*CFP* "CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON EVERYDAY MEDIA USES AND SOCIAL-CULTURAL CHANGE IN CONTEMPORARY AFRICA", SEMINAR

Seminar on “Critical Perspectives on Everyday Media Uses and Social-Cultural Change in Contemporary Africa”

Aarhus University, 5-6 December 2019

The Department of Media and Journalism Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark, in conjunction with the Department of Communication Studies, Moi University, Kenya, is co-hosting the seminar Critical Perspectives on Everyday Media Uses and Social-Cultural Change in Contemporary Africa. The aims of the seminar are to present empirical findings on the interrelationship between changing media ecologies and socio-cultural changes and to discuss theoretical and methodological challenges studying these changes. Finally, the seminar will include a panel on North-South research collaborations.

Scholars engaged in similar research are invited to submit abstracts for consideration for the purpose of presenting the same at the two-days seminar. We hope this conference can stimulate critical and fruitful discussions about the role of new media in contemporary Africa. Conference attendance with or without paper presentation is free. However, participants are expected to cater for their own accommodation and travel expenses.

Abstracts of between 300-500 words should be sent via email to Associate Professor Poul Erik Nielsen (imvpen@cc.au.dk) no later than October 1, 2019. Accepted abstracts will be notified no later than October 8. Any inquiries related to the conference can be directed to Poul Erik Nielsen (imvpen@cc.au.dk).

While it is possible to attend the seminar without presenting a paper, it is mandatory to register by sending an email to the event before the 30th of November. Lunch will be provided.