Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
| When: | Thursday, March 21st, 2019 — Friday, March 22nd, 2019 |
| Time: | 8:30 am — 5:00 pm |
| Location: | Richcraft Hall, Second floor conference rooms (RB2220-2228) |
| Audience: | Current Students, Faculty |
| Contact: | Committee Chairs: Xiaofei Han, Shanuel London, Carla McCutchin, Xiaofei.han@carleton.ca; ShaunelLondon@cmail.carleton.ca; CarlaMcCutchin@cmail.carleton.ca |
Is progress always … progressive? Or can progression and regression occupy the same space? According to anthropologist Brian Larkin (2008), “progress can thus be seen as a mode of social ordering, of governmentality in Foucault’s sense that power works not by repression but by incorporation and internalizing modes of rule.” In other words, the tools of innovation often reimagine dominant ideologies with both positive and negative effects.
Insidious, the 14th Annual Communication Graduate Caucus (CGC) Conference, invites critical examinations of the slow, subtle, gradual changes facilitated by media technologies and communication processes. Most importantly, we are interested in insights regarding how we as scholars, citizens, and societies might challenge the potentially harmful aspect(s) of media and communication.
Topics and themes may include but are not limited to:
- Critical examinations of technological innovations
- LGBTQIA+ representation in popular culture (e.g. queerbaiting, bury your gays trope, etc.)
- Discursive constructions of utopian/dystopian futures
- Histories of specific technologies and/or media
- Remediation of niche/fan/subcultures
- Regulation of communication and media
- Environmental effects of digital commodities
- Colonialism, race, and gender and the impacts of a “woke” society
- Social and ethical impacts of cybernetics, robots, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Our keynote speaker, Dr. Mél Hogan from the University of Calgary will be presenting on ‘Genomic Media at the End of the World.’ We are also pleased to announce our opening speaker, Dr. Hannah Dick, and closing speaker, Dr. Merlyna Lim!
The CGC Conference provides an opportunity for graduate students and emerging scholars alike to present their work, receive feedback, and participate in networking and professional development with colleagues from across Canada.
Registration now open online: https://guestli.st/594237
Registration deadline for presenters is Feb.28 and Mar.14 for attendees.
This event is part of 2019 FPA Research Month.