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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><span style="color: black; ">New Zealand Journal of Media Studies Special Issue Proposal CFP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b><span style="color: black; ">Title</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color: black; ">Aotearoa 2011: Politics, Capital, Culture<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; ">Publication Date</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">November 2012: Volume 13, No. 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="color: black; ">Special Issue Editors</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">Brett Nicholls & Vijay Devadas, Department of Media, Film & Communication, University of Otago<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: black; ">Theme</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; ">2011 in New Zealand was marked by a number of important events that require further scrutiny. It was a year in which New Zealand feverishly worked to refine and strengthen its global image, reelected a national
party government, and coped with an on-going natural disaster. This special issue of NZJMS seeks to situate these events in broader social and cultural contexts. It seeks to engage with the epistemic power-politics of modern public life in 2011, drawing attention
to the role of the media in articulating these events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span>The special issue invites contributions that critically engage with the events, texts, and/or practices associated with one or more of the following: the Christchurch earthquake disaster,
Rugby World Cup, and NZ election.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span>The special issue seeks to engage with the following questions: How were these events constructed in the media? What does this construction tell us about the NZ state and other institutions
in relation to Aotearoas peoples? What do these events and their media constructions tell us about power, knowledge, subjugation, and subject formation? How do they relate to the biopolitical operations of the state? How do they engender or close down politics?
What is the relationship between these events and their construction to the operations of global capital?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span>Suggested topics under each heading include but are not limited to:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span>Rugby World Cup the rugby hegemony in New Zealand, the construction of gender in New Zealand, rugby and corporate power, the world cup and the security state, the Real New Zealand festival,
brand New Zealand.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span>Christchurch earthquake disaster disaster capitalism, emergency laws, media reporting of the earthquake, Mayor Bob Parker's shifting popularity, the city without a city, social media and
disaster reporting, the Tony Marryatt scandal, the student army, the role of social class in the recovery process.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span>New Zealand Politics the "teagate" event, media representations of John Key and other leaders, John Key as radio DJ, the election night coverage, inequality in New Zealand, the New Zealand
left, the coverage of New Zealand's credit rating downgrade, the coverage of oppositions to status-quo polices, occupations, protests and social movements in and through new media.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span>The special issue editors invite contributors to submit abstracts of 300-500 words that:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><span>1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Outlines
the purpose and main questions of the paper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><span>2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Describes
the way taken for answering the posed questions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><span>3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Articulates
the relevance of the topic in relation to one or more of the main headings and/or the theme of the special issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="color: black; ">Schedule</span></b><b><span style="color: black; "><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">All
abstracts must be submitted to </span><u><span style="color: blue; "><a href="mailto:brett.nicholls@otago.ac.nz"><span style="color: blue; ">brett.nicholls@otago.ac.nz</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black; "> by 5 April 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Notice
of Acceptance will be sent out on 10 April 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Final
full papers are due on 15 July 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Papers
will be sent to Authors on 15 September 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; "><span><span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman'; "> </span></span></span><span style="color: black; ">Revised
papers will be due back to Editors on 15 October 2012.</span></p>
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