March 31, 2001
"The Intercultural World and the Digital Connection" Rochester (NY)
Intercultural Conference will be held on July 19-21, 2001.
250 word abstracts are invited for possible paper presentations for
this sixth and final Rochester (academic) Intercultural Conference, by
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: deadline April 9, 2001.
My conference cochair, K.S. Sitaram, Ph.D., Professor of Radio and
Television, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and I welcome
papers relating especially to intercultural, multicultural, international,
and global communication as it relates to digital/cybernetic communication.
A subject of considerable interest to this GKD list, the digital divide, is
of considerable interest to us as well.
Our previous conferences (1995-2000) have been devoted to subjects
such as multiculturalism, cultural diversity, global communication and
media; communication, technology, and cultural values; human rights and
responsibilities; and social justice, peace, and international conflict
resolution. Outstanding paper awards have been given each year, and besides
North American scholars and graduatae students, award recipients have
included scholars from Taiwan and India. Typically, there are about 75 in
attendance at the conferences annually, with about 50 papers presented,
representing more than 50 universities yearly from North America and
abroad. Full papers and conference fees are due to me, Michael Prosser,
Ph.D., Rochester Intercultural Conferences, Rochester Institute of
Technology, 142 Canterbury Road, Rochester, NY 14607 by a June 6 postmark.
The keynoter for this conference (and our 1997 conference) is Tapio
Varis, Ph.D., University of Tampere, Finland, who is among Europe's major
experts on European media, the internet, and distance learning. Among the
plenary speakers are Nobleza Asuncion Lande, University of Kansas, James
Buchanan, Xavier University, and Festus Eribo, East Carolina University.
Also invited is Hussein Amin, American University of Cairo.
The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Airport, 911 Brooks
Ave., Rochester, New York. Room rates for one or two adults is $92 a night,
plus 14% tax daily, July 18-22. Reservations can be made by calling
800-Holiday before June 25, 2001.
The conference will begin with dinner, the keynote, and a roundtable
at 6:30, July 19. On July 20 and 21, there will be plenary sessions,
selected paper sessions, and roundtables. Conference fees include
conference materials, the opening dinner on July 19, a reception on July
20, and the awards luncheon on July 21. Conference participants can enjoy
an optional final dinner at Rochester's India House Restaurant on the
evening of July 21.
Both Professor Sitaram and I have been Fulbright professors or
scholars: Sitaram to India, where he had considerable media experience
before becoming involved with American education, and I to the University
of Swaziland, where I initiataed the communication studies program there.
We have published two coedited books, >Civic Discourse:
Multiculturalism, Cultural Diversity, and Global Communication< (1998) and
>Civic Discourse: Intercultural, International, and Global Media<, and have
two coedited books at the publisher, Ablex Publishing, Greenwood Publishing
Group: >Civic Discourse, Communication, Technology<, and >Cultural Values
and Human Rights and Responsibilities: Communication Strategies among
Nations and Peoples<. Sitaram is the author of two other books,
>Foundations of Intercultural Communication< and > Communication and
Culture: A World View< which emphasize philosophical approaches to
intercultural communication from the Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim
traditions.
Besides several earlier books, my two most recent books are my
coauthored >Diplomatic Discourse: International Conflict at the United
Nations< and my edited >Civic Discourse and Discourse Conflict in Africa<.
Both Professor Sitaram and I have a considerable interest in communication
in emerging societies. In my case, I have had several international
students living with me, including from South Africa and Swaziland, and
presently three young refugees from the Sudan. I am very active with the
South Sudan community in Rochester.
We look forward to having members of the GKD list participants
involved in this final conference, and presenting papers.
Cordially,
Michael Prosser, Ph.D.
Distinguished Visiting Professor in Communications, Rochester
Institute of Technology
Professor of Communication (in absentia), University of Virginia
Chair, Rochester Intercultural Conferences
Series Editor, "Civic Discourse for the Third Millennium," Ablex
Publishing, Greenwood Publishing Co.
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