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Paul Allatson | 1 Nov 2007 03:29
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CFP: PORTAL special journal issue: Italian Cultures: Writing Italian Cultural Studies in the World

‘Italian Cultures: Writing Italian Cultural Studies in the World.’

PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies is seeking 
articles for a special issue on Italian cultural studies. It aims at 
updating existing scholarship and scoping the proliferation of interests 
in this growing field. It recognizes that cultural studies practitioners 
write multiple Italies within Italy itself and from provincialized 
Italies, with a perspective that is both global and informed by specific 
local knowledge.

In particular we seek articles that map how processes of social change 
and identification are negotiated, imagined, explored and contested in 
relation to the following (but not exclusively) themes:

• Belonging
• Body
• Cinema
• Consumption
• Design
• Digital cultures
• Everyday
• Fashion
• Food
• Language
• Media (new and old)
• New writing
• Place
• Sport
• Visual cultures
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Prof Sally R Munt | 1 Nov 2007 17:23
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New cultural studies research centre

This is an advance notice of the launch event for our new research centre,
the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies.
~ Wednesday 13 February 2008, 2-7pm in the Lecture Theatre and vestibule,
Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex

CLASS AND CULTURE NOW
Confirmed speakers:
Professor Richard Sennett (NYU/LSE)
Professor Carolyn Steedman (Warwick)
Lynsey Hanley (The Guardian)

All are welcome. Please RSVP t.e.saunders <at> sussex.ac.uk

For more on the centre see <http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sccs>
and the launch info can be found at:
<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/sccs/1-1.php?output=html&refer=21680&oftype=event&fromdept=1&id=22651>

All staff and students are welcome.
Sally

"if you eat pasta and anti-pasta would you still be hungry?"

Sally R Munt
Professor of Media and Cultural Studies
Department of Media and Film
School of Humanities
EDB 318
University of Sussex
Falmer, Brighton
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Roopali Mukherjee | 1 Nov 2007 19:59
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call for speakers at 08 Cult Studies conference in NYC

CALL FOR ROUND TABLE PANELISTS 

The following round table is being proposed for the Cultural Studies conference to
be held in NYC during May 2008. Folks interested in participating, should send an
email off-list to "profmukherjee <at> earthlink.net" providing contact information
and a brief statement (max 500 words) of how their work contributes to the round table
as proposed. Thanks, RM. 

***
Sixth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association (US)
New York NY, May 22-24, 2008

Round Table Session Proposal

Title: Cultures of African American Commodity Consumption
Proposer: Professor Roopali Mukherjee, CUNY-Queens

Flaunting diamonds, mink, and designer champagne, black popular culture has, in 
recent years, made an audacious spectacle of conspicuous commodity consumption. 
Commonly termed “bling,” the ghetto fabulous aesthetic of these flashy displays 
has prompted vociferous debate among African Americans about the cultural meanings
of black consumerism. Offering a range of testimonies, these voices have interpreted
this latest avatar of consumptive excess in a variety of ways—from a modern version
of the “black is beautiful” ethic to “death on display, gussied up to appeal to 
poor folks desperate for a taste of the good life.” These disagreements trace well-worn
debates over whether black consumption is pathological or subversive, emancipatory
or repressive, and highlight abiding questions about the cultural meanings of black
consumerism, its unruly potential and political ramifications. 

These debates take on a growing significance in the current moment of post-civil
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Luis Gutierrez | 2 Nov 2007 04:26
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If not the MDGs, then what?

FYI ....

The Vol. 3, No. 11, November 2007 issue of the

Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence (SSNV) Research Newsletter
http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv03n11.html

has been posted. The focus this month is the question:

    "IF NOT THE MDGs, THEN WHAT?"

Table of contents:

     RESEARCH REPORT & MONTHLY DIGEST
     1. Global News & Emerging Issues
     2. Negative Assessments of the MDGs
     3. Positive Assessments of the MDGs
     4. Balanced Assessment of the MDGs
     5. If Not the MDGs, Then What?
     6. Current Research on the MDGs
     7. Web Resources & Links Database
     8. Prayer, Study, and Action
     9. Links to Archived Newsletters

     INVITED PAPER
     Eco-Humanism and Popular System Dynamics as Preconditions for
     Sustainable Development, by Leslaw Michnowski.
     http://pelicanweb.org/solisustv03n11michnowski.html

Please forward this notice to friends and colleagues who might be
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Amber Day | 2 Nov 2007 15:57

images of race in the media

Hi,

I am about to teach a brief critical race theory unit in my Intro to
Cultural Studies class.  We are starting with Stuart Hall's essay "The
Whites of their Eyes" as I think it offers a good discussion of ideology
and race - how images are part of larger chains of signification.
However, in his discussion of racist caricatures in the media (the
mammy, the native, etc), the particular media texts he points to are
quite dated.  I am looking for some contemporary television and film
clips that might help to push the essay into the here-and-now
(particularly perhaps thinking about muslim characters).  Does anyone
have suggestions of material students would respond to?  Thanks

- Amber

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Dinah Zeiger | 2 Nov 2007 16:09
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Re: images of race in the media

Have you seen "Reel Bad Arabs"? You can find it on DVD online; also  
there's a short 8-minute clip available on YouTube.
Dinah Zeiger
University of Denver

On Nov 2, 2007, at 8:57 AM, Amber Day wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am about to teach a brief critical race theory unit in my Intro to
> Cultural Studies class.  We are starting with Stuart Hall's essay "The
> Whites of their Eyes" as I think it offers a good discussion of  
> ideology
> and race - how images are part of larger chains of signification.
> However, in his discussion of racist caricatures in the media (the
> mammy, the native, etc), the particular media texts he points to are
> quite dated.  I am looking for some contemporary television and film
> clips that might help to push the essay into the here-and-now
> (particularly perhaps thinking about muslim characters).  Does anyone
> have suggestions of material students would respond to?  Thanks
>
> - Amber
>
> _______________________________________________
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Susan Sheane | 2 Nov 2007 16:44
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Re: images of race in the media

CBC has an acclaimed series, "Little Mosque on the Prairie" that might
have some useful clips. Go to: http://www.cbc.ca/littlemosque/

Sue Sheane
Carleton University

On Nov 2, 2007 10:57 AM, Amber Day <aday <at> bryant.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am about to teach a brief critical race theory unit in my Intro to
> Cultural Studies class.  We are starting with Stuart Hall's essay "The
> Whites of their Eyes" as I think it offers a good discussion of ideology
> and race - how images are part of larger chains of signification.
> However, in his discussion of racist caricatures in the media (the
> mammy, the native, etc), the particular media texts he points to are
> quite dated.  I am looking for some contemporary television and film
> clips that might help to push the essay into the here-and-now
> (particularly perhaps thinking about muslim characters).  Does anyone
> have suggestions of material students would respond to?  Thanks
>
> - Amber
>
> _______________________________________________
> CULTSTUD-L mailing list: CULTSTUD-L <at> lists.comm.umn.edu
> http://lists.comm.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/cultstud-l
>

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Shannon Steen | 2 Nov 2007 17:58
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Re: images of race in the media

You could also try Richard Dyer's White, which although it deals with 
images of whiteness, treats issues of racial flattening of other 
groups in some interesting ways.

You might also look at the classic Racial Formation material -- it's 
sometimes overly theoretical for undergrads, but it helps them to 
understand the ways in which racial categories are part of a dynamic 
system that changes over time, rather than springing from innate, 
natural characteristics like appearance.

good luck,
Shannon Steen
UC Berkeley

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>
>On Nov 2, 2007 10:57 AM, Amber Day <aday <at> bryant.edu> wrote:
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  I am about to teach a brief critical race theory unit in my Intro to
>>  Cultural Studies class.  We are starting with Stuart Hall's essay "The
>>  Whites of their Eyes" as I think it offers a good discussion of ideology
>>  and race - how images are part of larger chains of signification.
>>  However, in his discussion of racist caricatures in the media (the
>>  mammy, the native, etc), the particular media texts he points to are
>>  quite dated.  I am looking for some contemporary television and film
>>  clips that might help to push the essay into the here-and-now
>>  (particularly perhaps thinking about muslim characters).  Does anyone
>>  have suggestions of material students would respond to?  Thanks
>>
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Crawford Steve | 2 Nov 2007 17:48
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Re: images of race in the media

Terve,

Jane Elliot's work and some videos are on PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/divided/

I use this in my own teaching about culture and prejudice.

Steve Crawford
Jyväskyla, Finland

On Nov 2, 2007, at 4:57 PM, Amber Day wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am about to teach a brief critical race theory unit in my Intro to
> Cultural Studies class.  We are starting with Stuart Hall's essay "The
> Whites of their Eyes" as I think it offers a good discussion of  
> ideology
> and race - how images are part of larger chains of signification.
> However, in his discussion of racist caricatures in the media (the
> mammy, the native, etc), the particular media texts he points to are
> quite dated.  I am looking for some contemporary television and film
> clips that might help to push the essay into the here-and-now
> (particularly perhaps thinking about muslim characters).  Does anyone
> have suggestions of material students would respond to?  Thanks
>
> - Amber
>
> _______________________________________________
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Victor Kulkosky | 2 Nov 2007 19:02
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images of race in the media

Amber:

"The Matrix" has to be a major item in any discussion
of images of race in the media.  After that trilogy,
the rest of Hollywood's output looks totally retro. 
You have many major black characters, all of whom are
still alive at the end.  If your time is short, you
might focus on The Oracle: Mammy or Counter-Mammy?  I
vote for the latter, i.e., the Oracle is a figure
aware of and in dialog with The Mammy.  But what Mammy
could beat a white all-knowing technocrat (The
Architect)?

Also, I'm sure Oprah would generate lively discussion.
 Is she not America's Mammy?  Is her mainstream
success, her relationship with white women, built on
her de-raced and de-sexed image? vk

"The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens." Baha'u'llah

“To be means to communicate. Absolute death (nonbeing) is the state of being unheard, unrecognized,
unremembered …” Bakhtin

"Come, I will make the continent indissoluble.
  I will make the most splendid race the sun ever shone upon.
  I will make divine magnetic lands."  Walt Whitman

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