There are still few places left for the*MOBILISATIONS, CHANGING
PROTEST CULTURES AND WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES*seminar, which will be held
at the Centre for Global Media and Democracy, Goldsmiths University of
London, UK – 14thand 15thof May, 2015 (Professor Stuart Hall Building,
LG02)
This seminar will look at contemporary ‘protest cultures’ and explore
the changing relationship between political participation and media
technologies in the age of social media by considering three different
dimensions a)organisationb)political imaginationsc)lived experience.
Scholars and activists will be invited to discuss this relationship by
considering culturally and context specific examples from the occupy
movements to the Philippines, from digital activism in Iran to the
experience of PODEMOS in Spain.
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/Speakers: Elena Pavan University of Trento; Paolo Gerbaudo////(Kings
College London); Anastasia Kavada (WestiminsterUniversity); Ella
McPherson (Cambridge University); /Lina Dencik (Cardiff University);
Stefania Milan (University of Amsterdam); Adrienne Russell (Denver
University); Simona Levi (XNet-Podemos); Mirca Madianou (Goldsmiths
University); Bart Cammaerts (LSE); Gholam Khiabany (Goldsmiths
University); Dhiraj Murthy (Goldsmiths University)
*KEYNOTE *
*Prof. Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona*
When Information Isn’t Scarce: Political Communication as a New
Frontier in Social Movement Studies.
ALL WELCOMED. This is a free event for anyone interested. However,
spaces are limited so make sure that you register your interest by
writing (tov.barassi /at/ gold.ac.uk) <mailto:(v.barassi /at/ gold.ac.uk)>.This is
the first eventof the *Social Movements and Media Technologies:
Present Challenges and Future Developments ESRC Seminar Series*.The
SeminarSeries is jointly organised by the Centre for Global Media and
Democracy (CGMD) at Goldsmiths University of London and the Centre on
Social Movement Studies (COSMOS), European University Institute
Florence. For more information visit http://someseminars.org/
Best Wishes
Veronica Barassi and Alice Mattoni
