{"id":5825,"date":"2013-04-16T00:50:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T00:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=5825"},"modified":"2013-07-10T02:40:50","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T02:40:50","slug":"second-smc-media-and-culture-international-conference-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/?p=5825","title":{"rendered":"SECOND SMC MEDIA AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2013 (NIGERIA)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pan-AfricanTheme: \u201cAfrican Media and Popular Culture: A Future of Possibilities\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

Date: 14 \u2013 16 August, 2013<\/span><\/h2>\n

Venue: School of Media and Communication<\/span><\/h2>\n

Pan-African University<\/span><\/h2>\n

Lagos, Nigeria<\/span><\/h2>\n

Keynote speakers:<\/strong><\/span> Prof. Karin Barber (University of Birmingham, UK), Prof. Isidore Diala (Imo State University, Nigeria), Prof. Stephanie Newell (University of Sussex, UK), Prof. Dele Layiwola (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)<\/p>\n

In plural ways, the media in Africa have been central to the processes of (popular) cultural production and circulation on the continent and even beyond. The media have, therefore, been telling the continent to the world, imagining and re-imagining it in new and innovative ways. This process has been immensely helped by new media technologies such as digital and satellite television\/radio, the internet, mobile telephony, and social media platforms all of which have participated actively in mediating and structuring the idea of the popular in African cultural studies.<\/p>\n

This conference, therefore, intends to negotiate the focal role of African media in relation to popular cultural expressions on the continent. In doing so, the conference seeks to interrogate the very episteme of \u201cthe popular\u201d and how it embeds African media practice(s). In particular, what are the constitutive cultural categories that are implicated in the popular? Indeed, how popular is the popular? In what dimensions do the popular intersect with, contest or even undermine official or high culture? Are there possibilities that the popular can become unpopular in the popular imagination? Is \u201cpopular\u201d culture synonymous with \u201cpop\u201d culture? How do the media function in the production and circulation of popular cultural commodities? In what ways do the media shape popular culture and is in turn shaped by popular culture? What are the complexities and peculiarities that challenge the relations between the media and popular culture in Africa? In what practical, pro-active ways can individuals, the academia, industry, governments, corporate citizens and non-governmental organisations intervene in enhancing the synergy between the media and popular culture in Africa? How can this relationship be sustained into the future?<\/p>\n

These and other allied issues will form the fulcrum of discussions during this international conference. Sub-themes include, but are not limited, to the following:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Media and popular culture: Theoretical\/conceptual issues
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Africa and the politics of (popular) culture
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Africa in the African media and popular arts
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Representations of Africa in the world media\/arts
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The media and African cinematic\/filmic traditions
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0New media and popular cultural expressions
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The idea of the popular in the oral arts
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Popular musical cultures in the media
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Football\/sports as popular culture
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Fashion\/entertainment media as popular culture
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Interfaces between literature and popular arts
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The media and youth cultures in Africa
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The popular in Africa and cyber-cultures
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0African popular arts in a glocal context
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Stand-up comedy as popular culture
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0African Indigenous languages\/literatures and popular arts
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0African indigenous dances and the notion of the popular
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Diasporic influences on African popular culture
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0African popular culture and the educational curriculum
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Popular culture and the knowledge economy in Africa
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The media, popular culture and (new) religion in Africa
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0The future of African media\/popular culture<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Interested participants should send in 250-300 word abstracts or panel proposals with their biographical details: full name, institutional affiliation, e-mail and telephone numbers on or before 30 May, 2013. Owners of successful abstracts will be required to submit full papers by 30 July, 2013. The subject of the mail should be \u201cMedia and Culture Conference 2013\u201d and be addressed to: Vivian Adeoti –vadeoti@smc.edu.ng<\/a>, and Tope Falade –\u00a0tfalade@smc.edu.ng<\/a><\/p>\n

Convener:\u00a0Dr. James Tar Tsaaior (SMC, Pan-African University, Nigeria)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Theme: \u201cAfrican Media and Popular Culture: A Future of Possibilities\u201d Date: 14 \u2013 16 August, 2013 Venue: School of Media and Communication Pan-African University Lagos, Nigeria Keynote speakers: Prof. Karin Barber (University of Birmingham, UK), Prof. Isidore Diala (Imo State University, Nigeria), Prof. Stephanie Newell (University of Sussex, UK), Prof. Dele Layiwola (University of Ibadan, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5825"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6016,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5825\/revisions\/6016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-and-science.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}