Digital Feminisms
October 1, 2011 11:34 AM
This issue of Media-N extends a moderated open dialogue about the current
state of new media art and feminism, which took place in New York as part of
New Media Caucus’ offsite panels and activities held concurrently with the
CAA 2011 conference. What emerged from this conversation was a digital
feminism that is not a single entity but a multiplicity.
Women and Film in Africa Conference: Overcoming Social Barriers
July 19, 2011 12:51 PM
This is a 1st Call for Papers for a conference on the contemporary and historical
role played by women in the film, television and video industries in Africa. From
the Arab North Africa, West Africa, Central and East Africa, through to Southern
Africa, women have emerged from the double oppression of patriarchy and colonialism to become the unsung heroines of the moving image as producers, directors, actresses, script writers, financiers, promoters, marketers and distributors of film, television and video in postcolonial Africa. Sadly, such immense contributions by women are underrepresented, both in industry debates and in academic research.
European Gender Summit
June 18, 2011 8:57 AM
The European Gender Summit is held under the auspices of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and is supported by the European Commission through the Science and Society Programme (FP7). The event is supported by a range of high-level partners and patrons from different sectors and backgrounds (see our list of Patrons and Partners). The European Gender Summit is organised jointly by genSET - gender in science, the European Science Foundation and the European Cooperation in Science and Technology.
Screening Gender
May 10, 2011 4:23 PM
Conference of the Gender-Studies Section (Medien, Öffentlichkeit und Geschlecht) of the German Communications Science Association (DGPuK) Potsdam, September 22.9..2011 to 24.9..2011.
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FRENEMIES: THE LOVE-HATE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
July 25, 2011 7:50 PM
This symposium looks at the dynamic role of expertise in our society. How should we
understand the notion of expertise? What operates as credible expertise, and when?
Is scientific expertise overrated, and are other forms of expertise too easily
dismissed?
Mediatized Gender
July 9, 2011 7:02 AM
The aim of the international conference on Gender Perspectives in Mediatized Societies
is to discuss ongoing mediatization of present social and cultural fields with a gender perspective. Papers – both theoretically oriented and/or empirically grounded are invited.
Mediatized Gender: Gender Perspectives on Mediatized Societies
May 18, 2011 2:26 PM
The Department of Media Studies of the University of Bonn/Germany is holding an international conference on „Mediatized Gender: Gender Perspectives on Mediatized Societies” from 22nd-24th of September 2011. The interdisciplinary oriented conference is part of the six-year DFG priority research program “Mediatized Worlds: Communication in the media and social change” (coordinator: Prof. Dr. Friedrich Krotz).
PEOPLECERT Commiting to the Code of Best Practices for Women in ICT
February 10, 2011 12:32 PM
More than 50 companies -such as Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, France-Telecom, Google, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft,Οrange, Panasonic and SAP- have signed the ‘‘Code of Best Practices for Women and Technology’’- committing themselves to implement actions to eliminate women’s underrepresentation in the ICT sector. Since December 2010, the PEOPLECERT Group has recognized the problem and has been participating in the European Commission’s initiative by signing the Code of Best Practices for women in ICT.
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Empowering Arab women in the ICT sector, Morocco 6-7 December 2011.