[ecrea] CFP 'Communities in the Digital Age'

CALL FOR PAPERS

12th June 2013, North Holmes Campus, Canterbury Christ Church 
University, Canterbury, UK



Digital technologies are often seen to have the power to enhance the 
lives of and strengthen communities as well as support participation in 
public life. New tools, such as social media, could enhance inclusive 
engagement leading to stronger, broader and more diverse engagement 
through discussions and exchange on public issues or cultural practices. 
The use of digital tools could also led to more active communities 
through empowering people to become active citizens or contributors to 
the cultural and social lives of their communities.

However, academic research and professional accounts paint a mix picture 
about how digital transformations are shaping the lives of communities, 
which this one day symposium’s theme seeks to explore. The scale and 
significance of the understanding of communities in the digital age is 
still contested, evidences are often sporadic, case studies are still 
often isolated. Fundamental questions are still abound: have the lives 
of communities really changed because of digital transformations? Are 
communities more active because of the opportunities offered by digital 
tools? Have community engagement and participation improved because of 
digital transformation? What cultural and media practices of communities 
affected by digital transformation? Who are leading on increasing the 
use of digital tools in communities?

We seek contributions which explores the theme of digital 
transformations and communities. Topics may include, but not limited to:

·         Community engagement

·         Lives of communities

·         Cultural practices

·         Community cohesion

·         Digital inclusion and exclusion

·         Local communication and local media

·         Third or public sector organisations and their communities

·         Culture and creative industries



Deadline for submission of abstracts is 15th March, 2013. Please send 
250 word abstracts to Agnes Gulyas ((agnes.gulyas /at/ canterbury.ac.uk))



It is planned that the best papers will be published in a book.



The event organized by the Department of Media, Art and Design, 
Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.

For further information, please contact:



Dr Àgnes Gulyàs
Principal Lecturer
Department of Media, Art and Design
Canterbury Christ Church University
North Holmes Road
Canterbury
CT1 1QU

United Kingdom
Email: (agnes.gulyas /at/ canterbury.ac.uk)
Tel: 01227-782907




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