[csaa-forum] Reminder: MEDIANZ conference (Submission deadline: 1st October)

[Thierry Jutel]

CALL FOR PAPERS

MEDIANZ

A CONFERENCE OF FILM, MEDIA, POPULAR MUSIC and DIGITAL MEDIA

IN AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND

THURSDAY 8TH-SATURDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2007

School of Film, English, Theatre and Media Studies,

Victoria University of Wellington Aotearoa/New Zealand

You are invited to submit abstracts and panel proposals to the first  
bi-annual MEDIANZ conference, a gathering for scholars of film,  
media, popular music and digital media in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The  
conference is hosted by the School of English, Film, Theatre and  
Media Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.
Over the last two decades, the cognate areas of film, media, digital  
arts, and popular music have gone through major developments in  
Aotearoa. Departments and programmes are now present in most tertiary  
institutions--Universities, Wānanga, and Polytechnics--and attract  
large numbers of students. Yet the field has not yet created a formal  
association across tertiary institutions, to address issues common to  
all and engage in regular dialogues among institutions and with media  
institutions, industry and government.

This conference provides an opportunity to assess, reflect upon, and  
promote these academic fields in New Zealand.  It will bring together  
academics, students, practitioners and institutions. The conference  
will be laying the groundwork for the constitution of a formal  
association. The NZ Journal of Media Studies  (http:// 
www.nzmediastudies.org.nz) has agreed to be formally linked to such a  
professional association and will publish a special issue emerging  
from presentations at this conference later in 2007.

We are looking for abstracts which reflect the range of research  
practices in Aotearoa, whether they specifically address local issues  
or not.  Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and should  
contain the names and institutional affiliations of presenters.  
Papers should be in the form of 20-minute presentations. We are  
planning to put a special emphasis on the participation of MA and  
especially PhD students and we are budgeting for traveling support  
with the country.

Pre-constituted panels should have the names of all contributors and  
provide a synopsis of the discussion. We are particularly interested  
in issues relating to the teaching of our disciplines in different  
institutions, the relationship between tertiary and secondary  
teaching, and inter-institutional research agendas and projects.

Please send abstracts and inquiries to either:

Thierry Jutel (thierry.jutel at vuw.ac.nz)
Geoff Stahl (geoff.stahl at vuw.ac.nz)

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS

1st October 2006

ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION

15th October 2006

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION FOR POSTGRADUATE TRAVEL FUNDING

1st November 2006

You may be interested in joining the MEDIANZ network where  
discussions of the conference is taking place and where further  
announcements will be posted.
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit

             http://lists.otago.ac.nz/listinfo/medianz

or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to

             medianz-request at lists.otago.ac.nz
  
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