Upcoming events
Every so often we do go on the road, and there we meet you halfway. Here’s a quick run-down of what we’re going to be up to.
- Write your script from concept to contract (currently closed)
- Media and Identity in Asia Conference 2006 (Call for papers now closed)
Media-Asia Research Group 2006 Conference
Media and Identity in Asia
Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia
15-16 February 2006
You are invited to submit a presentation proposal based on the conference theme to the Media-Asia Research Group's 2006 Conference to be held in Miri (Sarawak, Malaysia) in February 2006.
The Media-Asia Research Group is based at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia. It has members from Australia and Asia dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary research on the media in Asia. This conference is jointly organised by Curtin University of Technology, Perth and Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Conference Theme
The debate over 'media/cultural imperialism' of the west has become complicated in the last two decades by the emergence of media technologies which allow messages and images, on the one hand, to be instantly broadcast across the globe; and on the other, to be produced relatively cheaply for narrow-casting to sub-national groups both within and across national boundaries. If the 20th century was the era of the nation being imagined in print and broadcast media, then in the 21st century that imagination maybe under challenge by new technologies that enable the imagination of new politico-cultural topographies. The purpose of this conference is to address the shape of national, local, ethnicised and gendered identities being formulated by and in the media in Asia in the 21st century.
- This is an international, interdisciplinary conference which invites analytical papers focusing on one or more of the following issues and themes:
- Gender and the Media
- Re-visiting the Media/Cultural Imperialism Debate
- Media Law / Censorship and Regulation in the Media
- New vs Traditional Media
- Internet Studies
- ICT for Development
- Media Industries and Corporate Communication
- Media Education
- Media Networking
- Representation of Asian Identities in the Foreign Media
- Language, Rhetoric and Identity in the Media
We welcome proposals for individual papers as well as workshops and panels. Abstracts of no more than 250 words are to be submitted by 30 September 2005 to marg2006@curtin.edu.my or through the conference website listed below.
Proposals should include: Title of paper, abstract, format (single paper, workshop or panel), Author's name(s) and biodata (50 words), equipment required (VCR, data projector etc), institution of affiliation and contact details (email, fax and phone).
For more information, please visit the conference website.
