[ecrea] www.audiovisualthinking.org - Launch of journal for academic videos

> Welcome to Audiovisual Thinking
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> We are happy to announce the launch and Call
> for Videos of the online journal Audiovisual Thinking
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> www.audiovisualthinking.org), the world's first journal of
> academic videos. 
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> Audiovisual Thinking is a pioneering forum
> where academics and educators can articulate, conceptualize and
> disseminate their research about audiovisuality and audiovisual culture
> through the medium of video. 
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> International in scope and multidisciplinary in
> approach, the purpose of Audiovisual Thinking is to develop and promote
> academic thinking in and about all aspects of audiovisuality and
> audiovisual culture. 
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> Advised by a board of leading academics and
> thinkers in the fields of audiovisuality, communication and the media and
> hosted by Copenhagen University, the journal seeks to set the standard
> for academic audiovisual essays now and in the future. 
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> Why is Audiovisual Thinking important?
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> We study, teach and research the moving image,
> media and audiovisuality, yet we rarely mediate in these same forms and
> media. Audiovisual Thinking is a forum where academics and researches can
> articulate their thoughts and research about audiovisual culture and
> media in audiovisual ways. 
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> Society has changed radically due technological
> changes in audiovisual mediation and new digital tools/platforms. Video
> is becoming a central part of our everyday life and communication, as
> well as a valuable tool for researchers to share their results, insights
> and engage with the academic and other communities. Academics have many
> different forms of media for expressing ourselves, for example text,
> audio and images. These different media have different strengths and
> weaknesses. Traditionally, academic dissemination and debate have relied
> very much on the written text. But now, audio and images should be
> embraced by the academic world, not because it is better than the written
> word, but because video can say things differently.
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> Please visit us on
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> www.audiovisualthinking.org to watch academic videos and
> submit your own.
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> Video submissions are welcome from all fields
> of study and, as one would expect, the main criteria for submissions are
> that the discussion and thinking are conveyed through audiovisual means.
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> The call for videos is now open!
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> For more information, please visit the website
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> www.audiovisualthinking.com or contact the editors: Inge (on behalf
> of the editorial board) 
> (inges /at/ hum.ku.dk)
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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
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