FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: GEOMEDIA 2015:<\/p>\n
“Spaces and Mobilities in Mediatized Worlds”<\/p>\n
An Interdisciplinary International Conference<\/p>\n
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Karlstad, Sweden<\/p>\n
5-8 May 2015<\/p>\n
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GeoMedia 2015 provides a genuinely interdisciplinary arena for research carried out at the crossroads of Geography, Media and Film Studies. The aim of the conference is to map out the current terrain of communication geographical research, pinpointing its main areas of debate and assessing the prospects of communication geography as a more formalized academic field.\u00a0\u00a0 GeoMedia 2015 welcomes scholars of all disciplines who address questions pertaining to the space-mobility-media-communication nexus and want to take part in current epistemological discussions regarding communication geography and its future(s).<\/p>\n
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS<\/p>\n
Mustafa Dikec \u2013 Royal Holloway, University of London, UK<\/p>\n
Mimi Sheller \u2013 Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA<\/p>\n
John Tomlinson \u2013 Nottingham Trent University, UK<\/p>\n
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PLENARY PANEL<\/p>\n
Paul C. Adams (chair) \u2013 University of Texas at Austin, USA<\/p>\n
Julie Cupples \u2013 University of Edinburgh, UK<\/p>\n
Dana Diminescu \u2013 Fondation Maison des Sciences de l\u2019Homme + T\u00e9l\u00e9com ParisTech, Paris, France<\/p>\n
Hille Koskela \u2013 University of Turku, Finland<\/p>\n
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FILMS & DIRECTORS<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Forgotten Space\u201d \u2013 No\u00ebl Burch (director)<\/p>\n
\u201cCosmopolitanism\u201d \u2013 Erik Gandini (director)<\/p>\n
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DEADLINE FOR PAPER PROPOSALS: 1st of December 2014<\/p>\n
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GeoMedia 2015 welcomes proposals in English of 200-250 words.<\/p>\n
Submissions are made via the conference website:\u00a0 www.geomedia.se<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Suggested themes include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n – Communication geographies<\/p>\n – Mobilities and locative media<\/p>\n – Power geometries of\/in motion<\/p>\n – \u201cNewsworthy\u201d spaces<\/p>\n – Mobilities, flows and new media<\/p>\n – Material geographies of media<\/p>\n – Policy mobilities and power<\/p>\n – Media ecologies<\/p>\n – Lifestyle and tourism mobilities<\/p>\n – Pervasive media<\/p>\n – Cinematic geographies<\/p>\n – Mobility and governance<\/p>\n – New media and the productions of place\/space<\/p>\n – Urban and rural media spaces<\/p>\n – Geographies of media and culture industries<\/p>\n – Art and event spaces<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FURTHER INFORMATION<\/p>\n Website:\u00a0 www.geomedia.se<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Email: info@geomedia.se<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ORGANIZERS AND VENUE<\/p>\n GeoMedia 2015 is hosted by the Department of Geography, Media and Communication at Karlstad University, Sweden.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Mekonnen Tesfahuney, Conference General<\/p>\n Linda Ryan Bengtsson, GeoMedia Co-ordinator<\/p>\n Andr\u00e9 Jansson, Director of the GeoMedia reserach group<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: GEOMEDIA 2015: “Spaces and Mobilities in Mediatized Worlds” An Interdisciplinary International Conference Karlstad, Sweden 5-8 May 2015 GeoMedia 2015 provides a genuinely interdisciplinary arena for research carried out at the crossroads of Geography, Media … Continue reading