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July 2014

Sites of Protest

We are looking forward hosting ‘Sites of Protest’ a one day conference organised by MeCCSA Social Movements Network in conjunction with the Canterbury Media Discourse Group. The event will take place on 29 October 2014. See call for papers here [link to cfp on events page]. The conference is the fourth event organised by the MeCCSA Social Movements Network since its foundation. Papers and discussion will explore the concept of ‘sites of protest’ broadly, from street assemblies to creative work, including theoretical and empirical analyses. Topics will include online and offline sites of protest; social media: opportunities and limitations; mobilizing people: following, liking, joining; uses of public space; building collective identities; sites of protest and the state; street assemblies; Occupy; researching social movements on social media: methods and approaches.

For further information please contact Dr Ruth Sanz Sabido.

Fulbright Alumni

Project by: Dr Chris Pallant

A special issue of the Comparative American Studies journal, bringing together the work of Fulbright Alumni, has been guest edited by a group of academics including Christ Church Senior Lecturer, Dr Chris Pallant.

Dr Pallant, who works in the Department of Media, Art and Design, jointly conceived of the collection whilst attending a Fulbright Special Programme in America.

The four-week Programme, which was devised by the United States Embassy (based in London) in collaboration with New York University, incorporated roundtable discussions with US intellectuals, extensive exploration of New York City and travel across the Eastern Seaboard.

The journal special issue explores the Latin motto of the seal of the United States of America, ‘E Pluribus Unum’, which means ‘Out of the many, One’, and questions the validity of this motto in the US today.

Dr Pallant, alongside Dr Michael J. Collins, University of Kent, and Dr Sarah Trott, Swansea University, seek to show how the concerns of this creed manifest themselves in an extraordinarily diverse series of settings within American culture and politics.

Dr Pallant said: “The Fulbright exchange proved to be an exceptionally positive experience. Not only did we get to fully immerse ourselves in American culture and tradition, but we also met like-minded individuals who we are now proud to call colleagues as well as friends. The publication of this Comparative American Studies special issue feels like the perfect culmination of what was a richly nourishing programme.”

Dr Pallant remains an active peer-reviewer for the Fulbright Commission, and will also serve as Treasurer for the British Fulbright Scholars Association in 2014.

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South East Archive of Seaside (SEAS) Photography

Project by: Dr Karen Shepherdson

The SEAS Photography Centre is located at Canterbury Christ Church under the directorship of Karen Shepherdson. It was first established in 2012 with assistance from a Heritage Lottery award and has already gained national recognition. The archive focuses on digitally archiving substantial historic seaside photographic collec-tions which have originated from the South East Coast. This has included the vast Sunbeam Photographic Collect-ion, the Dreamland Archive and numerous ‘Walkies’.

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