[ecrea] CFP Phd course: Media, Culture and Participation

Call for applicants

*Ph.D. course: Media, Culture and Participation *

Location: Paris

Time: October 25-27th, 2017

Organisers: University of Bergen and The Norwegian University Centre in 
Paris

In the field of culture and media, new forms of participation raise 
major social and political issues about power, collective action and 
citizenship. Participation is a social ordering process that makes it 
possible for some to have their voices heard but not others. With web 
2.0, new forms of participation have become common in the public sphere, 
renewing our analysis of media audiences and cultural practices. Still, 
traditional forms of media and culture are very important for a large 
part of the population. This PhD course is dedicated to bringing 
together emerging and senior scholars to debate key dimensions of 
participation, both in regards to traditional audiences and to the new 
forms of digital collective actions. The course concentrates on 
participatory dimensions of audiences’ interactions with both the media 
(for instance journalism, news, social media) and with forms of 
expressive culture (for instance film, music, computer games or 
television drama). The course pays particular attention to civic 
perspectives of audiences’ participation (spanning from everyday 
politics to direct forms of political action), and to sociological 
perspectives (how participation is structured by and structures class, 
gender, ethnicity, age, and so forth). As such the course aims to 
provide guidance on both key theories and methodologies in the field. 
For more detailed information, see course webpage 
http://www.uib.no/en/course/MEVI903

The PhD course will span over three full days in the centre of Paris 
(October 25-27th 2017). The course will be open to PhD students from a 
variety of relevant disciplinary backgrounds including media studies, 
sociology, anthropology, history, political science. Participants are 
expected to submit essays (4000 words) in advance of the course, present 
their papers in panel sessions, act as respondents on presented papers 
and contribute in discussions following lectures. Participants are also 
expected to engage with a core literature reading list (tba). In 
addition, participants are expected to hand in their revised essay 
subject to approval by the organisers within 4 weeks after the course. 
Successful completion of the course secures 5 ECTs.

Course lecturers include: Irene Costera Meijer (VU University 
Amsterdam), Kim Christian Schrøder (University of Roskilde), Dominique 
Pasquier (French National Centre for Scientific Research – CNRS), Jan 
Fredrik Hovden (University of Bergen), Jannie Hartley Møller (University 
of Roskilde), Torgeir Uberg Nærland (University of Bergen).

Funding /expenses:  The organisers will cover reasonable travel and 
accommodation expenses for participants from countries other than the 
Nordic. For participants from the Nordic countries, the organisers will 
cover accommodation for two nights. There is no course fee.

Application procedure: Applications must include a CV and a one-page 
abstract outlining method, theory and empirical scope of the essay that 
is to be presented at the PhD course. *Deadline for applications is May 
15th*. Applications must be submitted through the course website at 
http://www.uib.no/en/course/MEVI903  by May 15th. Notice of acceptance 
will be sent by June 1th. For administrative queries please contact Ola 
Roth Johnsen ((Ola.Johnsen /at/ uib.no) <mailto:(Ola.Johnsen /at/ uib.no)>)

For general queries about the course, please contact either Jan Fredrik 
Hovden ((Jan.Hovden /at/ uib.no) <mailto:(Jan.Hovden /at/ uib.no)> ) and / or Torgeir 
Uberg Nærland ((Torgeir.narland /at/ uib.no) <mailto:(Torgeir.narland /at/ uib.no)>).

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