Danilo Aroldi – Drawings and Paintings

Danilo Aroldi’s Drawings and Paintings Casalmaggiore (CR), Italy Museo Diotti Via Formis, 17 February 21st – March 22nd Opening: February 21st, 17:00 Presentation folding is available HERE

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Ofcom appoints academic chair of national advisory committee

The UK communications regulatory body, Ofcom, has appointed Philip Schlesinger, professor in cultural policy and Academic Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research at the University of Glasgow, as chair of its national advisory committee for Scotland. To Philip our warm and friendly congratulations.

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CREATIVE METHODS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH

On 1st-2nd December 2008, we are running a two-day workshop where participants can experience the Lego Serious Play process that you may have heard David Gauntlett talk about, and some other creative/visual methods. It’s a rare opportunity to spend some time using and reflecting on new methods. This is based at City University (London, of [...]

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La cultura sottile

Online a new beautiful blog, written by Prof. Fausto Colombo and his students. Absolutely to read. And “writerly”, of course. HERE

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Pic-Ais

On Friday October 17th 2008, in Milan, the new Scientific Committee of Pic-Ais (section Cultural Processes of Italian Sociological Association) has been appointed. Among the new six members, Bruno Sanguanini and Roberta Bartoletti (both member of SpeCom). Congratulations to them and the best wishes for a good and useful work! Some moments of the meeting, [...]

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Qualitative Methodology

Qualitative Methodology Master University of Rome “la Sapienza” – Deadline for subscription: December 1st 2008 Further informations Sono aperte le iscrizioni al Master di Metodologia Qualitativa dell’Università di Roma “la Sapienza”, diretto dalla Prof.ssa Maria Immacolata Macioti. Scadenza: 1 dicembre 2008.

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Latest issue of Observatorio is now available

The latest issue of Observatorio(OBS*) Journal, which is a special issue on the ‘World Internet Project’, is now available online. Please, clik HERE. Observatorio(OBS*) Journal has recently celebrated its 1st year online. After having published 5 issues and 74 papers, (OBS*) achieved more than 25,000 downloads, making it one of the most successful journals in [...]

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ECC 2008 – ECREA Barcelona 2008

The 2nd European Communication Conference is focusing on Communication Policies and Culture in Europe. Further informations and details HERE

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Participation Culture, Creativity and Social Change

PARTICIPATION CULTURE, CREATIVITY, AND SOCIAL CHANGE Inaugural lecture by David Gauntlett at the University of Westminster, Regent Street, London, 12 November 2008 Lecture at 6.00pm, followed by wine reception Sponsored by NESTA, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts Free, but please register at http://www.12november.org.uk

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Annual SpeCom Meeting in Verona

The annual meeting of SpeCom (Sociologia per la Persona – Comunicazione), one of the most important italian group of scholars and researchers in Media and Cultural Studies held in Verona (Italy) on May 23rd and 24th. Many papers about Audience Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Studies and close topics have been presented in the two days [...]

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Fausto Colombo’s new book published

Colombo, F. 2008 Boom. Storia di quelli che non hanno fatto il ’68. Milano: Rizzoli A book about the “baby boomers” generation, told by the protagonists themselves. A collective autobiography of the people who lived in 1968 but did not participate to that movement. A great picture of a generation, with its dreams and failures, [...]

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New Book by Rocco D’Ambrosio

New book by our friend and colleague Rocco D’Ambrosio. An important book about power, politics and society. Like Dante with Virgilio in his “Divina Commedia”, D’Ambrosio uses Shakespeare as his guide to understand the power, always mixed with “the human”. Rocco D’Ambrosio, Il potere e chi lo detiene, EDB, Bologna 2008, 212 pp. Un itinerario [...]

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Particip@tions

The latest issue of Particip@tions, the International Journal of Audience and Reception Studies is now available. Please, read HERE.

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Children in Virtual Worlds

BBC Children’s and the University of Westminster invite you to the first conference in the UK to draw together producers and researchers working on virtual worlds and immersive gaming environments for children aged 7-11 online. Keynote speakers include Richard Deverell, Controller, BBC Children’s and Dr. Adrian Woolard, Head of Innovation, BBC Future Media and Technology. [...]

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Congratulations Prof. Hibberd

Our friend and colleague Matthew Hibberd (University of Stirling, Scotland, UK) received The Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) Award. Further details here. To Matthew our congratulations. (In the picture: Matthew Hibberd with – from left to right – Shri N Santosh Hegde, Chief Justice, State of Karnatak; Shri Rameshwar Thakur, Governor, State of Karnataka; [...]

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