[spectre] CFP: 2007 Global Fusion conference, St. Louis, USA

[Sarah Kanouse]

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Call for Participation:  2007 Global Fusion Conference: September  
7-9, St Louis, USA

Theme: Contested Intersections: publics, movements, institutions, the  
interface between media research, media arts, media industry  
professions and media activism.

ANJALI MONTEIRO will be the Main Keynote Speaker. Dr Monteiro is an  
award-winning documentary film-maker and university professor of  
media studies at the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata  
Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Her keynote address will be  
“Spaces for Dialogue - Rethinking Critical Media Praxis in India,” or  
what it means for 'alternative' media praxis to engage with the new  
sites of contestation that have emerged in the wake of new media and  
communication technologies in an India that is neo-liberal, market- 
oriented and rapidly globalizing.

PAUL MILLER, aka DJ Spooky, will be the second Keynote Speaker. His  
award-winning Rhythm Science (MIT Press) was named among the books of  
the year by The Guardian (UK). Miller will address how "sound" acts  
as an invisible theater where the distinctions between sound art,  
information, and digital production methods are viewed as tools for  
the creative spirit of the artist.

Plenary round-tables will address video/film production, news and  
journalism, and advertising from these perspectives, all with an eye  
to how we teach communication. As usual, an international focus will  
be evident.  Proposals for papers are encouraged to focus within this  
area, but may be on any communication-related topic.

Paper proposals are due by April 30 to John Downing at  
downing.john at gmail.com. Abstracts of up to 250 words; plus name(s),  
affiliations, email addresses and telephone number(s) of author(s).

More information will be posted at intervals on the Southern Illinois  
University, Global Media Research Center site: www.gmrc.siu.edu