[Commlist] eco_media 2021 symposium

*eco_media 2021 now fully online and welcoming guests!*

The eco_media steering committee are pleased to announce that eco-media 
2021 will proceed as planned on Monday 30 August (9am-6pm Melbourne 
time). However, due to continuing lockdowns in Melbourne, we have had to 
make this an online-only event on Hopin. Guests are invited to join us, 
watch presentations, and contribute to the discussion!

The aim of the eco_media project is to understand how environmental 
issues, questions, and concerns are communicated through media forms, 
and to play at the borders of disciplines including media and 
environmental studies, philosophy, and communication theory.

With the circulation of vaccines around the world, we are hopefully 
shifting to a new phase of life after the COVID-19 pandemic. The core 
concern for eco_media 2021 will thus be: how might attention now refocus 
on environmental issues, on the ever-present existential threat that 
predated the chaos of 2020-21? How has the pandemic changed our approach 
to or understanding of our world and our place in it? What creative, 
theoretical, empirical or philosophical approaches might best help us 
move forward in innovative and responsible ways?

This year’s eco_media symposium opens with a provocation by Professor 
Sean Cubitt titled "3 Digressions (on the way to eco-aesthetic 
politics)”. Sean Cubitt is Professor of Screen Studies at the University 
of Melbourne, and has published widely in the history, philosophy and 
theory of media, with books including The Practice of Light, The Cinema 
Effect, and Videography: Video Media as Art and Culture. More recent 
research sees an interest in the intersections of media representations 
and technologies with ecological concerns.

The schedule for the day can be viewed at 
https://ecomediaresearch.com/eco_media_iii/eco_media-2021-schedule/ 
<https://ecomediaresearch.com/eco_media_iii/eco_media-2021-schedule/>

The complete abstracts can be viewed at 
https://ecomediaresearch.com/eco_media_iii/eco_media-2021-abstracts/ 
<https://ecomediaresearch.com/eco_media_iii/eco_media-2021-abstracts/>

If you would like to attend the event as an observer, please:

1. Buy an Observer ticket via Eventbrite — 
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/eco-media-symposium-iii-ever-newer-normals-tickets-156444043345 
<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/eco-media-symposium-iii-ever-newer-normals-tickets-156444043345>
2. Create a Hopin account (if you don’t have one already) — 
https://hopin.com/sign_up <https://hopin.com/sign_up>
3. Register for the eco_media Hopin Event — 
https://hopin.com/events/eco_media-2021 
<https://hopin.com/events/eco_media-2021>
4. Join us on the day!

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