[ecrea] Cardiff University JOMEC Journal Special Issue

Due to unforeseen circumstances, some colleagues had to pull out and 
we're now accepting abstracts again to be included in the special issue.


'*Diaspora beyond Nationalism' Special Journal Issue*

After the successful ‘diaspora beyond nationalism’ conference held at 
the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff 
University’s JOMEC Journal will publish a special issue which will 
explore the themes of the conference.
The conference demonstrated how public debates surrounding migrants and 
immigration are becoming increasingly contentious and issues related to 
social justice are becoming more pressing. Speakers unpacked how 
advancements in technology, communication and mobility in a globalised 
era affect or disrupt contemporary diasporic relationship, how the 
nation is imagined and what roles nationalism(s) play in diasporic 
identities and relationships. Conference speakers also explored how 
social change affects traditional diasporic relationships with homelands 
and how inter-generational, gender, sexuality or ethnic issues may be at 
play in such transformations.

These topics continue to be timely and pressing and we therefore invite 
articles and book reviews that generally relate to the topic of 
Diaspora, but suggested research topics might include:
·         diaspora and alternative media/citizen journalism
·         diaspora and globalisation
·         diaspora and cultural/identity politics
·         diaspora and integration/community cohesion
·         diaspora and hostland relations (including politics and policies)
·         diaspora and homeland relations
·         diaspora and mobility/migration
To express interest, please submit an article *abstract of 250* words by 
*23 June 2016* to Idil Osman on*(io40 /at/ leicester.ac.uk)* Please include a 
short bio.


Best wishes,

Idil Osman PhD
Diasporic media involvement inSomali conflict
School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies
Cardiff University
Bute Building
King Edward VII Avenue
Cardiff
CF10


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*From:* Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) 
<(MECCSA /at/ JISCMAIL.AC.UK)> on behalf of Kirsten Forkert <(kforkert /at/ GMAIL.COM)>
*Sent:* 23 April 2016 11:21
*To:* (MECCSA /at/ JISCMAIL.AC.UK)
*Subject:* BCMCR Research Seminars on 11, 18 and 25 May at BCU
*BCMCR Research Seminar: Cultural Ecologies – Cultural labour, 
consumption and inequality**
1600-1800 Wednesday 11 May 2016**
P424, Parkside, Birmingham City University**
Free registration at this **link 
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cultural-ecologies-cultural-labour-consumption-and-inequality-tickets-24591140764>*
*
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*Prof. Mark Banks (University of Leicester) -**/Histories of Cultural 
Work: The Long Boom and Creative Opportunity/**/
/*In recent years, there has been much public discussion about 
inequality in the cultural and media industries - especially in terms of 
the social distribution of work and employment opportunities. Yet, while 
the question of how opportunity is distributed in cultural work (and to 
whom) has become more pressing, this is also an issue that has been with 
us for some considerable time. The first aim of this talk, therefore, is 
to place current debates and trends within their historical context. In 
the 1950s, a time when cultural work began to be recognised as both 
prestigious and desirable, new worlds of employment were allegedly 
opening up to the mass population. But what evidence is there to support 
– or refute – the claim that cultural work offered job opportunities for 
ordinary people? Secondly, I want to argue that appreciating how 
cultural work first came to be regarded as accessible and meritocratic 
will help us to understand how it has more recently come to be seen as 
divided and problematic.

*Prof. Kate Oakley (University of Leeds) - **/Culture and inequality: 
tying together consumption and production/*
While inequality in cultural consumption and lack of diversity in 
cultural labour markets, are both very ‘live’ topics, both researchers 
and policymakers frequently fail to consider them together. The 
presentation argues that doing so is vital, uses the example of Higher 
Education (HE) in the UK to think through the dynamic between cultural 
consumption and production. In doing so I hope to maps out a productive 
possibility for a new research agenda, by sketching where and how 
research might link cultural consumption and production to better 
understand inequality.

*About the speakers:*
Mark Banks is a Professor in the Department of Media and Communication 
at the University of Leicester. His research focuses on cultural 
industries, work and employment, cultural policy, music and media. He is 
currently writing about social justice in the cultural industries, the 
history of art schools, black British music, and the work of freelance 
dancers.

Kate Oakley is Professor of Cultural Policy at the University of Leeds. 
She writes about cultural labour, policy and the relationship to place.
*
BCMCR Research Seminar: Cultural Ecologies – **Culture is bad for you: 
who gets jobs and why in the creative industries****
1600-1800 Wednesday 18 May 2016**
P424, Parkside, Birmingham City University**
Free registration at this **link* 
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cultural-ecologies-culture-is-bad-for-you-who-gets-jobs-and-why-in-the-creative-industries-tickets-24591416589>
*
Dr. Dave O’Brien (Goldsmiths, University of London) - **/Culture is bad 
for you: who gets jobs and why in the creative industries/**/
/*This paper considers the social stratification of Cultural and 
Creative Industries (CCIs). It begins with an analysis of the /2014 ONS 
Labour Force Survey/, which suggests entrenched and widespread 
inequalities in the most ‘ cultural' and artistic parts of CCIs. The 
paper then accounts for these inequalities using a case study of acting, 
an ideal type cultural occupation. Acting has an important status within 
the circuits of British cultural life. The profession is a mixed 
economy, in keeping with many other areas of the arts sector in the UK. 
However, it also transcends a series of boundaries and hierarchies, 
cutting across popular and elite cultures and across art forms. The 
paper suggests the key cleavage within the profession relates to social 
mobility and its relationship to ethnicity, gender and age. In keeping 
with other research on the cultural and creative industries the paper 
reports narratives of precariousness within the profession. Crucially 
the paper identifies how this precariousness is manifested through 
access to the profession, to incomes within the profession and the 
sustainability of professional life for those from less privileged 
backgrounds. Finally the paper offers reflections on how objective and 
embodied forms of social stratification, such as the relationship 
between social class, accent and wealth, are marginalised within actors 
narratives of their talent and their ability to ‘make it’ in an industry 
that prides itself on openness, diversity and merit whilst, in reality, 
being nothing of the sort.

Dave O'Brien is a senior lecturer in cultural policy. He is also the 
host of the new books in critical theory podcast 
<http://newbooksincriticaltheory.com/> and writes regularly for a 
variety of media outlets. Follow him on twitter @drdaveobrien 
<http://twitter.com/@drdaveobrien>

His research currently covers five areas: cultural policy, urban policy, 
public administration, cultural value, and creative industries. These 
themes are captured by a range of recent and on-going projects, 
including: the role of cultural intermediaries in the creative economy 
<https://culturalintermediation.wordpress.com/>; the impact of visual 
arts on people living with dementia 
<http://dementiaandimagination.org.uk/>; a literature review of cultural 
value and inequality; a social network analysis of early career artists 
<http://www.creativeworkslondon.org.uk/creative_voucher/q-art-and-city-university-london/>; 
social mobility and class in the acting profession;comparative 
evaluation techniques 
<http://connected2.sittingcircle.co.uk/index.php/project/valuing-different-perspectives/>; 
urban regeneration; and the experiences of early career researchers. 
<https://earlycareerresearchers.wordpress.com/>

*
*
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BCMCR Research Seminar: Cultural Ecologies – **Conceptualising the 
Production Culture of Religious Television**/
/**1600-1800 Wednesday 25 May 2016**
P424, Parkside, Birmingham City University**
Full abstract at this **link* 
<http://www.bcmcr.org/research-events/cultural-ecologies-conceptualising-the-production-culture-of-religious-television/>*
Free registration at **this link 
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cultural-ecologies-conceptualising-the-production-culture-of-religious-television-tickets-24756420119>
**
**Nur Kareelawati Abd Karim (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia) - 
**/Conceptualising the Production Culture of Religious Television/*
This research aims to conceptualise the production culture of religious 
television. It examines the factors shaping the production culture of 
the Islam Channel, a religious television broadcaster based in central 
London, and the extent to which these factors affect the quality of 
working life of employees involved in the production of a magazine talk 
show. Combining participant observation and interviews with textual 
analysis, it analyses the complex ways in which television production 
workers adapted to the resource and ideological constraints within the 
production culture of the channel. Ideological constraints, which 
develop into a ‘culture of caution’ among television production workers 
affects their creative autonomy and emotional well-being. The research 
examines how religion shapes the production culture of religious 
television programming and changes the ways in which television 
production employees perceive their positions and manage their emotions 
in their everyday working lives.

Nur is a  lecturer at the Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia and a doctoral 
research candidate at the School of Media and Communication, University 
of Leeds, UK. Her thesis aims to conceptualise the production culture of 
religious television. ‘Production culture’ is a concept coined by John 
T. Caldwell (2008), which is often used by western scholars to explore 
film and TV production in a non-religious media environment. Nur’s 
research therefore seeks to fill in the gaps in both research into media 
industries and the field of religion, media and culture. She adopted 
ethnographic research approaches to study the production quality of a 
magazine talk show and the quality of working life of television 
production workers at the Islam Channel in Central London. Her 7-year of 
experience working in the media (Astro All Asia Broadcast Centre) is 
another factor that motivates her to pursue her career in academia since 
2009.
/
Note: Nur will be joining us by Skype. //
/


For any queries or further information contact Kirsten Forkert at
(kirsten.forkert /at/ bcu.ac.uk) 
<https://owa.bcu.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=kiI58H3oYUqorD0amy1aWIZ7kHjbcNMIgGmCotNrnId8lCdKd9aw4Oy6gKF7MXpqY3MCI4kApkI.&URL=mailto%3a%2520kirsten.forkert%40bcu.ac.uk>



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