Cultural and Media Policy Studies News and Events

All are warmly invited to attend this term's CCPS Research seminar, from Dr. Jo Littler of City Univeristy.

Jo will be presenting and discussing a paper entitled "Kind parents, luxurious winners and normcore plutocrats: the mediated popularisation of ‘meritocratic’ elitism".

The session will be on Wednesday May 11th at 5pm to 6.30 in G50 of Millburn House. We'll be providing light refreshments, so please e-mail p.watkins@warwick.ac.uk if you plan to attend.

It was great to see the partnerships with Brazil harvesting fruit and being recognised by the Funding Agency of the State of Sao Paulo and the British Council this week. Two projects were mentioned involving Joanne Garde-Hansen of the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, firstly the British Council Researcher Links Workshop Beyond the Digital with Prof Gilson Schwartz (USP) and secondly, the career development of Dr Danilo Rothberg (UNESP) who is now a co-researcher with Joanne on the Narratives of Water Project, (a FAPESP-SPRINT-Warwick project). We will be launching the blog for this soon.

Both projects have explored the creative currencies flowing from and between 'memory projects' in the UK and Brazil, and in particular the communication and media strategies employed in the representation, perception and governance of water in Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and the United Kingdom. In the context of adaptation to increased occurrences to flooding, drought, water security and scarcity, the time is right for more transnational communication on this issue. After all, water circulates globally, and media are also flowing in new directions. Some of this research appears in the newly published Social Memory Technology: Theory, Practice, Action (Routledge), a co-authored book between Joanne and Karen Worcman (Director of the Museu da Pessoa, Sao Paulo). Karen Worcman joined Gilson Schwartz as a visiting researcher in 2014, and the Museu da Pessoa continues to be one of the most important digital museums in Brazil. For more on the UK-Brazil collaborative initiatives see the British Council's Report (in Portuguese) and the news item (in English).

Our second research seminar this term will be held on Wednesday 24th February. Dave O'Brien from Goldsmiths will be presenting a paper from his research into the inequalities of the cultural labour market. Abstract and bio below.

The seminar will be at 5pm-6.30pm in G50 of Millburn House. Light refreshments will be provided. Please e-mail Paula Watkins on p.watkins@warwick.ac.uk to reserve your place.