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

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As such, notice that submitted work do not need to be unpublished.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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