>> 7th Annual >> Global Fusion Conference >> >> Contested Intersections: >> publics, movements, institutions >> >> Sheraton Westport Hotel >> St Louis, Missouri >> >> Friday 2pm September 7th >> to >> Sunday midday September 9th >> >> This year's conference theme is the interface between media research, media >> arts, media professions and media activism. As usual, an international focus >> will be evident. Proposals for conference panels and papers are encouraged to >> focus within this area, but in principle may be on any communication-related >> topic. >> >> Panel proposals are due by February 28 to [log in to unmask] Include up >> to 500 words abstract; plus names, affiliations, email addresses and >> telephone >> numbers of all panelists; plus a copy of an email from each panelist >> signifying commitment to participate. >> >> Paper proposals are due by April 30 to [log in to unmask] >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . Abstracts of up to 250 words; plus name(s), >> affiliations, email addresses and telephone number(s) of author(s). >> >> More information will be posted at intervals on the Southern Illinois >> University, Carbondale, Global Media Research Center site: www.gmrc.siu.edu >> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . >> >> >> AN INTERNATIONAL/INTERCULTURAL >> COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE >> >> The Purpose of the Global Fusion Conference Series is to promote academic >> excellence in international-intercultural communications studies worldwide. >> These conferences bring together scholars and professionals interested in >> mass >> communications, journalism, comparative broadcasting, diplomacy, >> transnational >> communication, advertising, new technology, media economics and >> privatization, >> cultural effects, visual communication, media and international law, and >> global dialogues in search of peace. >> >> AWARDS >> >> Cash prizes: $200 and $150 awarded to competition winners (one faculty and >> one >> graduate student), and top papers will be published in the Global Media >> Journal, the official journal of the conference series. The peer-reviewed >> paper competition is conducted by members of the International Communication >> Division of AEJMC, Intercultural Development Division of ICA, and the >> International Division of BEA. >> >> GLOBAL FUSION CONSORTIUM SPONSORS >> >> The Global Fusion Conference series is sponsored by participating >> universities >> of the Global Fusion Consortium: >> >> OHIO UNIVERSITY >> College of Communication <http://www.commcoll.ohiou.edu/> , Dr. Gregory J. >> Shepherd, Dean >> >> PURDUE UNIVERSITY-CALUMET >> School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences >> <http://www.calumet.purdue.edu/lass/> , Dr. Daniel Dunn, Dean >> >> SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY >> College of Mass Communication & Media Arts <http://mcma.siu.edu/> , Dr. >> Manjunath Pendakur, Dean >> >> UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS >> College of Communication <http://communication.utexas.edu/> , Dr. Roderick P. >> Hart, Dean >> >> STEERING COMMITTEE >> >> Members of the GFC Steering Committee are: Professors Joe Straubhaar >> (Texas), >> Drew McDaniel (Ohio) Manju Pendakur (SIU), and Yahya Kamalipour (Purdue Cal) >> >> KEYNOTE SPEAKERS >> >> ANJALI MONTEIRO to be Main Keynote Speaker at 2007 Global Fusion conference, >> St Louis, Friday September 7 Sunday September 9 >> >> Dr Anjali Monteiro is a documentary film-maker and university professor of >> media studies at the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of >> Social Sciences, Mumbai, to which she has been attached since 1983. Currently >> she is a Fulbright Visiting Scholar in the Center for South Asian Studies at >> Berkeley. She has also been attached to the University of Western Sydney and >> has been a visiting scholar at the University of Bergen, Norway. >> She has been a visiting faculty member at many leading Indian university >> campuses, including the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai; the Asian >> College of Journalism, Chennai; the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad >> and the Mudra Institute of Communication Arts, Ahmedabad. >> >> Her documentaries, jointly produced and directed with her colleague and >> spouse, K.P. Jayasankar, have won a whole series of national and >> international >> awards. They include Pani Panchayat (1986); Lage Jiva Ghar Ghar: A Document >> on >> Women and Shelter (1990); The Plot Thickens (1993); Identity - The >> Construction of Selfhood (1994); Odhni - A Collective Exploration of Our >> Selves, Our Bodies (1993); Kahankar: Ahankar [Story Maker: Story Taker] >> (1995); YCP 1997 [voices from Yerawada Central Prison, Pune]; Jungle Tales: >> Surviving Development in Uttara Kannada (1999); Saacha [The Loom] (2001); >> Naata: The Bond [on communal harmony] (2003); SheWrite (2005) and Gender >> Unpack (2006). >> She is active in Films for Freedom, a campaign of over 250 documentary >> filmmakers opposing censorship in India. >> >> Her current teaching focuses on television texts and audiences, critical >> analysis of development communication, and documentary film. >> >> Her published research, mostly authored with various colleagues, addresses >> issues of media education, development, documentary film, audiences and >> spectatorship, and gender. >> >> The SIUC organizing committee (John Downing, Walter Jaehnig, Sarah Kanouse, >> Jyotsna Kapur, Cinzia Padovani, Jake Podber, Deborah Tudor) is extremely >> pleased that Dr Anjali Monteiro has agreed to keynote Global Fusion this >> year. >> Her blend of creative artistry, teaching, research, and engagement with >> social >> issues, means she can bring to bear on our discussions a rich experience of >> the majority of zones of media activity highlighted in this year¹s conference >> theme. We are delighted to welcome her. >> >> Her keynote address will be as follows: >> >> Spaces for Dialogue- Rethinking Critical Media Praxis in India >> Anjali Monteiro >> >> This presentation is a reflection on what it means for alternative¹ media >> praxis to engage with the new sites of contestation that have emerged in the >> wake of new media and communication technologies in an India that is >> neo-liberal, market-oriented and rapidly globalising. Negotiating this >> treacherous and complex cultural terrain involves questioning two-dimensional >> notions of power, where the activist/practitioner intervenes on behalf of¹ >> the oppressed. It means questioning the safe space where one stands. It means >> looking at media institutions, discourses and audiences not as seamless, >> consistent entities but as contradictory spaces, which offer possibilities >> for >> a foot in the door. The presentation will discuss issues such as impact, >> censorship and new modes of networking and distribution. >> >> Paul D. Miller, ³Rhythm Science² >> >> Paul D. Miller's award winning Rhythm Science collection of essays (MIT >> Press, >> 2004) - named among the books of the year by The Guardian (UK) - explores the >> hidden connections between collage based aesthetics and what Miller likes to >> call the "politics of perception". His lectures unpack some of the issues >> that >> modern artists face: intellectual property, ownership of ideas, and above >> all, >> how art navigates the complex culture of digital media. Miller's discussion >> will focus on how "sound" acts as an invisible theater where the distinction >> between sound art, information, and digital production methods are viewed as >> tools for the creative spirit of the artist in a world that is rapidly >> becoming more and more connected in unexpected and sometimes astonishing >> ways. >> Miller's lecture will be an hour, and is accompanied by his use of many >> historic texts, rare audio recordings and films to demonstrate the complex >> relationship between text and art in a multimedia context. >> >> Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, is a conceptual artist, >> writer, and musician working in New York City. A writer for numerous >> publications, Miller is Co-Publisher of the respected multi-cultural magazine >> A Gathering of the Tribes, and was the first Editor-At-Large of the cutting >> edge digital media magazine Artbyte: The Magazine of Digital Culture. His >> artwork has appeared in a wide variety of contexts including the Whitney >> Biennial; the Venice Biennale for Architecture (year 2000); the Ludwig Museum >> in Cologne, Germany; the Kunsthalle, Vienna; the Andy Warhol Museum in >> Pittsburgh; and a host of other museums and galleries. >> >> Miller is most well known under the moniker of his "constructed persona". >> Under that guise, Miller has performed extensively throughout the world. He >> has recorded a huge volume of music and has collaborated with pre-eminent >> musicians and composers such as Iannis Xenakis, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Butch >> Morris, Kool Keith aka Doctor Octagon, Killa Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko >> Ono and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth. Miller has remixed records by >> artists >> ranging from Metallica to Steve Reich. His own records include Riddim Warfare >> (Outpost/Geffen); Songs of a Dead Dreamer, The Viral Sonata, and Synthetic >> Fury (all on Asphodel); and Necropolis (Knitting Factory Works), His latest >> CD >> is Drums of Death, with Dave Lombardo of Slayer, Chuck D. of Public Enemy and >> other notable collaborators. Other recent productions are "Optometry" >> (Thirsty >> Ear Records), featuring jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and his band; >> "Dubtometry", >> a remix of the same, with collaborators Lee "Scratch" Perry and Mad >> Professor; >> and "Celestial Mechanix", a remix of material from Thirsty Ear Records. >> >> In addition to a regular schedule of DJ'ing, lecturing, and producing music, >> Miller continues to perform "DJ Spooky's Rebirth Of a Nation" at theaters >> around the world. The piece was first commissioned by the Lincoln Center >> Festival, the Spoleto Festival USA, the Vienna Festival and the Festival >> D'Automne in Paris. The DVD of "Rebirth Of a Nation" is set for release by >> Starz Media in November 2007. His website: www.djspooky.com >> <http://www.djspooky.com/> >> > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message