Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

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on New Media Technologies in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe

Submission deadline for this issue is 30 October 1997

For Volume 4, No. 2 of the Journal (Summer 1998) we are seeking papers
relating to research projects or case studies on media art, specific
electronic arts discourse(s), and the cultural, social and political
implications of new media technologies in Central, Eastern and
South-Eastern Europe. Papers would be welcome that deal with current
developments in electronic arts and the specific aesthetic strategies in
the post-socialist Eastern European countries; that provide an insight
into Eastern European approaches to using new technologies and attitudes
towards the effects of new media; that deal critically with the notion
of technology as a 'unifying' or 'normative' factor; that question the
viability of notions such as East and West, analysing local developments
within a broader global context; or that provide critical analysis of
institutions and non-institutional networks and structures promoting and
supporting new media technologies in Eastern Europe. This issue will be
guest-edited by Inke Arns, media art curator, Berlin, Germany.

All inquiries about, proposals for articles or completed papers for the
Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe issue should be sent to: Inke
Arns, Pestalozzistr. 5, 10625 Berlin, Germany, tel/fax +49 (0)30 313 66
78, e-mail inke@is.in-berlin.de

All other editorial inquiries, general proposals and submissions to:
Julia Knight or Alexis Weedon, Editors, Convergence, School of Media
Arts, University of Luton, 75 Castle Street, Luton, LU1 3AJ, United
Kingdom. Tel: +44 1582 34111, fax: + 44 1582 489014, email:
Convergence@luton.ac.uk

Convergence is a refereed academic journal which addresses the creative,
social, political and pedagogical issues raised by the advent of new
media technologies. As a research journal it provides a forum both for
monitoring and exploring developments and for publishing vital research.

Published quarterly in paper form and adopting an inter-disciplinary
approach Convergence will develop this area into an entirely new
research field. The principal aims of Convergence are:

* to develop critical frameworks and methodologies which enable the
reception, consumption and impact of new technologies to be evaluated in
their domestic, public and educational contexts

* to contextualise the study of those new technologies within existing
debates in media studies, and to address the specific implications of
the increasing convergence of media forms

* to monitor the conditions of emergence of new media technologies,
their subsequent mass production and the development of new cultural
forms

* to promote discussion and analysis of the creative and educational
potentials of those technologies, and to contextualise those cultural
practices within wider cultural and political debates.

The Editorial Board. Australia: Rebecca Coyle (Macquarie University),
Ross Harley (University of New South Wales), Philip Hayward (Macquarie
University), Canada: Micheline Frenette (Universite de Montreal), Will
Straw (McGill University). Europe: Roy Ascott (CAIIA, Gwent College of
Higher Education), Colin Beardon (University of Brighton), Luke Hockley
(University of Luton), Sadie Plant (University of Warwick), Jeremy Welsh
(Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology). Hong Kong: Heidi Gilpin (University of Hong Kong). Japan:
Machiko Kusahara (Tokyo Institue of Polytechnics). USA: Jay David Bolter
(Georgia Institute of Technology), Joseph Foley (Independent
Consultant), Steve Jones (University of Tulsa) George Landow (Brown
University), Margaret Morse (University of California Santa Cruz). Our
aims are supported by: Will Bell (The Arts Council of England), Mike
Crump (Centre for the Book, British Library), David Hancock (Eurimages)
Sara Diamond, (Banff Centre for the Arts).

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Convergence is a paper journal. For further information and details of
back issues see our web site at http://www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence

Edited by Julia Knight and Alexis Weedon
Department of Media Arts,
University of Luton,
75 Castle Street,
Luton. LU1 3AJ.
Editorial e-mail: Convergence@luton.ac.uk
Tel: +44 1582 489013/489144. Fax: +44 1582 489014.

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