[csaa-forum] Conference on TV history - CFP

[Liz Jacka]

CALL FOR PAPERS: A CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION

In December 2005 (date to be finalized) UTS and the Powerhouse Museum 
will convene a two-day conference in Sydney, which will examine aspects 
of the history of television in Australia. This conference is in 
conjunction with the Australian Television History Project being 
conducted by UTS and the opening of an exhibition by the Powerhouse on 
the history of Australian television.

The Powerhouse Museum’s exhibition is designed for a general audience 
and examines aspects of the history of television in Australia through 
the presentation of artifacts and audiovisual material. It looks at 
life before and after television, but is thematic rather than 
chronological in its focus. These themes include:

·	The genres of television
·	National Identity
·	Television and memory
·	Images of sexuality
·	Technology
·	Event television
·	Censorship and classification
·	Unpacking the credits – how television is made
·	Multicultural and indigenous television

The Australian Television History project is exploring how Australian 
television was introduced, how it developed and gives appropriate 
emphasis to the place of commercial television.

The partners in this project are UTS, Screen Sound Australia, the 
Centre for the Moving Image and Currency House.

The Conference is designed to complement the Exhibition and to bring 
scholarly reflection to this important public discourse on the impact 
of television on Australian society over the last 50 years.

Papers are invited that explore Australian television in an historical 
context and abstracts are due by May 2005.

Please contact Nick Herd, Principal Researcher, Australian Television 
History Project
Email: nickherd at bigpond.com
Phone: 0417669913

Or
Liz Jacka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, UTS
Email: Liz.Jacka at uts.edu.au
Phone: 02 9514 2311

Paula Hamilton, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, UTS
Email: Paula.Hamilton at uts.edu.au
Phone: 02 9514 1947

Professor Liz Jacka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
PO Box 123
NSW 2007
Australia
ph 61 2 9514 2311

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