[Reader-list] Radio conference, University of Wisconsin

[Rana Dasgupta]

Alerting everyone on this list to an international
radio conference at the University of Wisconsin in
July this year.  I think deadline for proposals has
actually just passed but maybe they're flexible - and
maybe anyone in the vicinity would like to attend. 
All details given at URL below.

R

http://commarts.wisc.edu/radioconference/

Radio is one of the most widespread and accessible
media in the world today, yet it remains an
understudied site of cultural production.  This
conference joins a growing handful of others held over
the last few years to bring together scholars,
practitioners, and students of radio to share ideas
and perspectives on radio's cultural role in an
increasingly global media context.  We welcome
proposals for papers, panels, and symposia on all
aspects of radio - historical, cultural, critical, and
institutional - including but not limited to the range
of topics below: 

Broadcasting versus narrowcasting
Radio's invisible public(s)
Radio and nation
Radio activism and grassroots radio
National and transnational radio histories
New audio technologies: web radio, digital
broadcasting, satellite radio
Radio and music
Audio forms, styles and genres
Centers and margins in broadcasting
Radio archives and preservation of the audio past
Negotiations of identity: race, gender, class
Transnational audio flows and influences
Cultural policy and radio
Industry consolidation, fragmentation, and innovation
Radio and national cultures

You may submit proposals for individual papers,
pre-constituted panels, or symposia.  Information on
these formats and instructions on how to submit your
proposal is available through the link on this page. 
Information about keynote speakers, accommodations,
travel, helpful links, and the conference schedule
will be posted when available. 

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS JANUARY 15, 2003, but we
encourage earlier proposals. Acceptance will be made
on a rolling basis.

Besides proposing an individual paper, you may also
refer to our Panel Proposal page to see if there is a
panel being organized for which your work would be
appropriate. Then, contact the panel organizer
directly. 

If you are thinking of organzing a panel and wish to
solicit participants, send a brief (250 word or less)
proposal with contact info to mhilmes at wisc.edu, and it
can be posted on the website.

The conference is jointly sponsored by the Radio
Studies Network of Great Britain and the University of
Wisconsin- Madison, USA. The conference planning board
consists of Tim Wall (University of Central England,
Birmingham) and Michele Hilmes (Unversity of
Wisconsin-Madison), co-chairs; James Baughman
(University of Wisconsin-Madison), Kathy Newman
(Carnegie Mellon University), Jason Loviglio
(University of Maryland - Baltimore County), David
Goodman (University of Melbourne), Mary Vipond
(Concordia University, Canada), and Jody Berland (York
University).

Contact Michele Hilmes (mhilmes at wisc.edu) for more
information or Tim Wall
(radioconference at wallnet.co.uk).


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