Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 15, No. 444.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
[1] From: Jan Van Looy <jan.vanlooy@arts.kuleuven.ac.be> (66)
Subject: Call for papers: medium studies
[2] From: Nesi <wedel01@dsi.unifi.it> (31)
Subject: WEDELMUSIC2002:Intern. Conf. on Web Delivering of
Music, Darmstadt, Germany
--[1]------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 06:10:24 +0000
From: Jan Van Looy <jan.vanlooy@arts.kuleuven.ac.be>
Subject: Call for papers: medium studies
Image & Narrative (www.imageandnarrative.be) is preparing an issue on
__medium studies__. I believe the call for papers may be interesting for
the members of Humanist Discussion Group.
For more information: www.imageandnarrative.be
The call for papers itself:
http://millennium.arts.kuleuven.ac.be/narrative/mediumtheory.htm
Call for papers: Image & Narrative 6, Medium Theory
Medium theory takes as its object of study the form of media rather than
what they convey or how such information is received. Its focus is both
more narrow and more general than that of media theory. It is more narrow
because the concern is not primarily with the messages that media convey.
It is more general because media are conceptualised in a much broader way
than is usually the case in media theory. In medium theory, media are not
simply newspapers, the internet, digital camera's and so forth. Rather,
they are the symbolic environment of any communicative act. Joshua
Meyrowitz characterizes medium theory as follows:
"A handful of scholars - mostly from fields other than communications,
sociology and psychology - have tried to call attention to the potential
influences of communication technologies in addition to and apart from the
content they convey. I use the singular 'medium theory' to describe this
research tradition in order to differentiate it from most other 'media
theory'. Medium theory focuses on the particular characteristics of each
individual medium or of each particular type of media. Broadly speaking,
medium theorists ask: what are the relatively fixed features of each means
of communicating and how do these features make the medium physically,
psychologically and socially different from other media and from
face-to-face interaction? Medium theory examines such variables as the
senses that are required to attend to the medium, whether the communication
is bi-directional or uni-directional, how quickly messages can be
disseminated, whether learning to encode and decode in the medium is
difficult or simple, how many people can attend to the same message at the
same moment, and so forth. Medium theorists argue that such variables
influence the medium's use and its social, political, and psychological
impact."
We invite contributions dealing with one of the following topics:
Work and insights from different authors in the field of medium theory
(Joshua Meyrowitz, Marshall McLuhan, Friedrich Kittler, Walter Ong, etc.).
How do different authors conceptualise 'medium'? For example, media as
'extension of the senses' (McLuhan), technical media (Kittler), the
difference between 'medium' and 'form' (Heider), communication media or
symbolically generalised media (Luhmann). Which criteria can be used to
distinguish different media?
The history and evolution of media of communication. Can one distinguish
different phases in the evolution of media (the difference between oral and
literate cultures; the rise of modern print culture; the emergence of
technological media in the nineteenth century; new media)? Is it
appropriate to speak of 'media revolutions' ? What is 'new' about new media?
The influence of the medium concept in different disciplines such as
literary theory, communication sciences and sociology. Does medium theory
involve a re-articulation of disciplinary boundaries?
The conceptualisation of communication in medium theory. Do communication
media simply serve to transmit information and symbolic content or do they
take a more active role and involve the creation of new forms of
communication, interaction, etc.? What is the relation between medium and
content?
Send contributions in MSWord or RTF format to
Michael.Boyden@arts.kuleuven.ac.be. Texts should be accompanied by an
abstract of no more than 300 words and a maximum of 10 keywords.
Jan Van Looy
Instituut voor Culturele Studies
http://www.culturelestudies.be
http://www.maerlant.be
Faculteit Letteren K.U.Leuven
Blijde Inkomststraat 21
B-3000 Leuven
tel: 32 (0)16 32 50 75
fax: 32 (0)16 32 50 68
--[2]------------------------------------------------------------------
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 06:12:17 +0000
From: Nesi <wedel01@dsi.unifi.it>
Subject: WEDELMUSIC2002:Intern. Conf. on Web Delivering of Music,
Darmstadt, Germany
WEDELMUSIC-2002
2nd International Conference on Web Delivering of Music
WEDELMUSIC2002, Darmstadt, Germany, 9-11 December 2002
http://www.wedelmusic.org/wedelmusic2002
http://WWW.wedelmusic.org
WEDELMUSIC2002@igd.fraunhofer.de
WEDELMUSIC@dsi.unifi.it
Sponsored by: Fraunhofer Institute, University of Florence, IRCAM
With the support of: IEEE CS TC on Computer Generated Music
--------
The popularity of Internet and multimedia has increased the need for rapid
diffusion of culture in new formats. Since its beginnings, music has never
shied away from incorporating the latest technological advances to maximise
expressive power. Its pioneering role in the use of Internet technology to
broadcast audio and music files continues to break new boundaries.
Current state of the art still distributes music either on paper or on CD or
similar media. However, the possibility to distribute music in several other
formats, such as symbolic, audio (in its several available formats) and as
images of music scores opens several new avenues for research. At the same
time, Internet technologies are having a strong impact on system architectures
and business processes, while new regulations are changing the distribution
mechanisms of music in important ways.
WEDELMUSIC-2002 aims to deal with these major topics in music-related fields,
in order to address new ways to distribute music to larger audiences. The
impact of these developments on cultural heritage will be considered, together
with their availability to people with limited access to classical archives or
libraries. In particular, proposals and solutions benefiting visually-impaired
people are encouraged, to let everybody access this large and hidden cultural
heritage. Tools for impaired people will contribute to broadening music
playing
and enjoyment.
[material deleted]
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Fri Jan 11 2002 - 01:19:56 EST