[csaa-forum] ICA Preconference 2013: South Asian Communications Scholarship

[sahana udupa]

>
> Dear Colleagues
> Please find below the call for abstracts/proposals for the preconference
> workshop on South Asian media and communication at the upcoming ICA
> conference in London (2013). We request you to circulate this widely among
> your colleagues and students. Attached also is a pdf version.
> Thanks and Regards
> Steve McDowell
> Sahana Udupa
> ****
>
> *New Media, Old Media, Social Media:*
>
> *Changing South Asian Communications Scholarship*
>
> *Call for Paper Proposals/ Abstracts*
>
> Research paper abstracts are invited for this pre-conference workshop, to
> be held on June 16 and 17, 2013 prior to the International Communication
> Association 2013 meetings in London, England. The pre-conference will
> include panels of research papers, as well as invited speakers.
>
> Abstracts of 300 words should be sent to Sahana Udupa (udupa at mmg.mpg.de)
> and Steve McDowell (steve.mcdowell at cci.fsu.edu) by December 1, 2012. Authors
> will be notified of acceptance by January 15, 2013. Full papers will be
> requested by May 15, 2013 for online posting for other participants.
>
> The workshop is co-sponsored by the ICA Communication Law and Policy
> Division, the University of Pennsylvania, Jamia Millia Islamia, Shiv Nadar
> University, the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of
> London, and Florida State University.
>
> The workshop will be held at the Khalili Lecture Theatre (Russell
> Square), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London on
> June 16 and 17, 2013.
>
> Registration cost will be $75 USD per person, which covers breaks,
> lunches, and a reception.
>
> *Background:*
>
> Home to more than a billion and one half people, South Asia enjoys a
> shared history combined with a unique cultural, religious, political,
> linguistic, and ethnic diversity. South Asian media reflects this diversity
> through its cultural products, which are becoming increasingly popular
> throughout the region and in other parts of the world. The rapid growth of
> media and communication, including print, sound recording, television, new
> media, telecommunications, and mobile devices and applications, point to
> the importance of South Asia, of its linkages to other parts of the world,
> of media industries, and of public policies that govern these sectors. The
> expanding media in South Asia and their growing salience in the processes
> of globalization call for a robust research agenda with diverse
> disciplinary approaches and concerted efforts to strengthen communications
> scholarship in the region.
>
> First of its kind to focus exclusively on South Asian media, this
> preconference showcases most recent scholarly work on media growth and
> communications policy in the region and their significance for broader
> communications scholarship. It is a major meeting point for scholars
> studying South Asian media and communication, and an opportunity to review
> and advance communications research and training in the region. It will
> cover a range of topics on new media as well as conventional media, to
> provide a critical account of the media changes underway in South Asia and
> their implications for national politics, regional political dynamics and
> public cultures.
>
> The preconference will be a major contribution to consolidate, review and
> reflect on the existing body of communications scholarship and
> communications education in the region. It will provide a fillip to the
> emerging area of communications scholarship by strengthening the networks
> of knowledge and professional collaboration and exchange among media
> educators. It will complement and expand existing efforts of communications
> scholars studying the profound political and cultural changes unleashed by
> media in the last two decades of rapid globalization in the region.
>
> The preconference will address most important issues related to new media
> and conventional media, by inviting presentations from scholars exploring
> South Asian media from various disciplinary perspectives including
> anthropology, cultural studies and political science, alongside media and
> communications studies. The list of topics covered by the preconference
> includes, if not limited to: media enabled political cultures and
> political activisms; mapping media and communications systems; media and
> information policy; labour in the communications sector; the state and
> futures of public service media; emerging fields of interest in
> communications studies; and, media uses and media cultures within South
> Asia and among the South Asian diaspora. The panels will be followed by a
> round table discussion among members of the organizing committee and
> invited experts to review the field of communications scholarship on South
> Asia and discuss plans and agendas for future research. The preconference
> also aims to establish a venue for discussing emerging trends and
> challenges of communications training in the region and develop a
> communications education agenda for media educators and scholars. It will
> explore ways to enhance regional cooperation in developing curriculum and
> pedagogical practices for communications studies.
>
> Recognizing the growing importance of media for the political and cultural
> landscapes of South Asia and for the South Asian diaspora, the
> preconference will also invite some guests from the government, media,
> and community sectors in London to present as appropriate, in a keynote or
> roundtable/panel capacity. This will allow us to make use of the unique
> attributes of London as a city with strong representation of media and
> South Asians. This preconference builds on an earlier preconference on
> Indian media organized in Chicago (ICA 2009), and a network of scholars set
> up as part of our on-going efforts to boost communications scholarship on
> South Asia.* *
>
> Members of the organizing committee include:
>
> Biswajit Das, Jamia Millia Islamia
>
> Radha Hegde, New York University
>
> Steve McDowell, Florida State University
>
> Vibodh Parasarathi, Jamia Millia Islamia
>
> Monroe Price, University of Pennsylvania
>
> Jyotika Ramaprasad, University of Miami
>
> Azmat Rasul, University of the Punjab. Florida State U
>
> Subir Sinha, University of London
>
> Laura Stein, University of Texas at Austin
>
> Sahana Udupa, Max Planck Institute
>
> Mohammad Shahid Ullah - University of Chittagong
>
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