In the wake of what we thought was a very productive Conditions of Mediation ICA preconference in June 2013, Tim Markham and I are now preparing a proposal for an edited book under the same title. The proposed format of the book is to have a substantive introduction, two ‘dialogues’ involving Graham Harman, Lisa Parks, … Continue Reading
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The mediated city: a tour of media and mediation in West End London
My Birkbeck colleague Joel McKim and I are going to be leading an ‘urban media tour’ of West End London in just over a week, on Wednesday 22 May, 2013. This tour is, in part, based on a tour I originally developed for my undergraduate module The Mediated City, though it’s now being re-purposed (with … Continue Reading
Big website update over at Conditions of Mediation
Today Tim Markham and I have comprehensively updated the website for the ICA preconference we are co-organizing, titled Conditions of Mediation: Phenomenological Approaches to Media, Technology and Communication. Amongst the new information added is: * A provisional conference programme, including abstracts * Biographical details of all presenters and keynote speakers * Complete instructions on how … Continue Reading
Shaun Moores added as keynote for Conditions of Mediation preconference
Over at the Conditions of Mediation blog/website we have announced that Shaun Moores, Professor of Media and Communications in the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland has been confirmed as our sixth keynote speaker. Professor Moores is well-known, generally and to me as well, as one of the … Continue Reading
Reminder: Conditions of Mediation abstract submission deadline
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.
London 2012’s layers of mediation
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