Communications and Media Studies News and Events for 2008
Click here to view current news and events.Music, Culture and Society Conference
Thursday 6th, Friday 7th and Saturday 8th of March 2008
This conference aims to bring together scholars from fields as diverse as musicology, communications and media studies, sociology, social history, political theory, philosophy and Asian studies, to examine the paradoxical, deeply-felt and often contradictory roles that music plays in social life and culture more broadly. Presenters will address the socio-cultural role of music through diverse genres and styles – from pop to classical, experimental to conventional - and from various disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. The conference will feature an afternoon involving presentations from students pursuing postgraduate research on the socio-cultural aspects of music.Click here for further information.
Cosmopolitan Melbourne: Cultural Diversity and Social Cohesion
Friday 28 March 2008
The city has become central to the ways in which contemporary society is imagined, not only in the industrialised West but in the industrialising economies of Asia. Public bodies utilise cultural activities to promote ‘civic’ identities, and the creative representation of the city to its inhabitants through public and quasi-public events provides a sense of pride in place, tradition, and belonging. Yet as Bridge and Watson have noted: ‘As cities have become more complex, more global, and more diasporic it is harder to construct cultural markers which make for a simple image of the city with which to identify’ (Bridge and Watson, 2000).
This interdisciplinary one-day conference invites papers on Melbourne and civic identity. Click here for further information.