CONFERENCE
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
OFF-SCREEN SPACES
Regionalism and Globalised Cultures
28-30 July 2004
University of Ulster, Coleraine - Portrush Campus
An international conference on Film, Television and Media Cultures and Policies
organised by the AHRB Centre for British Film and Television Studies, and the
Center for Media Research, University of Ulster.
The conference will explore the complex and contradictory relationships among
the local, the regional, the national and the global and assess the implications
for both media representation and local, national and transnational audio-visual
policy. Central to discussions will be the concept of comparative film studies
and a number of papers will address the rationale and theoretical implications
of comparative media research.
Confirmed speakers so far include Toby Miller, John Hill and Paul Willemen.
Conference sessions will include the following themes:
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers are invited which address any of the themes of the conference but which
especially explore: Abstracts of between 150-200 words should be e-mailed or sent on disk to the
address below. The deadline for abstracts is 23 April 2004.
Please note that paper presenters need to register for the conference and pay
the registration fee.
CONFERENCE ORGANISER:
This major international conference will explore the relationship between 'global'
popular culture and various definitions of 'local' culture. Crucial to an understanding
of this relationship is the concept of 'the region' as this has become reconfigured
by global economic and cultural forces. Regional cultures exist in relation to
and in opposition to dominant national cultures in complex and contradictory ways.
National cultures themselves are often posited as regional cultures in opposition
to the global and the concept of 'critical regionalism' has been canvassed as
a challenge to global conformity. On the other hand, in line with the strategies
of multinational corporations more generally, multinational software manufacturers
have divided the global market into 'regions' for the purpose of controlling the
DVD market. This would suggest that, despite the fact that regional cultures seem
to offer alternatives to the global market there appears to be nothing intrinsically
challenging or radical in the concept of the region.
Dr Martin McLoone
Abstracts and Enquiries to:
Centre for Media Research
Associate Director, AHRB Centre for British Fim and Television Studies
Janet Mackle
Deadline for Abstracts: 23 April 2004
Conference Co-ordinator
Cultural Development
University of Ulster
Coleraine
Northern Ireland BT52 1SA
Tel: +44 (0) 28 7032 4683
e-mail: spacesconf@ulster.ac.uk