[ecrea] Call for Chapter Contributions to New Volume on Media, Culture and Technology in Africa and the Caribbean

Chapter contributions are being invited for a new edited volume 
provisionally titled:

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*'Media, Culture and Technology in the Global South: *

*Re-imagining Communication and Identity in Africa and the Caribbean'.*

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The**volume editors are Professor Hopeton Dunn of The University of the 
West Indies, Professor Dumisani Moyo of University of Johannesburg, Dr 
William Lesitaokana of University of Botswana and Dr Shanade Barnabas, 
University of Johannesburg.

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*Background*

Despite more than a half a century into political independence, most 
African and Caribbean countries still face daunting realities about the 
future of their societies, including economic survival, technological 
change, issues of identity, language, cultural retentions, new media 
practices, and the social impact of emerging knowledge networks.​

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Global technologies have emerged to challenge these societies and 
complement traditional media and established cultural production 
systems, in an era now described as the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”. 
Technologies such as the internet of things, robotics, artificial 
intelligence (AI), algorithms, block chain and the smart mobile 
applications have emerged to disrupt, or as some may argue, to reinforce 
the global status quo and create new challenges or opportunities for the 
Global South. Indigenous technologies and practices have often remained 
side-lined or untapped in some contexts, while many users gravitate to 
the latest innovations from the North.

Many of the attendant cultural processes and overarching technologies 
have not been adequately analysed, researched and documented. The 
ongoing impacts of a digital eco-system, neural networks and AI on the 
culture, language, lifestyles, human rights, governance systems, 
intellectual property, ethical norms and civic responsibilities in 
Africa and the Caribbean remain in urgent need of interdisciplinary 
study and renewed critical analysis.

             How are cultures in these varied countries being impacted 
by such developments? How can public communication be re-imagined in 
this constantly changing global context? Can indigenous innovation and 
cultural interaction be stimulated to generate more local content for 
popular consumption? And can the Global South enhance its cultural 
influence and information counterflow and not simply become mere markets 
of the industrialised North?

The book will be a contribution to addressing these gaps. Original work 
by authors can focus within single regions or countries and need not 
simultaneously cover both Africa and the Caribbean, although cross 
regional analyses are also invited.

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*Topics*

Among the subjects for consideration as chapters are the following 
indicative topics:

·       Media Histories in the Context of Political and Technological Change

·       Theorizing Media, Communications and Technology from the South

·       Communication, Resistance and Political Change

·       Culture, Identity and Society

·       Decolonization of Media and Communications Services

·       Economic Reform, Empowerment and Change in Africa and the Caribbean

·       Communications and Indigenous Cultures

·       Diversity in Communications and Cultural Policy: Gender, Race, 
Class, Ethnicity

·       Ethnographies of News-gathering and Dissemination

·       Small States, Technology and Economic Development

·       Media and Disability, Media and Children, Media and Diaspora

·       Alterative Media in Repressive Environments

·       Community Media, Development and Democracy

·       Public Relations, IMC and Strategic Communication in the South

·       Media, Music and Culture in the Caribbean and Africa

·       Broadcasting Regulations and Policy Reforms in the South

·       Social Media, Mobile Technologies, Youth and Instant Access

·       Game Technology, Animation and New Creatives

·       Ethics for Media and Technology in a Changing Environment

·       New Legal Challenges to Freedom of Expression

·       Popular Culture, Media and the Internet

·       Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and the Future

·       Blockchain, Digital Assets and Electronic Transactions: Impacts 
in the South

·       Cyber Security, Data Protection and Digital Right in Developing 
Countries

·       Internet of Things, Internet of People

·       Network Neutrality: Power and New Challenges to Internet Access

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Chapter contributions can be made from a wide range of conceptual and 
philosophical approaches. However, each chapter must be soundly based in 
the critical tradition and with theoretical underpinnings of the area 
under treatment. The submission of newly completed empirical work is 
especially encouraged, bringing fresh research-based insights to topics 
under consideration.

*Submission Timelines:*

Chapter abstracts of 300 words as expressions of interest should be 
submitted to:

Hopeton Dunn at (hopetondunn /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(hopetondunn /at/ gmail.com)> and 
copied to (dumisanim /at/ uj.ac.za) <mailto:(dumisanim /at/ uj.ac.za)>_, 
(_lesitaokana /at/ mopipi.ub.bw) <mailto:(lesitaokana /at/ mopipi.ub.bw)>_ and 
(__sbbarnabas /at/ uj.ac.za) <mailto:(sbbarnabas /at/ uj.ac.za)> __by *June*_* 30, 
2018. *Authors of selected abstracts will be notified within a month of 
their expressions of interest. Selected chapters must be 5,000 to 6,000 
words, in APA style. Completed chapters should be submitted to the 
editors by *October 31, 2018.*


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