[Air-l] Against the Neoliberal Tide: Media and Democracy in the 21st Century

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Against the Neoliberal Tide: Media and Democracy in the 21st Century
An International Conference of the Union for Democratic Communications
November 3- 6, 2005, Boca Raton, Florida
Hosted by the Department of Communication
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

Call for Participation Proposal Deadline: May 1, 2005

As people from nations around the world look to the prospect of self 
determination in a new century they are increasingly confronted with 
the social and economic ultimatums of for-profit transnational 
corporations. While the neoliberal agenda would have us believe that 
the market is a natural phenomenon, that agenda calls for the 
complete, no-holds-barred business domination of the media and almost 
every other human and natural resource, thus further jeopardizing the 
possibilities for democratic debate, dissent, and meaningful social 
change.

The Union for Democratic Communications invites proposals for 
presentations, roundtables, workshops and panels from artists, 
activists, and media scholars that examine and critique the 
connections between the political, economic and cultural program of 
neoliberalism, labor and other social movements, artistic expression, 
media ownership and concentration, intellectual property, and 
democratic media. We especially seek submissions that explore 
community and global alternatives to neoliberalism, corporate 
globalization and other systems of domination.

Featured speakers will be complemented by presenters on a wide range 
of topics, video and other media presentations, and tables with 
information about regional organizations involved in activism and 
democratic communications.

The conference will be held at the Holiday Inn in Boca Raton, 
Florida, and hosted by the Department of Communication at Florida 
Atlantic University. Boca Raton is on the Atlantic coast in south 
Palm Beach County, approximately 25 miles from both the Fort 
Lauderdale and West Palm Beach airports, and 50 miles north of Miami. 
The temperature in November is in the seventies, and conference 
participants will have easy access to the beach and the tides of the 
Atlantic Ocean.

Please send proposals of 200 to 250 words. Artists should include 
samples of the work they will be presenting in the form of slides, 
VHS tapes, CD-Roms, and DVDs. Please send three hard copies of your 
proposal, or an email with the proposal in the body of the email 
message, to:

Stefanie Gapinski
Comparative Studies
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, Florida 33431-0991
Gapinski at fau.edu

Inquiries can be made to Mike Budd at mbudd at fau.edu, 561-297-3856, 
fax: 561-297-2615.

For more information please visit the UDC Website: http://www.udc.org

Limited conference travel funding assistance for student and 
low-income presenters will be available.  Please send a request along 
with your proposal.

Source : http://www.udc.org/conf2005/conf2005.html