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Niagara Falls was once again the location for this year’s Canadian Popular Culture Association Conference. This was the group’s second event and the momentum keeps growing. The meeting doubled in size over last year due to the greater attention popular culture studies is receiving worldwide. Intellect is proud to support the PCAC which investigates not only Canadian culture, but international cultural phenomena in all forms and manifestations. The conference was a wonderful opportunity to spread the word about the forthcoming Canadian Journal of Popular Culture. Suzanne Zelazo took in the falls beauty and introduced herself as Intellect’s newest North American team member, working from our new office in Toronto. She was joined by Amy Damutz, our US-based representative, to exhibit the press’ expanding book and journal portfolio.
The conference was a terrific success for Intellect. We're looking forward to next year, and to working with Scott Henderson, Michele Braun and Nick Baxter-Moore to support the Canadian Popular Culture Association’s mission.
Book launch a success
The launch of Perform, Repeat, Record at SBC Gallery in Montréal, Canada was a great success. Attended by one of the editors, Amelia Jones, the book was warmly received with many people keen to get their copy of the book signed. It was so successful that McGill University Bookstore, who supported the event, sold out of their copies of Perform, Repeat, Record that night. The book has had amazing success overall and is already in its second print run.
We would like to thank everyone involved in making this launch such a success, especially Michele Pekovich from SBC Gallery and Anna Stein from McGill University Bookstore who were instrumental in bringing the event together.
The book will be launched in the UK in Leeds on 29th June during the Performance Studies International Conference.
Created in 2010, Landscape Stories is an independent and free online magazine dedicated to the presentation of stories and photographic work.
Their aim is to connect more deeply with a growing number of readers with fine art contemporary photography and their goal is to bring together a collection of photographers from around the globe and to present their work to a wider audience.
Landscape Stories now present an interview with photographer Max Pam: http://www.landscapestories.net/interviews/46-2012-max-pam?lang=en
Intellect have just published a collection of Max's work in our Critical Photography series the book is entitled Contingency in Madagascar and it truly is an aesthetic delight.
at The Victoria Rooms, Bristol December 8th 2012
University of the West of England, Bristol and University of Bristol
In association with The Soundtrack and intellect books
Call for Papers
Abstracts are invited for twenty-minute papers to be given as part of a one-day symposium on the afterlife of film songs. Possible topics include:
• film songs that have been re-used in later films, evoking the memory of the original, superimposing new layers of meaning, and/or introducing meanings that conflict with the song’s original associations
• the licensing of film songs for use in conjunction with other screen media, e.g. computer games, television programmes and adverts
• user-generated re-contextualisations of film songs, e.g. on YouTube
• cover versions of film songs
• film songs and karaoke
• film-song spoofs
• film songs and nostalgia
• film songs and the ‘star text’
• film songs in literature and music journalism
• adaptations of film musicals for the stage.
Papers given at the symposium will be considered for publication in a special issue of The Soundtrack, a multidisciplinary journal that brings together research in the area of music and sound in relation to film and other moving-image media.
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words, plus a brief author profile and contact details to Gerry2.Moorey@uwe.ac.uk. Deadline: June 30th 2012.
If you have a query about the symposium, contact Estella Tincknell, Associate Professor in Film and Culture, Estella.Tincknell@uwe.ac.uk.
FREE issue available online
Intellect would like to announce the publication of our Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, and to celebrate the launch we are offering Issue 1.1 for FREE online.
The Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to bridge the gap between media and communication research and actors with a say in media production, i.e. broadcasters, newspapers, radios, Internet-based media outlets, etc. It is devoted to research with an applied angle in which a clear link is made between the prevalent theories and paradigms media and communication scholars work with, and the real world where media and communication activities take place. It tackles issues and practices related to the output and organization of media outlets in our digitized age.
The journal has a particular focus on and interest in contemporary issues and practices of media firms as they are experienced by their actors: journalists, executives, publishers and proprietors, among others. Besides scholarly submissions, the editors are interested in articles written by media actors focusing on topics including their activities, problems, strategies, guidelines, management and editorial issues, organization, ethical codes, coverage, distribution, marketing, handling of user-generated material, etc. The journal is the first scholarly publication giving due consideration in publishing to material by media actors. Practitioners, for the first time, will have their articles printed alongside academic papers within the pages of the same journal. Visit the journal online for more details, or contact James Campbell.
Call for Papers available online: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=220/view,page=2/
Title Information
Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies | ISSN: 20010818, Online ISSN: 20499531 | First published in 2012, 2 issues per volume
Subscription information: http://bit.ly/KtuqTo | Subscription rates: Institutional: £132 / $185 | Online only: £99 / $140 | Personal: £36 / $68
Editors
Leon Barkho, Jönköping University
Ibrahim Saleh, Cape Town University
editors@jams.se
Editorial and Advisory Boards: http://bit.ly/J3u9th
An interview with playwright-performer Nina Arsenault on CBS Metro Morning Radio
Transgendered performance artist Nina Arsenault discusses numerous issues including her work, the discourse around transgender and the politics of transgendered pageantry with CBC Metro Morning Radio. This fascinating discussion also includes guest Chase Joynt. Have a listen and post your feedback.
Link to broadcast, which was originally aired on May 1st.
For more information visit: www.ninaarsenault.com.
Who is Nina?
Transgendered playwright-performer, columnist, and sex worker Nina Arsenault has undergone more than sixty plastic surgeries in pursuit of a feminine beauty ideal. Nina and her work are the focus of a new book from Intellect edited by the award winning dramaturg Judith Rudakoff: TRANS(per)FORMING Nina Arsenault: An Unreasonable Body of Work is now available from all good retailers.
We are sorry that Intellect’s email server has not been operational for a week since Tuesday 1 May. We have been working with our service providers on getting this problem resolved. The service was restored on 8 May but any emails sent to us in this period have been lost. Please resend your email to its original address or in case of difficulty to
masoud.yazdani@btconnect.com
Reviewed by Allister Mactaggart
'World Film Locations: London is part of a rapidly expanding series of books, published by Intellect, which explores the centrality and significance of major urban centres in their cinematic usage. In his introduction the editor, Neil Mitchell, states that: “The World Film Locations series strives to marry text and image in a way that mirrors how film-makers combine narrative and location” [5]. In this respect the London book should be regarded as a success; it is both entertaining and informative in equal measure, and would be an excellent accompaniment for investigating noteworthy cinematic locations around the city. The book is available in a variety of formats: as a paperback book; an eBook; and via an iPad app, which provides a range of ways in which readers can interact with the cinematic psychogeography of Britain’s capital city.
In conclusion, each contributor to this book has provided an informative, yet succinct, account of the issues raised to allow a reader to become immersed in the ways in which London has been represented in film, and to reflect upon the ramifications of these different versions of the city. For those captivated by the book there are also references to recommended books, websites and films to take the issues raised in it further. Overall, this is a fascinating book which is well laid out in an attractive format which would allow users of it to plan trips to investigate the sites mentioned in more detail, and which also makes this reader intrigued to investigate other World Film Locations in the series.'
Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.
It is with great sadness that we report Simon Roodhouse passed away on Friday 6 April. Simon was the Editor of Creative Industries Journal and the book Cultural Quarters as well as editing and being involved in many other publications and projects. He had extensive experience in the educational and cultural fields and was the Chief Executive for the University Vocational Awards Council, and the founding Director of the Museum Training Institute where he developed and established national occupational standards of competence for the heritage sector. His energy and vision will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time.
Professor Graeme Harper, Associate Editor of Creative Industries Journal, remembers Simon:
Simon’s contribution to the field, to the examination of the Creative Industries, has been considerable – not least because of his openness to exploring avenues for new knowledge, and because of his sensitivity to the work and needs of artists and creative practitioners. His background gave him insights that were further supported by a natural and generous curiosity. In addition, he engaged critically with the examination of creative sectors and economic notions driven by rising governmental and institutional interest in our human creative activities over the past dozen or so years – whether those activities were those of businesses and companies or whether those activities were those of creative individuals. In Britain, someone as personally informed and as genuinely interested in the field as Simon will be very greatly missed. But more so, I feel, here at the Creative Industries Journal, it has been an exceptional pleasure to work with someone who was a guide and a sounding-board as unbiased and as welcoming of discussion. We’re going to miss that voice, that generosity, and that curiosity, greatly.
Intellect is delighted to announce that Studies in Theatre & Performance and Journal of Chinese Cinemas have been accepted into the Arts & Humanities Citation Index.
We would like to offer our congratulations to the editors of both journals.
Studies in Theatre & Performance
Editors
Peter Thomson
Kate Dorney, Victoria & Albert Museum
Andrew Wyllie, University of the West of England
For further details, or for information on submitting, please go to STP’s home page.
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Journal of Chinese Cinemas
Editor
Song Hwee Lim, University of Exeter
Associate Editor
Julian Ward, University of Edinburgh
For further details and information on submitting, please visit JCC’s home page.
