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[ecrea] Media & The City Workshop: Call for papers

Tue Oct 11 14:08:08 GMT 2011


Media & The City Workshop: Call for paper
MEDIA & THE CITY WORKSHOP
FEBRUARY 10, 2012 - CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MILAN

ECREA's MEDIA & THE CITY Temporary Working Group is happy to announce the organization of its first Workshop. The Workshop will take place on FEBRUARY 10, 2012, at the CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY of MILAN, ITALY.

Workshop overview
The first TWG Workshop will feature parallel sessions and a final plenary. During the parallel sessions, members will be able to share and discuss their research. The final plenary session will discuss the organizational aspects of the Group and delineate future activities. Parallel sessions will be open to all interested scholars, while the plenary will be open only for TWG members.

Submissions
Scholars who desire to present their work during the parallel sessions will need to submit their abstract to (simone.tosoni /at/ unicatt.it) and (matteo.tarantino /at/ unicatt.it). The deadline for abstract submission is NOVEMBER 30, 2011. Notification of accepted abstract will be published on the website by DECEMBER 7, 2011. The deadline for the submission of full papers is GENUARY 15, 2012. Accepted papers will be published on the TWG website. The workshop is intended as a moment for the collective sharing of research interest among Group members (and other interested scholars). As such, notice that submitted work do not need to be unpublished. However, they will need to refer to scholar's recent work.
Papers will have to be written in English.

Subject Coverage
The Workshop welcomes contributions of both empirical and theoretical nature. The broad areas of interest mirror the interest of the TWG as specified in the Resarch Objectives document (http://twg.ecrea.eu/MC/?page_id=65). As the aim is to organize each parallel session around as specific area, please specify the area of interest of your work in submitting your abstract. " Media representations of cities and social processes (including: media/gentrification, city branding, role of media in global positioning of cities…) " Cities as spaces for media usage and the influence of media in the experience of cities (Including: geo-location, augmented reality, new public and private spaces…) " The presence of media in the urban contexts and social processes (including: new forms of architecture, the impact of security technologies, new forms of interaction with city spaces…) " Impacts of media enterprises on urban contexts (including: strategies of attraction of media companies into cities, impacts on the quality of life …)

Please forward your proposals to the TWG's contact persons: (matteo.tarantino /at/ unicatt.it) and (simone.tosoni /at/ unicatt.it).

Logistics
More information about logistics and activities will be posted on the TWG website in the following months: http://twg.ecrea.eu/MC/


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