[Air-l] Fwd: [cultstud-l] cfp: The Internet and Alternative Political Practices

[jeremy hunsinger]

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> From: gary hall <gary.hall at connectfree.co.uk>
> Date: October 28, 2004 12:02:10 PM EDT
> To: Cultural Studies <cultstud-l at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
> Subject: [cultstud-l] cfp: The Internet and Alternative Political 
> Practices
> Reply-To: gary.hall at connectfree.co.uk, Cultural Studies 
> <cultstud-l at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
>
> Call for Papers
>
> Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (WPCC)
>
> Issue 2 (Spring-Summer 2005): The Internet and Alternative Political 
> Practices
>
> Aiming to open up a critical dialogue on the Internet and alternative 
> political
> practices, the second issue of WPCC is welcoming both theoretical and 
> applied
> contributions. Stimulating this dialogue is the potential of the 
> Internet to
> transform our notions of citizenship, democracy and political 
> practice. The
> Internet can also be used as a tool by current social movements and 
> alternative
> political activists, changing the way people organize and protest 
> around their
> ideas. It may also foster alternative media practices that redefine 
> our notions
> of the public sphere, alter social and political identities, and 
> facilitate
> processes of development and empowerment, particularly for the 
> politically
> disenfranchised.
>
> Therefore, the coming issue of WPCC will be an attempt to address 
> these topics
> by drawing on research that focuses on the following interrelated 
> questions:
>
> Ø How is the Internet transforming our notions of democracy, 
> citizenship and
> the public sphere?
>
> Ø Has the Internet changed political campaigning, both for electoral 
> and
> alternative politics?
>
> Ø Has it influenced political activism, organizing and participation?
>
> Ø Is it transforming our perceptions of the political?
>
> Ø How is it used by current social movements, both local and global?
>
> Ø Does it foster alternative political and media practices?
>
> Ø Does it affect the development and negotiation of social and 
> political
> identities?
>
> Ø Does it empower the grassroots and the local?
>
>
> Applicants may submit abstracts of no more than to 350 words to 
> Anastasia
> Kavada -  anakavada at hotmail.com or Pantelis Vatikiotis –
> p_vatikiotis at hotmail.com. The deadline for the submission of abstracts 
> is
> Monday 22 November.
>
> Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (WPCC) is a 
> peer-reviewed
> journal, published twice a year in hard copy and PDF format. WPCC 
> recognises
> the interdisciplinary nature of the field of Media and Cultural 
> Studies, and
> therefore deliberately encourages diverse methods, contexts and themes.
> Particular interests include, but are not limited to, work related to 
> Popular
> Culture, Media Audiences, Political Economy, Promotional Culture, New 
> Media,
> Political Communication, Migration and Diasporic Studies.
>
> A major goal of the WPCC is to help develop a de-westernised and 
> transcultural
> sphere that engages both young and established scholars from different 
> parts of
> the world in a critical debate about the relationship between 
> communication,
> culture and society in the 21st Century.
>
> WPCC invites contributions from all scholars; particularly those at the
> beginning of their careers.
>
>
>
> --
> Dr Gary Hall
> Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, Middlesex University
> Co-editor of Culture Machine http://www.culturemachine.net
> My website http://www.garyhall.info
>
>
>
>
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>
Jeremy Hunsinger
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture
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