Thanks for the many abstracts

  • November 21, 2012
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Since initially announcing the ICA preconference Conditions of Mediation, Tim Markham and I have been pleasantly surprised by the interest it has seemed to generate. Now that the deadline for abstract submissions has passed, this pleasant surprise has been matched by an overwhelming number of submitted paper proposals. A difficult task awaits, looking through all … Continue Reading

Reminder: Conditions of Mediation abstract submission deadline

  • November 14, 2012
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A reminder that the abstract submission deadline for Conditions of Mediation, the ICA Philosophy, Theory and Critiqe preconference I am organizing with Tim Markham, is next week, by the end of the day 20 November 2012. For more details see this blog post over on the preconference website.

The Politics of War Reporting: A Critical Symposium

  • October 4, 2012
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In about a month’s time I will be chairing the below event, a sort of AAG-style ‘author-meets-critics’ type of twist on the book launch. The idea being, basically, a sort of ‘thou shall be subjected to criticisms and debate prior to any wine or celebration’. Tim, it so happens, was very receptive to this idea. … Continue Reading

ICA preconference announcement: Conditions of Mediation

  • October 1, 2012
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It’s been in the works for a while, but I’m now happy to announce that, in collaboration with my Birkbeck colleague Tim Markham, we will be holding Conditions of Mediation: Phenomenological Approaches to Media, Technology and Communication on 17 June 2012 at Birkbeck, University of London. The event is a preconference sponsored by the Philosophy, … Continue Reading

Call for papers: communication and new materialism

  • September 26, 2012
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In quite a short space of time, there seems to have been a remarkable renewal of interest in media technologies, and in particular in the ‘materiality’ of media. Points of reference vary, but media archaeology, medium theory, digital humanities, science and technology studies, and object-oriented philosophy have all recently been prominent points of reference. In … Continue Reading

Conference on communication and the city

  • September 26, 2012
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In the pleasant myopia for relaxation which characterized of my recent holidays, and which led to the accumulation of many emails from many listservs, I almost missed news of what sounds like a fantastic conference. At least if you’re like me and are really, really interested in the intersections of cities and media. Communication and … Continue Reading

New: Journal of Urban Cultural Studies

  • August 22, 2012
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Just caught wind of what looks to be a pretty interesting new peer-reviewed journal, the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies which is set to launching its first issue in late-2013 (or 2014). The main remit of the journal seems to be articles giving balanced weight to, on the one hand, matters broadly related to urban … Continue Reading

London 2012’s layers of mediation

  • July 30, 2012
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Though in hindsight it seems almost obvious, ‘London 2012’ has been made present to Londoners not so much in things like transport chaos (which, despite expectations, doesn’t seem that bad so far) but in the layers of mediation related to the event which have descended on London in the past few weeks. Rather suddenly, around … Continue Reading