[ICTs-and-Society] ‘New Media, New Politics? (post-)Revolutions in Theory and Practice"

[Christian Fuchs]

Conference Announcement

‘New Media, New Politics? (post-)Revolutions in Theory and Practice"

University of Westminster
26 April 2013
Time:9.30am - 7.00pm
Location: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW

Conference organised by the Arab Media Centre
Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI),

The conference has been convened by Miriyam Aouragh, Leverhulme Fellow
at the Arab Media Centre and author of Palestine Online. Walter Armbrust
of Oxford University will be the keynote speaker and Jillian York of the
Electronic Frontier Foundation will give a special address. Other
speakers include Kira Allman, Christian Fuchs, Paulo Gerbaudo, Yosra El
Gendi, Adel Iskander, Rob Jackson, Joe Khalil, Tim Markham, Ulises
Mejias and Tarik Sabry.

Details and a registration form are available at
http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/events/camri-events-calendar/2013/new-media-new-politics-post-revolutions-in-theory-and-practice

It is two years since the world witnessed millions of Arabs march,
strike, struggle and fight to get rid of their repressive regimes. The
revolutionary uprisings are on-going and difficult but did succeed in
disrupting scholarly tendencies to essentialise the Middle East and
reclaiming people’s agency as a key factor in revolutionary change.

This conference benefits from and further pushes that disruption by
reflecting critically on the politics of the media as well as the
online-offline dialectics of:

Revolutionary media processes
Post-revolutionary challenges and struggles
Theoretical reinventions in media studies
Practical interventions in technological mediation
Trans-regional reporting of the revolutions


REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

The registration fee of £99 (concessionary rate of £49 for students) for
this one-day conference (9:30-19:00) covers all conference
documentation, refreshments and administration costs.

Download the registration form and send to Helen Cohen