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. >From mclauglm@po.muohio.edu Wed Feb 28 19:26:08 2007 Received: from ms-smtp-01.ohiordc.rr.com ([65.24.5.135]) by bbs.thing.net with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HMZ7Y-0001i1-AE for nettime-l@bbs.thing.net; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:26:08 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-69-133-100-197.woh.res.rr.com [69.133.100.197]) by ms-smtp-01.ohiordc.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l210SQ0b018709; Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:28:26 -0500 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <p06010201c20bce12ad61@[192.168.1.100]> In-Reply-To: <E1FWHJj-0002PT-6P@bbs.thing.net> References: <E1FWHJj-0002PT-6P@bbs.thing.net> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:28:01 -0500 To: nettime <nettime-l@bbs.thing.net>, incom <incom-l@incommunicado.info> From: mclauglm@po.muohio.edu Subject: CFP: Enclosure, Emancipatory Communication and the Global City (a Union for Democratic Communications international conference) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine >CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > >ENCLOSURE, EMANCIPATORY COMMUNICATION AND THE GLOBAL CITY: >AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNION FOR >DEMOCRATIC COMMUNICATIONS > >Hosted by the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University >October 25-28, 2007. > >PROPOSAL DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2007 > >The field of culture and communication manifests struggles between >contradictory tendencies. On the one hand, pressures from capital >and state sometimes promote various forms of enclosure -- the >private appropriation, suppression or marginalization of >socially-produced public expression. Enclosure comes in many >guises: the commodification of information; concentration and >hyper-commercialism in media industries; the corporatization of >universities; restrictive "intellectual property" regimes; or market >authoritarianism as a mode of governance. > >On the other hand, progressive forces, from artists and academics to >broad social movements, are not only resisting such enclosure, but >developing practices and policies that prefigure emancipation -- new >ways of re-organizing culture and communication democratically. >These include struggles over alternative media, state cultural >policies, communication rights, reform of media and cultural >institutions, audience empowerment, urban public space, and much >else. >At the nexus of changing national cultures and policies, of >transnational migrations and markets, of media flows and audiences, >of consumption and surveillance, the global city is emerging as a >key site for such contestation. > >The Union for Democratic Communications invites proposals, from >artists, activists and media scholars, for presentations, >roundtables, workshops and panels that examine and critique the >relationship between forces of enclosure and emancipation, >especially in the context of the global city (broadly defined). >Other topics relevant to democratic communication are also very >welcome. > >The keynote address will be delivered by Mike Davis, author of City >of Quartz, Ecology of Fear and, most recently, Planet of Slums. >Other featured speakers, including Dan Schiller, Nick Dyer-Witheford >and Dee Dee Halleck (UDC Smythe Award recipient) will be >complemented by presenters on a wide range of topics, video and >other media presentations, and interaction with local activist and >artistic groups concerned with democratizing communication. The >conference coincides with Vancouver's annual Media Democracy Day, >featuring an Independent Media Fair at the city's architecturally >acclaimed public library. > >For the first time, the UDC conference will be held in downtown >Vancouver, Canada, hosted by Simon Fraser University's School of >Communication; co-sponsors include the SFU Institute for the >Humanities and the British Columbia Libraries Association. >Vancouver is about 120 miles north of Seattle, and offers direct >flight connections to many cities in Canada and the US. Vancouver >is surely a 'global city': Canada's "gateway to the Pacific" and >host to the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics, perched amidst >spectacular mountain and coastal scenery and recreation, but also >home of Canada's poorest urban district and historically an >incubator of influential social movements. > >Proposals are invited for both individual papers and panel or >workshop sessions. Individual paper proposals should include a >title, a brief (maximum 250 word) abstract of the presentation, and >contact information including name, title, institution, mailing >address, telephone, fax and email address. Panel session proposals >should include titles, contact information, and a brief (maximum 250 >word) abstract for each panel member; they should also include a >short (maximum 100 word) description of the overall panel theme and >contact information for the panel chair. Proposals from artists for >individual presentations or panel sessions should also include >samples of the work to be presented. Please identify any >audio-visual needs in your proposal as we may not be able to >accommodate later requests. > >All proposals should be submitted by email to udc2007@sfu.ca in the >form of a Word or PDF attachment. Hard copies may also be sent to: > >UDC 2007 Conference >School of Communication >Simon Fraser University >Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 >Canada > >Conference presenters are expected to pay registration fees and >should be current members of the Union for Democratic Communication >(please visit www.udc.org to join the UDC). > >Limited conference travel funding assistance for student and >low-income presenters will be available. Please send a request with >your proposal. > >Please visit www.sfu.ca/conferences/udc2007 for more details about >the conference. -- Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Mass Communication & Women's Studies Editor, Feminist Media Studies Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. Program in Mass Communication Mass Communication Williams Hall Miami University-Ohio Oxford, OH 45056 USA Tele: +1 513-529-3547 Fax: +1 513-529-1835 _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann