2-4 April 2020 The South African film industry has a long history, albeit racially fractured, uneven and inconsistent. Since the introduction of Edison’s kinetoscope in 1895, the film industry and a film culture has become deeply entrenched in South African cultural, political and social life. The historical development of the South African film …
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Beschara Karam (University of South Africa); Mark Kirby-Hirst (Open Window) and Rory du Plessis (University of Pretoria) In light of the hugely successful, and critically acclaimed, film release of the film Black Panther (Coogler 2018); as well as the debates surrounding the film, this Call for Chapters is dedicating a book to this very pertinent …
NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, SOUTH AFRICA FACULTY OF HUMANITIES INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MEDIA IN AFRICA (ILMA) CONFERENCE JUNE 27 – 28, 2020 NORTH-WEST UNIVERSITY, MAFIKENG CAMPUS, MMABATHO, SOUTH AFRICA The advent of social media (such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube etc.) has brought about democratisation of communication as the public that hitherto had been considered to be consumers …
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Call for Papers Valenti Global Communication Summit 2020 “@frica: digital media conference” Houston, TX – February 27/28, 2020 Deadline for extended abstracts: November 22, 2019 While the economic, political, cultural and social transformations brought about by the rise of digital technologies, particularly in the media and telecommunications sectors, are visible all over the world, it …
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Call for ARTICLES Image & Text (ISSN: 1020 1497, accreditation 1997)is dedicating a special themed edition, aimed for publication in 2020, to articles that draw attention to rhetorical aspects of visual culture. These rhetorical facets may include the communicative strategies utilised towards making visual products persuasive but also the verbal rhetorical arguments that accompany the …
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“Independence & Interdependence” The conference theme for The Asian Conference on Education 2019 (ACE2019) is “Independence & Interdependence”, and invites reflections on the desirability, extent and limits on independence and autonomy for ourselves, our students, and the institutions and structures within which we work, teach and learn. We do not educate, nor are we educated, …
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Inside | Outside CALL FOR PAPERS Current communication debates are increasingly dominated by polarities and conflicts. On closer inspection, these polarities are not always defined by antagonism or opposing ideologies, but are also informed by power imbalances in terms of race, class and gender, technological access, education, age, geospatial factors, and mobility. This year’s theme …
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Imagined Borders, Epistemic Freedoms: The Challenge of Social Imaginaries in Media, Art, Religion and DecolonialityHosted by The Center for Media, Religion, and Culture University of Colorado Boulder January 8-11, 2020 The question of borders and the practice of bordering persist in a world destined for encounters and confrontations. This persistence today bears resemblance to long-standing …
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Editors: Prof Gilbert Motsaathebe and Prof Sarah Chiumbu University of Johannesburg Introduction The television industry has evolved drastically over the past few years. However, at the present moment the medium of television appears to be experiencing a continual cataclysm precipitated by the onslaught of multiple media platforms and digitization of content. All these developments are …
ICA Africa As you are probably aware, the 69th ICA Annual Conference will take place in Washington DC, from 24 – 28 May 2019 (both dates inclusive). The venue address is:- Washington Hilton Hotel1919 Connecticut Ave NWWashington, District of Columbia 20009United States Please note that Online registration is available until: 5/3/2019. Ensure that at registration you do so …