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'As part of the 74th Annual Conference of the <a href="https://www.icahdq.org/default.aspx" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.icahdq.org/default.aspx" id="OWAabdfff97-035d-ea71-2b83-16bd3763fea2" class="x_OWAAutoLink">
International Communication Association</a> (ICA), ICA is seeking to promote the scholarship and participation of First Nations scholars in both the conference and the association as a whole. Founded in 1950, ICA is the premier international academic association
for scholars engaged in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication.
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<span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing:border-box; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">The 74th annual conference will be held at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre at Broadbeach, Gold Coast, from 20-24 June 2024.
The conference theme is</span><span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span><a href="https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.org/resource/resmgr/conference/2024/2024-cfp.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA834cef4d-a74d-b793-e7a6-ff3babba8701" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(228, 0, 70);"><span style="box-sizing:border-box; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">Communication
and Global Human Rights</span></a><span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing:border-box; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">, with an aim to foster research, teaching, and collaboration about these topics.</span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing:border-box; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">ICA is keen to engage First Nations scholars in debates around communication in general, and, when applicable, Global Human Rights at the
2024 conference. We recognize Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the sovereign people of Australia, and the Yugumbeh people as the traditional custodians of the lands on which the ICA conference is to be held. We welcome the participation of other
First Nations researchers of the Pacific region and elsewhere to participate in the conference, such as the Màori people of Aoteoroa (New Zealand).</span></p>
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<span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing:border-box; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">For the 2024 conference, the ICA will financially support the participation of up to ten First Nations scholars accepted to present at the
conference, to cover travel to and accommodation on the Gold Coast, to a maximum of US $1,000 (AUD $1,600) per individual. One can propose a paper or panel that is applicable to the 2024 conference theme of Global Human Rights, or that relates to the call
for papers from one or more of ICA's</span><span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span><a href="https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA24-cfps" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWA62c1cba4-336c-dc24-fa0c-b092640d7108" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(228, 0, 70);"><span style="box-sizing:border-box; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">33
Divisions and Interest Groups</span></a><span class="x_ContentPasted1" style="box-sizing:border-box; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif">. Priority will be given to First Nations researchers from Australia in recognition of the Traditional
Custodianship, by Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander people, of the lands on which the conference is being held. '</span></p>
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Full details: <a href="https://link.icahdq.org/discussion/call-for-submissions-ica24-conference-in-gold-coast-australia-seeks-first-nations-scholarship#bmede01a7b-1039-4dbf-b5c2-2332c4e17689" data-auth="NotApplicable" id="OWAb4a81cfe-c4e4-225a-d548-ff51f3c3e0b2" class="x_OWAAutoLink x_ContentPasted0">CALL
FOR SUBMISSIONS: ICA24 CONFERENCE IN GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA SEEKS FIRST NATIONS SCHOLARSHIP | Latest News (icahdq.org)</a><br>
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