[ecrea] Journal of Media Practice and MeCCSA Practice Network Annual Symposium: Registration Now Open

_REGISTRATION NOW OPEN:_
*Journal of Media Practice and MeCCSA Practice Network Annual Symposium 
2017*
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*/ ‘Practice and/as Media Industry Research’/*
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*Hosted by the Media Convergence Research Centre, Bath Spa University*
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*One-Day Symposium: Thursday 8th June 2017*

/*Confirmed Keynotes:*/
/*Prof Kerstin Stutterheim, Bournemouth University*/
/*John Mateer, University of York*/
/*Prof Bambo Soyinka, Bath Spa University*/


We are delighted to annouce that registration is now open for the 
/Journal of Media Practice and MeCCSA Practice Network Annual Symposium/ 
2017, taking place at Bath Spa University on Thursday 8th June 2017. The 
symposium will explore the theme of ‘/Practice and/as Media Industry 
Research/’ .

The study of media industries is now a focal point at many universities, 
promising the potential for rich dialogues between academia and 
industry, and between theory and practice. Media, communications and 
cultural studies (including film, television, publishing, radio, music 
and social platforms) are central to the pursuits of media industry 
research, with researchers seeking to investigate and to theorise the 
industrial workings of these media – be it their macro social, economic 
and political influences or their micro production cultures, 
distribution practices and professional ideologies (Caldwell 2008; 
McDonald 2013; Freeman 2016). While the study of media industries itself 
indicates a bridging between theory and practice – between the study of 
media forms and the pragmatics of media making – far less attention has 
been paid to what the study of media industries looks like as 
practice-based or practice-led research, or how collaboration between 
academia and the media industries actively shapes practice.

As such, the symposium theme is intended to provide the opportunity for 
MeCCSA to focus on questions of practice and/as media industry research, 
and aims to showcase both scholarly and practice-based research that 
considers the complex relationships between the theoretical study of 
media industries and creative forms of practice and practice-based research.


The symposium will feature keynote lectures and plenaries by Prof 
Kerstin Stutterheim (Bournemouth University), John Mateer (University of 
York) and Prof Bambo Soyinka (Bath Spa University). The day will also 
feature a series of interactive workshops about practices of Documentary 
Ethics, the ‘New Media Professor’, and Information Game Narratives, as 
well as panels devoted to Screen Cultures & Collaborative Practices, 
Digital & Media Art Practices, Film & Documentary Practices, and Media 
Education Practices. We will also showcase the winner of our MediaWall 
competition, which sought to attract screen-based media artworks that 
creatively examine and interrogate questions related to the workings of 
the media industries.


To register for the symposium, please go to: 
https://www.bathspalive.com/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=008BF83D-62DA-48C3-A11F-FFD5E8A82768&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=A53A6459-DA62-48B2-86FC-FC569017C64A 
<https://www.bathspalive.com/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=008BF83D-62DA-48C3-A11F-FFD5E8A82768&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=A53A6459-DA62-48B2-86FC-FC569017C64A>


There are two options for registration: Standard Registration (£45) and 
Concessional Registration (£30). The concessional rate is valid for 
full- or part-time undergraduate and PhD students. The registration cost 
includes lunch, tea and coffee throughout the day, and an evening wine 
reception.


Further updates about the symposium can be found here:
https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/liberal-arts/research/media-convergence-research-centre/meccsa-practice-network-symposium-2017/ 
<https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/liberal-arts/research/media-convergence-research-centre/meccsa-practice-network-symposium-2017/>

For further information or for any queries please contact Matthew 
Freeman ((m.freeman /at/ bathspa.ac.uk) <mailto:(m.freeman /at/ bathspa.ac.uk)>).

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