SECOND
CALL FOR PAPERS
OFF-SCREEN SPACES: REGIONALISM AND GLOBALISED CULTURES
An international conference on Film, Television and Media: Cultures and Policies
28-30
July 2004
University of Ulster, Coleraine - Portrush Campus
Organised in association with the Center for Media Research, University of Ulster.
National cultures are themselves 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 or homogeneity. 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
potential of regional cultures to offer alternatives to the global market, there
is in fact nothing intrinsically challenging or radical in the concept of the
region.
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.
The conference also encourages papers that explore the role that new ICTs play
in shaping regional digital cultures and politics. How, for instance, have social
movements adopted new technologies in order to become organised in ways that
challenge national borders? What responses have the state and supranational
entities had to such practices? How have new media industries redefined cartographies
of production, distribution and consumption and what are some of the new antagonisms
and collaborations that attend such socio-technical formations? The conference
is interested in both theoretical and reflexive empirical responses to questions
along these lines.
John Tomlinson
CALL FOR PAPERS
Papers are invited which address any of the themes of the conference.
Abstracts of between 150-200 words should be e-mailed or sent on disk to:
Please note that paper presenters need to register for the conference and pay
the registration fee.
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CONFERENCE ORGANISER:
Dr Martin McLoone
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 it has become reconfigured
by global economic and cultural forces. Regional cultures exist in relation
and in opposition to dominant national cultures and interact with them in complex
and contradictory ways.
Confirmed speakers so far include:
Ien Ang
Toby Miller
John Hill
Ned Rossiter
Valentina Vitali
Desmond Bell
Máire Messenger Davies
Paul Willemen
Conference sessions will include the following themes:
Janet Mackle
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
CONFERENCE CO-ORDINATOR
Centre for Media Research
Associate Director, AHRB Centre for British Fim and Television Studies
Conference bookings, abstracts and enquiries to:
Janet Mackle
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