[ecrea] 30 years of communication geopolitics: actors and flows, structures and divides

>Call for papers
>PARIS, MSH PARIS-NORD
>19th November 2010
>INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM
>30 years of communication geopolitics: actors 
>and flows, structures and divides
>
>30 years after the official presentation, in
>Belgrade, of the Report of the MacBride
>Commission, under the aegis of UNESCO on the New
>World Information and Communication
>Order (NWICO) and 5 years after the conclusion,
>in Geneva, of the World Summit on the
>Information Society (WSIS), a colloquium will be
>held in Paris in November 2010 devoted to these
>key events that have marked the debates on
>international information and communication.
>The research group â¬SMédias et information du 
>Nord et du Sud ­ du NOMIC au SMSI⬝
>comprises researchers of Paris 8, Paris 3 and
>Nice Universities, and is supported by the â¬SMaison
>des Sciences de lâ¬"Homme Paris-Nord⬝. Since 2000,
>it examines the debates on â¬Sthe free flow of
>information⬝, on â¬Sthe imbalance of information
>flows⬝ and on â¬Sthe information society⬝. It
>identifies the different phases that have
>characterised these debates and the contradictions
>fostered by information and communication
>technologies (ICT) as a vector of social and economic
>development. It further analyses topical issues
>in the theoretical debate and the geopolitical,
>economic and cultural consequences; it highlights
>recurring and novel features that mark the
>debate on the globalisation of information.
>The colloquium will be held on 19th of November 
>2010, in Maison des Sciences de
>lâ¬"Homme de Paris-Nord: it will highlight the
>major theoretical and political issues of NWICO and
>WSIS. It will seek to draw up a balance-sheet of
>the issues and actors involved.
>The colloquium will build on the contributions of
>participants and highlight historical and
>international actors who will testify to their
>role in these debates. Filmed interviews of key figures
>will be featured.
>
>Key words of the colloquium:
>Infrastructures, Networks and Flows, Imbalances,
>Failures and progress, Individual actors,
>Institutions, The State, Civil Society,
>Internationalisation and globalisation, Transnational
>information and communication corporations
>Proposals:
>On the basis of the above-listed key words,
>kindly submit an outline comprising 1500-2000
>characters. Please indicate which of the three
>periods your proposal highlights:
>1) NWICO (1970s-1980s)
>2) Period from NWICO to the WSIS
>3) WSIS (the 2000s)
>Proposals should be sent by September 5 to the following electronic addresses:
>(jeremie.nicey /at/ univ-paris3.fr) and (julia.pohle /at/ etud.sorbonne-nouvelle.fr)
>Working languages: English and French
>Scientific Committee:
>Divina FRAU-MEIGS, Professor, Université Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle
>Michael PALMER, Professor, Université Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle
>Patricio TUPPER, Professor, Université Paris VIII
>Camille LAVILLE, Senior lecturer, Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
>Jérémie NICEY, PhD Graduate, Université Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle
>Julia POHLE, PhD Student, Université Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle
>Calendar:
>5th September 2010: New Deadline for proposals
>10th September 2010: Feedback from the Scientific Committee
>15th October 2010: Deadline for final papers (5000 words)
>19th November 2010: Colloquium in Maison des 
>Sciences de lâ¬"Homme de Paris-Nord
>(4 rue de la Croix Faron, Plaine St-Denis/Stade de France, 93210 Saint-Denis)
>Kindly note :
>! Travel and accomodation is not funded.
>! The programme and the abstracts will be accessible online in September.
>! The final papers will be published
>electronically (as of December 2010-January 2011)
>and/or in print.
>Organisors : Lab. CIM Paris 3, U. Paris 3, Lab. 
>CREW Paris 3, Lab. CEMTI Paris 8, MSH Paris-Nord
>
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