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This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference
seeks to integrate the study of transformations in politics,
culture, and society with the analysis of key media - for
example, art and art history, cinema and film, literature
and poetry, music, newspapers, and television and radio.
Papers, presentations, and short surveys are invited on
issues related to any of the following themes:
- dissolution, liberation, reconstruction
- political, and
economic rejuvenation
- invasion, resistance, revolution
- coalitions, governments, social reform, and the
presentation of political agendas
- state control of media
- political mass communication, election campaigns, lobby
groups; propaganda
- fringe movements
- pressure groups
the place of street drama, posters, graffiti
- the importance
of land
- territory
- boundaries
- rural/urban
- land
redistribution
- education, student rebellions, and the role
of the intelligentsia
- cultural revolutions: status of women,
feminism, sexual freedom
- representations of gender,
ethnicity, sexuality
- pornography
- exposure of labour
issues
- exposure of class issues
- cultural difference and
otherness
- immigration and immigrants
- international
confrontation
- the role and influence of the military
- the impact of globalisation
- third world issues
- global
responsibility
- public awareness
- ecological issues
- medical and social issues in film - for example, drugs,
aids, euthanasia
- the role of religion and religious
institutions
- the role and influence of the United States
- influence of new technologies
- multimedia industries,
internet, www, cyberspace
- accessibility to data,
information, knowledge
- the fate of intellectual property
- control of knowledge
- anonymity
- privacy
the role of the law and legal processes
- regulation and
legislation
- appeal systems
- market economies
- monopolies and mergers
- control of multinationals
Papers will be considered on any related theme, writer,
book or film. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by
Friday 19th October 2001. Full draft papers should be
submitted by Friday 16th November 2001.
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