microsoft location. Upon arrival, we will reimburse you for your taxi fare. If you plan to drive, we will reimburse you per mile for the most direct route to Microsoft.
Subsidized housing
We will set you up in subsidized housing fully furnished with the necessities. If you would like to share an apartment, we will match you up with roommates. Microsoft will even pay for your basic cable, electricity, and water. In addition, we offer free housecleaning services.
Help with shipping
We will contribute toward shipping expenses to help you get your personal items to and from your new location.
Subsidized car rental
We subsidize car rental to ensure that you will be able to check out the area.
Software discounts
As an intern, you are eligible for discounts on Microsoft software and hardware. Interns can spend up to $350 per year on these discounted items.
Health club membership
Microsoft will cover your health club fees at a gym close to the Redmond campus. You will have to pay taxes on the market value of your club membership.
Intern events
Interns are invited to lectures and special events sponsored by Microsoft and Microsoft Research. This is a good opportunity to learn about Microsoft, its teams and projects while meeting other people or getting to know the Puget Sound area.
Intern orientation and mentoring
During the first week, you will participate in an intern orientation and learn about your internship, your team, and Microsoft in general.
You will meet with your mentor, an advisor who will introduce you to the team and your team’s projects, give you advice, and help you ensure that your internship will be successful.
Salary
Microsoft Research intern salaries are highly competitive and compare favorably with intern salaries in other companies.
Bike purchase plan
We give you a choice of using the subsidized rental car plan or participating in the bike purchase plan. We will contribute toward the cost of a bike and helmet.
Free bus pass
Get around the the city with your free Microsoft bus pass.
TPG is charged with exploring how disruptive technologies affect Microsoft’s business outlook and policy landscape in key areas such as Internet Governance, Wireless Spectrum Management,
Next Generation Networks, 21st Century Research Universities, Privacy, Environmental Sustainability, Data Sovereignty, Intelligent Systems and the impact of Natural User Interfaces on improved access to technology and digital Inclusion. As an intern with TPG you will be working on one of these key policy areas for Microsoft helping to shape our thinking and position.
Your work will be done in partnership with Microsoft’s business groups, Microsoft Research, Microsoft’s Legal and Corporate Affairs as well as regional teams and subsidiaries. Importantly, TPG engages with thought leaders throughout the world across a range of universities, think tanks, NGOs, other major industry players, governments and international agencies. We envision and communicate the future of technological innovation and its disruptive influences, positioning Microsoft strategically for long-term success within this broad ecosystem of internal and external stakeholders. Based on your work in the team, TPG will engage directly with Microsoft influentials and policy leaders around the world, sharing our collective vision of information technology and engaging with them on public policy issues and strategies that can help accelerate and inform progress on technological innovation.
Somewhat uniquely, TPG has a dedicated prototyping capability which allows us to create demonstrators and/or proof-of-concepts which evidence the nature of future technical disruptions and inform policy makers as they wrestle with the implications of future changes to their policy and regulatory frameworks. Such integration of software development and alongside analytical exploration provides a solid foundation for our policy work.
Apply by sending CV to: tpginternship@microsoft.com
Internship duration: 12 weeks Location: Microsoft Campus, Redmond, Washington
Being an intern at Microsoft:
Once you are selected, TPG works in partnership with Microsoft Research to provide the following intern experience and benefits.
As an intern, you will meet new people, work on real projects, and get hands-on experience working in an exciting research area. Approximately
6-8 weeks before your internship begins, one of our Relocation Specialists will contact you by e-mail to provide additional detail on your travel, housing, and transportation options.
More specifically:
We take care of getting you here.
If you plan to fly, we will provide you with an airline ticket via the most direct route to and from your Microsoft location. Upon arrival, we will reimburse you for your taxi fare. If you plan to drive, we will reimburse you per mile for the most direct route to Microsoft.
Subsidized housing
We will set you up in subsidized housing fully furnished with the necessities. If you would like to share an apartment, we will match you up with roommates. Microsoft will even pay for your basic cable, electricity, and water. In addition, we offer free housecleaning services.
Help with shipping
We will contribute toward shipping expenses to help you get your personal items to and from your new location.
Subsidized car rental
We subsidize car rental to ensure that you will be able to check out the area.
Software discounts
As an intern, you are eligible for discounts on Microsoft software and hardware. Interns can spend up to $350 per year on these discounted items.
Health club membership
Microsoft will cover your health club fees at a gym close to the Redmond campus. You will have to pay taxes on the market value of your club membership.
Intern events
Interns are invited to lectures and special events sponsored by Microsoft and Microsoft Research. This is a good opportunity to learn about Microsoft, its teams and projects while meeting other people or getting to know the Puget Sound area.
Intern orientation and mentoring
During the first week, you will participate in an intern orientation and learn about your internship, your team, and Microsoft in general.
You will meet with your mentor, an advisor who will introduce you to the team and your team’s projects, give you advice, and help you ensure that your internship will be successful.
Salary
Microsoft Research intern salaries are highly competitive and compare favorably with intern salaries in other companies.
Bike purchase plan
We give you a choice of using the subsidized rental car plan or participating in the bike purchase plan. We will contribute toward the cost of a bike and helmet.
Free bus pass
Get around the the city with your free Microsoft bus pass.
CFP - 2012 Digital Government Conference Doctoral Colloquium
An important part of the 2012 Digital Government Conference
(http://www.dgo2012.dgsna.org/) is the Doctoral Colloquium organized by Drs. Sharon Dawes (Senior Fellow, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany), Bjoern Niehaves (Assistant Professor, Schumpeter Fellow, European Research Center for Information Systems, University of Muenster), and Jochen Scholl (Associate Professor, Information School, University of Washington). The conference is hosted by the University of Maryland College Park (Maryland, USA).
The Colloquium is a full-day forum that takes place on June 4, 2012, and is built around discussion of each student?s work. We welcome applicants from a broad range of research areas relevant to digital government. Ideally, student participants will have completed one or two years of doctoral study or progressed far enough in their research to have a structured proposal idea and perhaps some preliminary findings, but have not reached the stage of defending their dissertations. We expect students at this stage of study will gain the most value from feedback on their work and from the general discussions of doctoral programs and scholarly careers. Although there is no fee for the colloquium itself, students are expected to register for and attend the full conference. Participation is limited to 12-15 students.
Submissions are due March 1, 2012.
For more information regarding the Colloquium, and submission requirements, please click HERE .
(http://www.dgo2012.dgsna.org/) is the Doctoral Colloquium organized by Drs. Sharon Dawes (Senior Fellow, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany), Bjoern Niehaves (Assistant Professor, Schumpeter Fellow, European Research Center for Information Systems, University of Muenster), and Jochen Scholl (Associate Professor, Information School, University of Washington). The conference is hosted by the University of Maryland College Park (Maryland, USA).
The Colloquium is a full-day forum that takes place on June 4, 2012, and is built around discussion of each student?s work. We welcome applicants from a broad range of research areas relevant to digital government. Ideally, student participants will have completed one or two years of doctoral study or progressed far enough in their research to have a structured proposal idea and perhaps some preliminary findings, but have not reached the stage of defending their dissertations. We expect students at this stage of study will gain the most value from feedback on their work and from the general discussions of doctoral programs and scholarly careers. Although there is no fee for the colloquium itself, students are expected to register for and attend the full conference. Participation is limited to 12-15 students.
Submissions are due March 1, 2012.
For more information regarding the Colloquium, and submission requirements, please click HERE .
CFP - AGING AND SOCIETY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
AGING AND SOCIETY: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
University of British Columbia, Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada
5-6 November 2012
http://Aging-Conference.com
This conference provides an international forum for the discussion of a rapidly growing segment of the population, in developed countries as well as in developing countries. Contributions range from broad theoretical and global policy explorations, to detailed studies of the specific human-physiological, health, economic and social dynamics of aging in today's global society.
In contrast to conferences with a specialist disciplinary focus, the conference will range across big picture questions of public policy to the fine detail of research and practice-based discussion. This is a time when we are in need of more research knowledge and public awareness of the growing aged portion of the global population and its social impacts.
The Aging Conference includes parallel presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We invite you to respond to the conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may submit their written papers for publication in the refereed ?Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal'. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available, which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in the journal.
Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at the conference, we also encourage you to present on the conference YouTube Playlist. Please select the Online Sessions link on the conference website for further details.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 13 March 2012. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website .
University of British Columbia, Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada
5-6 November 2012
http://Aging-Conference.com
This conference provides an international forum for the discussion of a rapidly growing segment of the population, in developed countries as well as in developing countries. Contributions range from broad theoretical and global policy explorations, to detailed studies of the specific human-physiological, health, economic and social dynamics of aging in today's global society.
In contrast to conferences with a specialist disciplinary focus, the conference will range across big picture questions of public policy to the fine detail of research and practice-based discussion. This is a time when we are in need of more research knowledge and public awareness of the growing aged portion of the global population and its social impacts.
The Aging Conference includes parallel presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We invite you to respond to the conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may submit their written papers for publication in the refereed ?Aging and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal'. If you are unable to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also available, which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in the journal.
Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at the conference, we also encourage you to present on the conference YouTube Playlist. Please select the Online Sessions link on the conference website for further details.
The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 13 March 2012. Future deadlines will be announced on the conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal submission form, may be found at the conference website .
CFP - MFJ 56 Fall 2012 – Materialism in a Digital Age
This is a call for articles, manifestoes, proposals, reviews, critiques or other writings on the revived interest in the materials and material bases of cinema.
The Millennium Film Journal is dedicated to artists’ cinema, where the term “cinema” includes all technologies of the moving image.
With the possible demise of Kodak, the film industry’s embrace of the digital, and the closing of film labs, the photochemical medium seems to be in a period of rapid decline. But even in the face of this decline, artists around the world continue to use photochemical media with enthusiasm and commitment, while others seek out ways to ground materialist concepts and practices in bits and bytes.
We invite artists, critics, theorists, historians and technicians to contribute texts addressing the many aspects of these phenomena.
Please click HERE for more information.
MIllennium Film Journal
mfj-online.org
The Millennium Film Journal is dedicated to artists’ cinema, where the term “cinema” includes all technologies of the moving image.
With the possible demise of Kodak, the film industry’s embrace of the digital, and the closing of film labs, the photochemical medium seems to be in a period of rapid decline. But even in the face of this decline, artists around the world continue to use photochemical media with enthusiasm and commitment, while others seek out ways to ground materialist concepts and practices in bits and bytes.
We invite artists, critics, theorists, historians and technicians to contribute texts addressing the many aspects of these phenomena.
Please click HERE for more information.
MIllennium Film Journal
mfj-online.org
Call for Submissions- New Views on Pornography: Sexuality, Politics, and the Law, 2 Volumes
Edited by Lynn Comella, PhD and Shira Tarrant, PhD
Deadline: July 30, 2012
Co-editors Lynn Comella (University of Las Vegas, Nevada) and Shira Tarrant (California State University, Long Beach) are seeking submissions for a two-volume edited collection under contract with Praeger.
Description:
New Views on Pornography is a two-volume collection of the most current scholarship on pornography. This edited series presents empirical research on a range of contemporary issues regarding pornography’s politics, psychology, cultural and legal debates, providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the field of porn studies in one convenient location for students, researchers, and professors across related fields. Our goal as editors is to showcase new and innovative research that examines the culture and politics of pornography in a global context, including but not limited to, questions of production, audiences, market niches, technological innovations, political debates and controversies, obscenity, free speech, public policy and the law. The editors seek well-researched facts and data in order to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of issues on the subject.
Please send cc’d submissions to Lynn Comella at lynn.comella@unlv.edu and Shira Tarrant atShira_Tarrant@yahoo.com. Include Praeger NVOP Submission in the subject line. Submission queries should be directed to the above. Deadline: July 30, 2012.
Deadline: July 30, 2012
Co-editors Lynn Comella (University of Las Vegas, Nevada) and Shira Tarrant (California State University, Long Beach) are seeking submissions for a two-volume edited collection under contract with Praeger.
Description:
New Views on Pornography is a two-volume collection of the most current scholarship on pornography. This edited series presents empirical research on a range of contemporary issues regarding pornography’s politics, psychology, cultural and legal debates, providing a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the field of porn studies in one convenient location for students, researchers, and professors across related fields. Our goal as editors is to showcase new and innovative research that examines the culture and politics of pornography in a global context, including but not limited to, questions of production, audiences, market niches, technological innovations, political debates and controversies, obscenity, free speech, public policy and the law. The editors seek well-researched facts and data in order to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of issues on the subject.
Please send cc’d submissions to Lynn Comella at lynn.comella@unlv.edu and Shira Tarrant atShira_Tarrant@yahoo.com. Include Praeger NVOP Submission in the subject line. Submission queries should be directed to the above. Deadline: July 30, 2012.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Call for Papers: Tangibility
The politics of tangibility surrounding media studies are constantly changing. Is film no longer a tangible medium due to the advent of digital capture and projection? Has television ever been a tangible format? How does one go about speaking of the tangible or intangible nature of new media, with its many virtual constructs? At the same time that mass media are slipping into nebulosity they are also arguably more tangible than at any point before. Video games are becoming more tangible with the introduction of the sensation of touch. And today, one can carry the entire means of media production – through post-production to exhibition – in a back pocket. What are the implications of this new tangibility for media-making? How does the tangible relate to conceptions of (media) materiality? What are the historical and archeological dimensions of the (new) tangibility of media?
From Lisa Cartwright’s consideration of the hands of the projectionist through Antonia Lant’s essay on haptical cinema to Jennifer Barker’s book The Tactile Eye – even through contemplations of the humanities in general as ‘soft’ sciences – we are interested in exploring the tangibility (or intangibility) of media studies in this special section of the Autumn 2012 volume of NECSUS. In addition to essays themed on tangibility NECSUS is also considering essays on a wide variety of issues related to media studies, in addition to reviews of all types (conferences, festivals, exhibits, books, websites, etc.). We look forward to receiving abstracts of no more than 300 words and a short biography of no more than 150 words by 31 March 2012 at the following address: g.decuir@aup.nl.
NECSUS is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal of media studies published by Amsterdam University Press in partnership with NECS (European Network for Cinema and Media Studies). The journal is multidisciplinary and strives to bring together the best work in the field of media studies across the humanities and social sciences. We aim to publish research that matters and that improves the understanding of media and culture inside and outside the academic community. Find us online at: www.necsus-ejms.org
From Lisa Cartwright’s consideration of the hands of the projectionist through Antonia Lant’s essay on haptical cinema to Jennifer Barker’s book The Tactile Eye – even through contemplations of the humanities in general as ‘soft’ sciences – we are interested in exploring the tangibility (or intangibility) of media studies in this special section of the Autumn 2012 volume of NECSUS. In addition to essays themed on tangibility NECSUS is also considering essays on a wide variety of issues related to media studies, in addition to reviews of all types (conferences, festivals, exhibits, books, websites, etc.). We look forward to receiving abstracts of no more than 300 words and a short biography of no more than 150 words by 31 March 2012 at the following address: g.decuir@aup.nl.
NECSUS is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal of media studies published by Amsterdam University Press in partnership with NECS (European Network for Cinema and Media Studies). The journal is multidisciplinary and strives to bring together the best work in the field of media studies across the humanities and social sciences. We aim to publish research that matters and that improves the understanding of media and culture inside and outside the academic community. Find us online at: www.necsus-ejms.org
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Call for Abstracts: Towards an Anthropology of Social Media
Call For Abstracts for an invited session at the 111th American Anthropological Association meetings
November 14-November 18, 2012,
San Francisco Hilton and Towers
Due: Feb. 26 (~250 words)
Send directly to: Jordan Kraemer
By the end of 2012, Facebook stands to have one billion global users, while two hundred million tweets (Twitter posts) are sent daily and YouTube users upload 60 hours of video each minute. Alongside these well-known online platforms, numerous smaller ones attract users in different regions across the globe and in many languages (such as RenRen in China or Orkut in Brazil). So-called “social media” are emerging as an ubiquitous facet of everyday life for both anthropologists and people with whom we work. In contrast to this diversity of users and practices, however, popular discourse often portrays social media in binary terms. While some accounts warn that emergent media will further social isolation, others frame social media in terms of celebratory cyber-utopianism. In such enthusiastic narratives, social media provide a universally democratizing space for communication, offering users new means for civic participation while collapsing distinctions between producer and consumer or local and global. Indeed, social media have even been heralded for eradicating modes of alienation.
Anthropologists are uniquely positioned to study the particularities of emerging media platforms and practices in global and transnational contexts. Yet an anthropology of social media must contend with the challenges of studying rapidly transforming global communication networks and social practices. On one hand, since users may be radically distributed and place-ness may be difficult to locate or identify, how can we rethink single- and multi-sited methods to address the spatial dimensions of social media practices? On the other, what are the increasingly informational aspects of new modes of expression and circulation? This panel will address the specificities and particularities of social media and emerging modes of production. Whose sociality do social media represent, articulate, or facilitate? How are certain forms of connectivity and interactivity privileged, and under what circumstances? In short, what are the concerns and possibilities for an emerging anthropology of social media?
November 14-November 18, 2012,
San Francisco Hilton and Towers
Due: Feb. 26 (~250 words)
Send directly to: Jordan Kraemer
By the end of 2012, Facebook stands to have one billion global users, while two hundred million tweets (Twitter posts) are sent daily and YouTube users upload 60 hours of video each minute. Alongside these well-known online platforms, numerous smaller ones attract users in different regions across the globe and in many languages (such as RenRen in China or Orkut in Brazil). So-called “social media” are emerging as an ubiquitous facet of everyday life for both anthropologists and people with whom we work. In contrast to this diversity of users and practices, however, popular discourse often portrays social media in binary terms. While some accounts warn that emergent media will further social isolation, others frame social media in terms of celebratory cyber-utopianism. In such enthusiastic narratives, social media provide a universally democratizing space for communication, offering users new means for civic participation while collapsing distinctions between producer and consumer or local and global. Indeed, social media have even been heralded for eradicating modes of alienation.
Anthropologists are uniquely positioned to study the particularities of emerging media platforms and practices in global and transnational contexts. Yet an anthropology of social media must contend with the challenges of studying rapidly transforming global communication networks and social practices. On one hand, since users may be radically distributed and place-ness may be difficult to locate or identify, how can we rethink single- and multi-sited methods to address the spatial dimensions of social media practices? On the other, what are the increasingly informational aspects of new modes of expression and circulation? This panel will address the specificities and particularities of social media and emerging modes of production. Whose sociality do social media represent, articulate, or facilitate? How are certain forms of connectivity and interactivity privileged, and under what circumstances? In short, what are the concerns and possibilities for an emerging anthropology of social media?
Archivist Position Open at the Black Film Center Archive
To apply for this position, please go to the Jobs at IU website. You will need to set up an account to apply.
5572 - Archivist, Communication and Culture
Job Summary: Identifies, collects, processes, manages, and preserves all archival documents and audio-visual collections of the Black Film Center/Archive. Trains and supervises graduate research assistants, part-time staff, and volunteers charged with maintaining the Black Film Center/Archive website, database, blog, and e-newsletter; assists the archivist with processing collections; and engages in outreach activities and programs to faculty, students, staff, and the general public. Collaborates with the director on grant proposals and extra-mural funding; curates exhibitions and displays; and conducts workshops and presentations regarding the collection/preservation activities of the Archive. Coordinates and schedules all faculty assigned to teach courses at the BFC/A and supports classes with audio-visual materials derived from our collections.
Qualifications: Review your qualifications prior to applying to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Resume and cover letter required.
REQUIRED: Masters degree in library science/archive administration and two years of professional experience in a relevant field.
Mastery of the collection, preservation, and management of archival materials, particularly audio visual materials; knowledge of audio visual materials and equipment; and experience using Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and EAD.
Applications accepted until March 1, 2012, or until position is filled.
5572 - Archivist, Communication and Culture
Job Summary: Identifies, collects, processes, manages, and preserves all archival documents and audio-visual collections of the Black Film Center/Archive. Trains and supervises graduate research assistants, part-time staff, and volunteers charged with maintaining the Black Film Center/Archive website, database, blog, and e-newsletter; assists the archivist with processing collections; and engages in outreach activities and programs to faculty, students, staff, and the general public. Collaborates with the director on grant proposals and extra-mural funding; curates exhibitions and displays; and conducts workshops and presentations regarding the collection/preservation activities of the Archive. Coordinates and schedules all faculty assigned to teach courses at the BFC/A and supports classes with audio-visual materials derived from our collections.
Qualifications: Review your qualifications prior to applying to ensure that you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Resume and cover letter required.
REQUIRED: Masters degree in library science/archive administration and two years of professional experience in a relevant field.
Mastery of the collection, preservation, and management of archival materials, particularly audio visual materials; knowledge of audio visual materials and equipment; and experience using Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and EAD.
Applications accepted until March 1, 2012, or until position is filled.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Neoliberal Regimes and Institutions of Knowledge Production
Indiana University
April 27-28
Room 100, Classroom Office Building, 800 East Third St.
Neoliberalism has become a remarkably widespread political and economic perspective, so much so that over the past three decades many institutions have altered their practices to incorporate neoliberal principles. Yet not all institutions are adopting the same neoliberal principles, nor are these institutions all easily or eagerly accommodating neoliberal transformations. By asking how different institutions respond to neoliberalism in institutionally specific ways, we are also following Wendy Brown, David Harvey and Phil Mirowski in taking neoliberalism to be fundamentally distinct from earlier forms of capitalism. This conference will explore the uneven processes of neoliberalization comparatively, focusing on how different institutions respond to neoliberalism. Because neoliberal philosophy and policy places so much emphasis on transforming the ways in which knowledge is owned, produced and circulated, this workshop will focus on institutions that centrally engage with creating, labeling, and circulating knowledge: certification regimes, universities, corporate research parks, courts, and administrative legal regimes. Key questions will include: how have institutional practices surrounding knowledge production, management, and dissemination been reworked in response to neoliberal policies, and what new discourses or institutional logics accompany these changes?
Tim Bartley (Indiana University)
David Caudill (Villanova)
Nick Cullather – (Indiana University)
Rosemary Coombe (York University)
Andrew Herman (Waterloo)
Stephanie Kane (Indiana University)
Becky Mansfield (Ohio State University)
Bonnie McElhinney (University of Toronto)
Tad Mutersbaugh (University of Kentucky)
Wes Shumar (Drexel University)
Bonnie Urciuoli (Hamilton College)
April 27-28
Room 100, Classroom Office Building, 800 East Third St.
Neoliberalism has become a remarkably widespread political and economic perspective, so much so that over the past three decades many institutions have altered their practices to incorporate neoliberal principles. Yet not all institutions are adopting the same neoliberal principles, nor are these institutions all easily or eagerly accommodating neoliberal transformations. By asking how different institutions respond to neoliberalism in institutionally specific ways, we are also following Wendy Brown, David Harvey and Phil Mirowski in taking neoliberalism to be fundamentally distinct from earlier forms of capitalism. This conference will explore the uneven processes of neoliberalization comparatively, focusing on how different institutions respond to neoliberalism. Because neoliberal philosophy and policy places so much emphasis on transforming the ways in which knowledge is owned, produced and circulated, this workshop will focus on institutions that centrally engage with creating, labeling, and circulating knowledge: certification regimes, universities, corporate research parks, courts, and administrative legal regimes. Key questions will include: how have institutional practices surrounding knowledge production, management, and dissemination been reworked in response to neoliberal policies, and what new discourses or institutional logics accompany these changes?
Tim Bartley (Indiana University)
David Caudill (Villanova)
Nick Cullather – (Indiana University)
Rosemary Coombe (York University)
Andrew Herman (Waterloo)
Stephanie Kane (Indiana University)
Becky Mansfield (Ohio State University)
Bonnie McElhinney (University of Toronto)
Tad Mutersbaugh (University of Kentucky)
Wes Shumar (Drexel University)
Bonnie Urciuoli (Hamilton College)
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Indian Ambassador to United States Public Lecture Cancelled
Indiana University has announced that Thursday
evening's scheduled lecture by Nirupama Rao, India's ambassador to the United
States, has been canceled, owing to unforeseen circumstances.
Rao expressed regrets for having to cancel her appearance
unexpectedly and said she expects to reschedule her visit to IU Bloomington in
the future.
In addition to giving a public lecture, Rao was to be
hosted by IU President Michael A. McRobbie at a private dinner. Rao's visit was
sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for International Affairs and the
Madhusudan and Kiran C. Dhar India Studies Program.
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