Conference on Media practices convergence

MEDIA PRACTICES AND CULTURAL PRODUCERS
EASA Media Anthropology Network Second Workshop
Barcelona, Spain, November 6-7, 2008

Official website: http://www.media-anthropology.net/events.htm

Registration
Due to the limited number of places available, please register in order to take part in the event.
Registration fee: Euro 80 (Euro 60 students) Coffee breaks and one cold lunch is included
Registration until 17 of July.
For registration and further [...]

Imaginary Japan

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Imaginary Japan:
Japanese Fantasy in Contemporary Popular Culture
18, September – Saturday 20, September 2008
University of Helsinki, Finland
Conference pages: http://sets.wordpress.com/
We invite papers on intercultural encounters in all areas of popular culture covering cultural, economical, political and social issues.
Deadlines:
Proposals including an abstract (max. 250 words) and a short CV should be submitted to Conference Secretary Varpu [...]

Communicative Implications of Media Characteristics – International and Intercultural Perspectives

Here is an interesting call for papers from the International Journal Studies in Communication Sciences for all those interested in the role played by media platform in the evolution of media contents and uses. I received this announcement from the MediAnthro mailing list.
The special section of the forthcoming issue of the international journal Studies in [...]

Exploring New Media Worlds

I received this call for papers through the Media Anthropology mailing list:
Exploring New Media Worlds:
Changing Technologies, Industries, Cultures, and Audiences
in Global and Historical Context
An international conference hosted by
Texas A&M University, February 29 to March 2, 2008
Integrating fields of study in a time of change; setting a new agenda for media studies.
Papers and proposals are invited [...]