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Auslander, Philip | 3 Jul 2011 18:25
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Re: Coming to Manchester--Sorry!

Oops!

My apologies! But now anyone who needs to know knows where I'll be this coming week!

Phil

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From: Philip Auslander <philip.auslander <at> lcc.gatech.edu>
To: Cultural Studies <cultstud-l <at> lists.comm.umn.edu>
Sent: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:24:49 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Coming to Manchester

Hi David,

I just wanted to let you know that I will be in Manchester this week. I'm arriving Tuesday morning and leaving
Sunday morning. My schedule is pretty full, but I thought we might try to get together at least for a drink or
maybe a meal if you're around and available.

I'm coming in for an event at MMU on Wednesday and Thursday, and hanging around the art world the rest of the
time. As of right now, my free-est looking times are Tuesday evening and Friday evening, though I haven't
seen my whole schedule yet. There probably will be other times.

Anyway, drop me a line if you're around.

Bests,

Phil

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Auslander, Philip | 3 Jul 2011 18:24
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Coming to Manchester

Hi David,

I just wanted to let you know that I will be in Manchester this week. I'm arriving Tuesday morning and leaving
Sunday morning. My schedule is pretty full, but I thought we might try to get together at least for a drink or
maybe a meal if you're around and available.

I'm coming in for an event at MMU on Wednesday and Thursday, and hanging around the art world the rest of the
time. As of right now, my free-est looking times are Tuesday evening and Friday evening, though I haven't
seen my whole schedule yet. There probably will be other times.

Anyway, drop me a line if you're around.

Bests,

Phil

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Professor

School of Literature, Communication, and Culture
Georgia Institute of Technology
Skiles Building
686 Cherry Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0165  USA

Phone: 404.894.6208
Email: auslander <at> gatech.edu
Website: http://lcc.gatech.edu/~auslander
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Liza Tsaliki | 1 Jul 2011 22:03
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media representations of the working class


dear list members, hello.

i have a student who wants some help and directions as to how to
investigate media representations of the working class (methodologies and
bibliography). do you have any tips to offer??

thank you!

liza.
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liza tsaliki, ph.d (sussex)
assistant professor
faculty of communication and media studies
national and kapodistrian university of athens
5, stadiou street
105 62 athens, greece
email: etsaliki <at> media.uoa.gr,
phone ++30.210.368.9406 (non-direct) -
fax ++30.210.322.0820 (attn of)
http://media.uoa.gr/people/tsaliki/

visiting senior fellow
dept of media and communications
london school of economics
L.Tsaliki <at> lse.ac.uk
www.eukidsonline.net

international journal of media and cultural studies, commentaries editor
http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/mcp
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Peter Decherney | 1 Jul 2011 14:40
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CFP: Cinema in Iran

Call for Papers:

Cinema in Iran: Circulation, Censorship and Cultural Production

Berlin, Germany
December 16-18, 2011

 
Hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, with the Free
University of Berlin, Institute for Film Studies, and George Washington University

Iran is undergoing a period of socio-political transformation joined to a cultural space that despite
binding censorship regulations, circumnavigates restrictive bans and, in the world of film, generates
award winning, critically acclaimed masterpieces.

In the course of this two and a half day workshop, participants will investigate Iranian cinema as part of
Iran’s rich media and cultural ecology:

Among the areas to be explored and discussed:

·       The contemporary political and industrial context in which films are produced, distributed, and
consumed in Iran and the ways in which formal and informal censorship structures and practices impact the industry;
·       Public debate surrounding film in Iran;
·       Cinematic circulation and flows among and between the Iranian diaspora and Iranians in Iran;
·       The role of Iranian cinema as public diplomacy;
·       The political economy of film in Iran, including piracy and do-it-yourself (DIY) cinematic production
such as YouTube;
·       Conceptions and productions of audiences;
·       Film as both a formal and informal information conduit in closed or censored societies;
·       The position of Iranian filmmakers in relation to the socio-political convergences in their country
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Paul Frosh | 3 Jul 2011 07:36
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Tenure track position - Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Apologies for cross-posting:

THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM

Department of Communication and Journalism

Tenure-Track Research and Teaching Position

The Noah Mozes Department of Communication and Journalism at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites
outstanding candidates to apply for a tenure-track position starting Fall, 2012. Applicants should
hold a Ph.D., or expect to be awarded a doctoral degree by September 2012. Post-doctoral experience is desirable.

We particularly encourage applicants with strong research records in the fields of new media, film
studies and political communication, although excellent candidates in all areas of communications are
invited to apply.

The language of instruction is Hebrew, although English is acceptable for an initial period.

Applications should include:
Curriculum vitae
An academic biography (2 pages) outlining research interests and plans
Details of at least two persons who have been asked to send letters of recommendation
Copies of selected recent publications
Brief description of potential courses
Teaching evaluations (if such exist)

Applicants will compete with candidates of other departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences for
academic positions.

Application materials and/or inquiries should be directed to:
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Gilbert B. Rodman | 5 Jul 2011 18:18
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Technical difficulties

Hi, all --

As some of you have noticed, the list has been unnaturally quiet of late.  There's a long, boring, technical,
bureaucratic story here -- and while it's not entirely a pleasant tale, it does have a happy ending.  At
least for now.  The list should be up and running normally once more.  There appears to be a mini-backlog of
posts sent over the past few days working its way through the server right now.  If you attempted to post
something to the list and it does NOT appear in the next 24 hours (or if you've already received an error
message indicating a failed delivery), you might want to try sending that message again.

Apologies for any inconveniences this outage may have caused.

Cheers,
Gil Rodman
CULTSTUD-L list manager

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jamal bahmad | 5 Jul 2011 19:10
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CFP: Myths and Fairy Tales in African Cinema

*Africa in Motion 2011 Symposium CFP*

*Symposium on Myths and Fairy Tales in African Cinema*

*Call for Papers*

 Africa in Motion Film Festival 2011 will focus on films and events that
open doors to *children and youth in Africa*. As the young represent the
future as they learn from the past, we will be looking at representations
for, by and about children and young people in the rural areas and the
sprawling urban centers of Africa. As a vital aspect of children’s lives is
their education both within and outside of the family structure, we will
look at how *(his)stories and myths* are told, changed and exchanged through
time, and how they influence the form, style and structure of film in the
relatively young cinemas from Africa.

 This forthcoming symposium on *29**th** October 2011* invites renewed
reflection on *stories, myths and tales* as a means of inheriting and
reflecting on Africa’s past, present and future. Storytelling is an
essential aspect of African cinema as the role of the African griot and the
legacy of history as a story or myth has deeply influenced filmmakers such
as Ousmane Sembène and Férid Boughedir.

 The symposium seeks to interrogate the dramatic, poetic and visual
character of culturally foundational stories (fairy / mythic / classical /
religious etc), the formal operations and cultural force of their diverse
tellings and showings across media, and the ways in which their
psychological, social, political and aesthetic functions have been
interpreted and employed.
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Amoshaun Toft | 5 Jul 2011 19:07

Re: media representations of the working class

Hi Liza,
You might try checking out a film by the Media Education Foundation 
called 'Class Dismissed.' I use it often when I teach about media 
representation and/or class.
http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?key=411&preadd=action
Amoshaun

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iskandar zulkarnain | 5 Jul 2011 21:45
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Fwd: H-ASIA: Invitation to Video Vortex #7 Yogyakarta, 18-22 Jul 2011

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From: Frank Conlon <conlon <at> u.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:38 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Invitation to Video Vortex #7 Yogyakarta, 18-22 Jul 2011
To: H-ASIA <at> h-net.msu.edu

H-ASIA
July 5, 2011

The world of Indonesian Video Art and Video Technologies
Invitation to Video Vortex #7 Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 18-22 July 2011
8888888*********************************************************************
From: veronica kusuma <pravdavero <at> gmail.com>

Dear colleagues

You are cordially invited to participate in Video Vortex#7, a
satellite meeting of the Video Vortex network, in conjunction with
CELLSBUTTON #5: Institutional Cells, Yogyakarta International Media
Art Festival, 2011 to be held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 18-22 July
2011.

Video Vortex #7 aims to map out the explosion of video and
organizations in Indonesia since the arrival of affordable platforms
for production and distribution.  Video Vortex #7 wishes to focus on
the ground-up networks devoted to art and digital culture, social
activism and participatory media – to survey this diverse activity,
its growing purchase on the public sphere, and the challenges faced.
Video Vortex #7 is the first conference on the history, aesthetic and
networked video in Indonesia and beyond. It will be an opportunity for
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Thy Phu | 4 Jul 2011 14:41
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CFP: Wasting Nature, Photography and Culture special issue


Call For Papers

Wasting
 Nature: Ecocriticism and Photography

 

Journal

Photography
and Culture

 

Deadline For Abstracts

September 1st, 2011

 

Henry Fox Talbot famously described photography as
the “pencil of nature.” Although this metaphor refers to photography’s special
relationship to the real, to the indexicality that makes it suited for
naturalist representation, Talbot’s evocative phrase also raises important
questions about photography’s relationship to nature. Indeed, nature remains an
abiding passion among contemporary practitioners as it was among early
photographers. Beyond naturalism and nature appreciation, however, how has
photography approached nature?
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