Nathan Farrell Bournemouth University The UK-based non-profit organisation Influence Map recently published a study ‘Measuring Corporate Influence on Climate Policy.’ The study ranked the top 100 companies in the 2014 ‘Forbes Global 2000’ list in terms of each corporation’s ‘readiness in the case of a shift towards a low carbon regulatory regime.’ Using data compiled from the corporations’ own …Continue Reading
A showcase and discussion on the art and politics of designing for justice in association with Cruel Designs at Dismaland. Event Information: Saturday, 26 September 2015 Bristol, Hydra Books TBC 16:00 to 18:00 From anti-homeless spikes and border fences to DIY tear gas masks and union banners, design practices are used for social control and …Continue Reading
Sheffield Hallam University MeCCSA Social Movements Network, now in its second year is hosting a one day workshop on 10 September 2015 at Sheffield Hallam University. Further details will be posted on the MECCSA list in April. Contact: r.cere@shu.ac.uk The aims of the workshop is to reconsider some of the traditional organisations like trade unions …Continue Reading
The new issue of Networking Knowledge – Journal of the MeCCSA PGN is now available with a Special Issue on Othering Race and Ethnicity in Media and Popular Culture! Please see the website for further details and to download the articles https://ojs.www.meccsa.org.uk/index.php/netknow/issue/current
Tianyang Zhou – Chair, Univerisity of Sussex (t.zhou@sussex.ac.uk) Aurora Patera – Vice Chair, Canterbury Christ Church University (aurora.patera@canterbury.ac.uk) Emma Kaylee Graves – Communication Officer, Canterbury Christ Church University (e.graves206@canterbury.ac.uk) Nicholas Furze – Communication Officer, Canterbury Christ Church University (nicholas.furze@canterbury.ac.uk) Umar Suleiman Jahun – Training Officer, University of Sussex (u.jahun@sussex.ac.uk) Madhushala Senaratne – Journal Editor, University of …Continue Reading
This event is supported by the Journal Media Practice, MeCCSA Practice Network, The Centre for Research into Film and Audiovisual Cultures and hosted by the Practice as Research Group the Department of Media, Culture, Language. The event will be held at the University of Roehampton, Digby College, Duchesne Building on Saturday 14 June 2014. If …Continue Reading
Our second event, Anti-Fascism on Film, was held at De Montfort University on 20th February 2014. Supported by the Media Discourse Group and the MeCCSA Social Movements Network, the conference was part of the Cultural Exchanges Festival programme. The event featured keynote addresses by Dr David Archibald (University of Glasgow) on the Spanish Civil War …Continue Reading
The inaugural event of the MeCCSA Social Movements Network Generations of Protest: Marxism Matters? took place on the 20th and 21st of November 2013 at De Montfort University. It was supported by the Social Movements Network and the Media Discourse Group. The conference represents an attempt to move beyond descriptive analysis to explore concepts and practices, and …Continue Reading
Bournemouth University A MeCCSA Social Movement Network event, co-hosted by Bournemouth University’s Media & Politics Research Group and Civic Media Hub, the Department of Media & Communication at University of Leicester, the Politics and Media Group of the Political Studies Association, and the Protest Camps Research Network Keynote Speakers: Professor Barry Richards, Bournemouth University Professor …Continue Reading
‘Sites of Protest’ is the fourth event organised by the MeCCSA Social Movements Network since its foundation in 2013. This conference, organised in conjunction with Canterbury Media Discourse Group, will be held in Canterbury on 29th October 2014. To register, please go to https://shop.canterbury.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=37&catid=172&prodid=1630&searchresults=1 Provisional Programme 9.15 – 10.00 Registration, Refreshments (Powell Foyer) 10.00 – …Continue Reading
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