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</i>Dr Megan Le Masurier (University of Sydney)</span></font></b></font></p>
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</font></span><font><font face="Verdana,Helvetica,Arial">In his existential mathematics of memory, the novelist Milan Kundera suggests that ‘the degree of slowness is directly proportional to the intensity of memory; the degree of speed is directly proportional
to the intensity of forgetting’ (1996).<br>
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<font>Before we can forget however there has to be something to remember.<br>
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<font>In terms of the world beyond our everyday lives, journalism is a key mediator of information, some of it puerile and forgettable, some of it critical to our political, cultural and social lives. It has been argued that the speed of much contemporary journalism,
in its instantaneous communications via proliferating media platforms to an already information-saturated public, overwhelms our capacity to attend – to listen, select, concentrate, and finally to remember. Surfeit and speed allow information to enter short
term but not long term memory (Klingberg). We lose the ability to discriminate and to focus on what really matters in this abundance of information. Journalists, too, operate at such intense velocity that context and perspective disappear. The driver of most
journalism –immediacy– needs to be radically questioned. As Stuart Brand warns, ‘the price of staying perfectly current is the loss of cultural memory’ (2003).<br>
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<font>There has been a counter-trend, however, in the resurgence of slower approaches and formats – both in long form journalism and its traditional home, the magazine, and especially in media made by independent producers. Slow journalism asks the question:
how much news do we really need? And, when do we need it? This talk will look at many different examples of slow journalism emerging around the world, in print and online. It will argue that slower journalism can create a contemplative space of quality and
pleasure that encourages attention and allows the life force of cultural memory to be sustained and absorbed.<br>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Date:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana"> Friday 16th May, 2014</span></font></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Time: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana">15:00-16:30<b></b></span></font></p>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Location: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana">S226<b> </b>Seminar Room, Department of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, <a href="http://db.auth.usyd.edu.au/directories/map/building.stm?ref=d08h15" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,0,239); text-decoration:none">John
Woolley Building (A20)</span></b></a><b><span style="color:blue"> </span></b>level 2, entry off Manning Road.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana"></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:Verdana"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Register at <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/slow-journalism-and-the-recovery-of-attention-megan-le-masurier-tickets-11311148951" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,239); font-weight:normal">http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/slow-journalism-and-the-recovery-of-attention-megan-le-masurier-tickets-11311148951</span></a></font></span></b></p>
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<b>Dr Megan Le Masurier </b>began working for the Department of Media and Communications in 2005 and teaches in the undergraduate and postgraduate programs. </font><font color="#323232"><font>She worked in the magazine industry for many years (as journalist
and editor). She is currently researching and writing a book on Magazines, Journalism and Everyday Life, and co-editing another on the radical potential of Slow.<br>
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</span><span style="font-family:Verdana"><b>For more information contact</b></span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana"><br>
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