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steve macek | 1 Feb 2004 07:31

Marxism and Communication Studies CFP

“Looking Back on Marx/Moving Forward with Marxism: Marxism and
Communication Studies in the 21st Century”

National Communication Association (NCA) Preconvention Seminar Conference.
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 10, 2004. Chicago Hilton
Towers, Chicago, IL

Call for Participation.

Marxism’s relationship to communication as a discipline has long been
marked by a profound ambivalence. On the one hand, notions derived from
Marxist theory—“ideology,” “hegemony”, “reification”, “commodification,”
“social class,”“dialectics” etc.-- are regularly deployed in the pages of
the NCA’s journals and are foundational for entire subfields such as
cultural studies. Moreover, a growing number of communication scholars
explicitly identify themselves as Marxists or at least see their work as
indebted to the Marxist legacy. On the other hand, extended, informed
discussions of Marxist theory and the unique insights it affords are all
but invisible at NCA’s annual meeting and in its publications. And a
glance at most rhetoric and mass communications textbooks reveals that the
approach receives little or no attention in most undergraduate courses.

At a time when world-historical events such as the emergence of the
anti-corporate globalization movement and the U.S. invasion of Iraq have
once more underscored the importance of the Marxist critique of capitalism
and capitalist imperialism, there is an urgent need for dialogue about the
ways Marxism can advance the study and liberatory transformation of human
communication and the social world in which it is embedded. Building on
the enormous success of the “Marxism and Communication Studies” panel at
last year’s National Communication Association conference in Miami, this
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Gina Hiatt | 1 Feb 2004 23:10
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Re: The Wolf and Cultural Studies

The wolf plays an important role in Italian mythology.  The Roman empire
was supposedly begun by Romulus and Remus, who were suckled by a wolf. 
The following site gives a history of the role of the wolf in Italian
history (it is in
Italian)http://www.belsito.it/Roma/Terme/risposte/risposte.htm

In the following paragraph the author writes about the wolf's role as a
"purifier".  The fact that it was a female wolf that raised the twins who
founded Rome also influences the nature of the myths.

Nella lupa romana si fondono, allora, diversi simboli che appartengono a
diverse culture e questa, in sintesi, sembra essere la tesi più
accreditabile visto anche che l'animale tutelare dei romani fondeva
insieme non solo le caratteristiche etrusche e sabine con quelle romane,
ma anche nel nome Luperca, erano rintracciabili la radice lup dell'etrusco
e la parola latina hircus che significa capro. Ancora una volta si torna
al significato purificatorio del lupo ed a quello sacrificale del capro.

The Italian language has many colorful sayings that are still commonly
used, invoking the wolf:
Chi pecora si fa, il lupo se la mangia.
English translation: Those who make themselves sheep will be eaten by the
wolf.
Hope this helps.
Gina J. Hiatt, Ph.D.
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Rich Rees | 2 Feb 2004 15:25

Re: "Spin"

Afsheen,

Talk about "six degrees."  I read your request on the list serv for Cultural
Studies and remembered that I know a woman whose partner is the man who made
the film you were asking about. So I wrote her, aCtually a friend of hers
(beCause I did have the other woman's email), forwarding your request.

By now I think you may have been ContaCted by the person in question about
getting a Copy of the film--direCtly from the filmmaker. Evidently this
offer is available to others as well. See below for details.

Hope everything works out.

RiCh rees

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hey rich,

brian, chris's partner, would be thrilled i'm sure to make you or anyone a
copy of 'spin'--i'll send him that email, but you can also forward his email
to anyone who's interested in it.  he just gave a talk on his recent work at
u-c santa barbara, and ended up hanging out with constance penley.  this
would be as surprising to you as it was to me if you'd ever met brian, who
is about the most modest, unassuming, un-cult-stud type i can
imagine...

jean

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Susan Zieger | 2 Feb 2004 17:50
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sources on queer/cosmopolitan intersections?

Dear list:

Does anyone know of exceptionally good work that addresses intersections of 
queerness and cosmopolitanism?

With thanks in advance,
Susan Zieger
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Mica Nava | 2 Feb 2004 18:38
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RE: sources on queer/cosmopolitan intersections?

Beverly Skeggs and others in the Sociology Department at Manchester
University have been doing work on this in relation to the newly configured
spaces of Manchester City Centre.

Mica Nava
Cultural Studies
University of East London

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Dear list:

Does anyone know of exceptionally good work that addresses intersections of 
queerness and cosmopolitanism?

With thanks in advance,
Susan Zieger

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Imre Szeman | 2 Feb 2004 22:32
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Conference Announcement: Canadian Assoc of Cultural Studies

Conference Announcement

CULTUREPOLES:
City Spaces, Urban Politics & Metropolitan Theory 
Second Annual Canadian Association of Cultural Studies Conference

Hamilton, Canada 
February 13-15, 2004

McMaster Downtown Centre 
Hamilton, Ontario

Join scholars, cultural workers and activists from across Canada and
around the world in wide-ranging discussions of culture and the
contemporary global city, including issues such as ethnicity, race and
the city; the suburbs; cultural practices in and against the city;
urban activisms; visual and soundscapes of the city; and the politics
of infrastructure.

All are welcome.

Keynote Speakers: 
- Hal Niedzviecki, Cultural Critic, Toronto
- Lynda Lukasik, Environmentalist, Hamilton
- Shaobo Xie, University of Calgary

Additional information (conference schedule, registration,
accomodations, directions, etc.) can be found at:

http://www.culturalstudies.ca/english/conference.html
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Raka Shome | 3 Feb 2004 02:09
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RE: sources on queer/cosmopolitan intersections?

Jasbir Puar does work on queerness, tourism, travel, and transnationality. 

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	Does anyone know of exceptionally good work that addresses intersections of
	queerness and cosmopolitanism?
	
	With thanks in advance,
	Susan Zieger
	
	
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M/C - Media and Culture | 3 Feb 2004 07:47
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M/C: 'text' issue now available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 3 February 2004

                         M/C - Media and Culture
     is proud to present issue six in volume six of the award-winning

                               M/C Journal
                  http://journal.media-culture.org.au/

               'text' - Edited by Catriona Mills & Matt Soar

Our everyday lives are suffused with textual encounters - in the
letterforms that come together to provide newspaper reading: subway,
washroom and street signage; directions for taking medicine; film titles
and webpages; bus tickets and advertisements, etc. How, then, does the
construction and arrangement of letterforms imply security, friendliness,
or menace?

'Text' examines the critical space that bridges the distance between
Beatrice Warde's suggestion, in 1932, that the book typographer's task
involved absolute transparency and Leslie Savan's argument, in 1976, that
recognisable typography brings with it a sense of familiarity and
technological security. Between these positions lies a whole realm of
artefacts and encounters that beg critical analysis, and it is these
phenomena that constitute the theme for this issue of M/C Journal.

  Feature Article
"Magic Bits of Paste-board: Texting in the Nineteenth Century"
Esther Milne's article explores the notion of telepresence-substitution of
the text for the corporeal body-through a consideration of nineteenth-
century visiting cards, those "complex cultural avatars" that "conveyed the
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Gerard Greenway | 3 Feb 2004 14:13
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ANGELAKI Journal : Obtaining Single Issues (for individuals)


Re: Obtaining single issues of ANGELAKI: journal of the theoretical
humanities

I am sending this message to lists on which I announce new issues of
ANGELAKI: journal of the theoretical humanities and call for papers. 

We quite often hear from people wanting to get hold of a single issue of
Angelaki. It is expensive for individuals to buy single issues of the
journal from the publisher. However it is possible to buy them, online
or by phone, directly from the journal's UK shop distributor, Central
Books.

Please see below for ordering information and the list of issues
available.

Central Books will supply to all territories. It is a reputable company
that has been trading for more than 50 years. Angelaki is distributed in
North America by Bernhard DeBoer of Nutley, NJ, but DeBoer do not hold
stock. Individuals in North America wanting to obtain a particular issue
of the journal are advised to contact Central Books.

Issues of Angelaki are available from Central Books for shops and
individuals only. Also, Central will not supply the journal to
individuals as a running order. If your university library does not have
a subscription to Angelaki, please consider recommending one to your
library committee.

Central Books information and the list of available issues is below.
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Linda Baughman | 3 Feb 2004 15:54
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Megan Morris and Lucy

I have an undergraduate writing about the American TV program "I Love 
Lucy" and he's looking for some help on possible readings.

I have a vague memory of Megan Morris writing about "I Love Lucy".  She 
wrote about how her father didn't like the show because Lucy was too 
'loud'.  Does anyone have have the cite for it?  Any other ideas would 
be appreciated as well.
Thanks, Linda Baughman
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