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Call for Papers "Diasporas, Migration and Media: Crossing Boundaries, New Directions" Interdisciplinary Conference Diaspora, Migration and the Media Section, European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Nottingham Trent University Utrecht University Utrecht (Netherlands) 6-7 November 2009 __________________________________________________ Studying the relationship between diasporas and the media presents several challenges and issues that are at the core of humanities, social sciences, anthropology, and cultural and media studies. In the last two decades, an increase in the number of theories and amount of empirical research in the field, with topics ranging from diaspora, mobility, migration, ethnicity, cosmopolitanism, postcolonialism, identity politics, representation, and practices of media production and consumption, have enhanced our understanding of the everyday lives of diasporas and migrants. Through this process, the area of diaspora, migration and media has evolved to embrace different theoretical and methodological perspectives, resulting in a plethora of work, and as a result, consolidating its position as an important area of investigation. On the other hand, any emerging canon needs to be criticized and challenged if the field is to retain its dynamism. In addition, the increasingly vocal critiques against multiculturalism give rise to defensive writing: is it time to develop more positive and forceful lines of enquiry. The aim of this workshop, then is to address the state-of-the-art in the field by inviting colleagues - academics, non-academics, researchers and PhD students - to map the diverse areas of investigation and/or present ongoing empirical and theoretical work that might offer a critique as well as point out new directions in the field. We invite abstracts (500 words) that address the following themes, but would be happy to consider proposals which fall outside of them: - The local/global diasporic cultural experiences - Dynamics of migration and memory - Dynamics of Representation, discourse and language - Subjectivity, emotion and identity - Diaspora, youth and media - Diasporic audiences - Diaspora and queer theory - Visual cultures and diasporas/migrants - Music and diasporas - Cultural citizenship - Cultural policy and diaspora - Web 2.0, social media and diasporas: what are they doing for diasporas and minorities? - The backlash against multiculturalism and/in the media - Diasporic/minority media: what is new? - Urban environments and multicultural encounters - Diasporic generations, communication and media The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2009. Registration fee: £50 Contact: Olga Bailey and Sophia Smithers Nottingham Trent University Email: olga.bai...@ntu.ac.uk, sophia.smith...@ntu.ac.uk Web: http://ecrea.eu/events/about/id/35 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
