The Lesser Violence Reading Group

Join us this Wednesday (21 October, 2020) at 13:00 (GMT+2) for the 3rd session of this year’s Lesser Violence Reading Group.  VIAD & GALA are honoured to welcome Dee Marco and Kathleen Eberson as our facilitators for the session! As co-hosts of the Mamas with Attitude podcast, Dee and Kathleen will be speaking to feminist parenting and radical and everyday …

African Studies Association Women’s Caucus 2020 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize Application For Creative Work 

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE EXTENDED TO OCTOBER 15  The Aidoo-Snyder book prize is awarded by the Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association for an outstanding book that prioritizes African women’s experiences. Named in honor of Ama Ata Aidoo, the celebrated Ghanaian novelist and short story writer, and Margaret Snyder the founding Director of UNIFEM, this …

Join the online Book Launch and discussion of Glenda Daniels’ new book

Power & Loss in South African Journalism: News in the age of social media Without a strong independent media and in-depth investigative journalism, South Africa’s democracy is in grave danger. The media’s long-held position as the fourth estate of political life is buffeted by market forces and contested by social media, while the digital networks …

Call for ABSTRACTS

for 2021 AGENDA Journal – BEIJING + 25 Contributors are invited to submit manuscripts on the above topic from the point of view either of researchers or activists. Abstracts and contributions must be written in English and in a style accessible to a wide audience. Please submit abstracts to Lou Haysom : louhaysom@mweb.co.za or admin@agenda.org.za. GUEST EDITORS: Editors: …

Seminar & Book Launch

University of Johannesburg School of Communication in collaboration with the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies (JIAS) DATE Friday, 17 July TIME 16:00 -18:00 VENUE Zoom / Virtual TITLE Media Studies: Critical African and Decolonial Approaches (Oxford University Press, 2019) SPEAKERS: Sarah Chiumbu (University of Johannesburg) Mehita Iqani (University of the Witwatersrand) RESPONDENT: Tanja Bosch (University …

POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP POSITION AT UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE 

A Post- Doctoral fellowship position has become vacant in the Department of Communication, at the University of Fort Hare, Alice Campus. Eligibility criteria are: Doctoral Degree in Communication; not older than 5 years; Internal /External permanent staff members do not qualify for this programme, irrespective of where the doctorate was obtained Applicants must be South …

Call for Chapters: Social media driven journalism in the global south: The past, present and the future

There has been considerable research looking at the potential of new media technologies, traditional journalism and citizen reporting. The extent to which these new media technologies and ‘citizen journalism’ have morphed or reconfigured traditional journalism practice remains debatable. Recently, there has been questions around the limits of social media in journalism practice as the ethical …

CALL FOR CHAPTERS

Constructions of the Real: Intersections of Practice and Theory in Documentary-Based Filmmaking As more filmmakers have entered into academic institutions, and other film practitioners have sought to engage with philosophy, the relationship between filmmaking and theory has become entwined in dynamic ways. The confluence of theory and practice has impacted on the relationship between forms, …