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"Representations of the ‘hood in popular culture often differs from the realities of the community, an issue Chris Richardson, PhD candidate in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies, explores in his new book, Habitus of the Hood.

When Chris Richardson completed his undergraduate degree in journalism, he had two choices: Beat them or join them?

Richardson knows what it is like for neighbourhoods and communities to be misrepresented in the media having grown up in Scarborough. While his hometown has been given a bad reputation for being a hotbed of criminal activity, Richardson’s lived experience shows a different side.

“It was a question of whether I wanted to contribute to these stigmatizing representations or whether I wanted to fight them,” he says of his decision whether or not to become a reporter.

Instead, he chose to fight and his weapon of choice was academia."

Article by Heather Travis, Western News

Click here to read the complete article.

Habitus of the Hood will be published by Intellect in October 2011.

Coventry School of Art & Design – Performing Arts, Coventry University, UK:  Friday 8th - Sunday 10th July 2011

This international event invites somatic practitioners, dance artists and scholars from a range of disciplines to discuss, envision and critically engage with embodied processes and performance. The provisional programme together with more details of how to register etc can be found on the Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices  website.
 
Confirmed keynote speakers include Andree Grau and Scott deLahunta with Gill Clarke and Phil Barnard, plus contributions from Ruth Gibson, Helen Poynor and practitioners and scholars from across Europe, North America and New Zealand.
 
Convened by Professor Sarah Whatley and Dr Natalie Garrett.
 
Conference Fees (includes all tea breaks and lunches): Early bird fee (available until 17th June 2011): One day: £35. Whole conference: £95
 
Regular fee (starting on 18th June 2011): One day: £45. Whole conference: £125

Find out about the Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices

Intellect are delighted to announce a special Berlin launch event for Berliner Chic: A Locational History of Berlin Fashion, which is a gripping history of Berlin fashion co-authored by Susan Ingram and Katrina Sark.

The event will take place at St. George's English Bookstore, Wörther Straße 27, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin (U-Senefelderplatz), on Wednesday / Mittwoch, 22. June 2011, 8pm.

Copies of the book will be avilable to buy on the night for a special reduced rate. For all further information please contact the bookstore directly.

Further information about the book is avialble here.

To read the latest, interviews, articles and blogs relating  to Berliner Chic take a look at Katrina Sark's excellent blog, Suites Culturelles.

We are pleased to announce that Intellect will be sending reps to the following conferences over the coming month.

The Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (Popcaanz) annual conference in Auckland - 29th June - July  1st.

The Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) conference 2011 in Hamilton - 5th - 8th July.

The European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) in London - 23rd -26th June.

Journal of Media Practice symposium 2011 in Bristol - 24th June.

Screen Studies conference 2011 in Glasgow - 1-3 July. 

If you are planning on attending any of these events please watch this space for details. If you would like further information about Intellect or would like to arrange a meeting with one of our reps dutring any of these forthcoming events, please contact marketing@intellectbooks.com.

If you are an Intellect author or editor and would  like to discuss promotional opportunities availbale at anyof these conferences please also contact marketing@intellectbooks.com.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Erich Sargeant, the winner of The Big Competition, and now the glad recipient of an iPad 2.

"I love my iPad 2. I never win competitions (I rarely enter them, so I’m so glad I entered this) what a great prize for my entry into this world" - Erich Sargeant

Thank you to all those who took part in the competition. Remember to download our free The Big Picture App from the iTunes App store.

The May/June 2011 issue of The Big Picture Magazine is now available to download digitally and purchase in print form direct from Magcloud. Issue 14 is titled 'Lost in Transition' and is themed around the cinema of the spaces in-between such as airports, train stations,  and the biggest non-place of them all - outer space.

Reading: Girls! Girls! Girls! in Contemporary Art, edited by Catherine Grant and Lori Waxman

Friday, June 17, 2011, 7:30 PM,

Women & Children First bookstore,

5233 N. Clark St., Chicago

Speakers: Lori Waxman and Maud Lavin

Click here for more info on the event.

Intellect at the meeting of the International Communication Association

Boston, 25–28 May 2011

It’s happened.  It’s over. We’re all digital now.

Media production and media education have been transformed by the digital in the last ten years.  Back in 1998, Nicholas Negroponte predicted that “digital-ness” would just become part of the wallpaper: “Like air and drinking water, being digital will be noticed only by its absence, not its presence”.   But over a decade later, are we “postdigital” yet? Postdigital Encounters is a one-day symposium explores how digital technologies have redefined creativity and media practice within the academy both in terms of teaching and research, with a dynamic programme of presentations ranging from a QR Workshop, multiscreen film practice and locative media projects to discussions of creativity and pedagogy in the postdigital age.

Niagara Falls was the perfect location to host the inaugural Canadian Popular Culture Association Conference. The honeymoon capital of the world is steeped in kitschy culture, from the haunted houses and wax museums of Clifton Hill to the glittering casinos, to the delightful 1930s era motels that still line the outskirts of the city. Intellect was proud to be one of the first publishers to support this new association which investigates not only Canadian culture, but popular culture in all its diverse international forms and manifestations.

In a rapidly changing global fashion system, new centres such as Shanghai are joining other cities such as Dubai, Moscow, and Mumbai as global fashion capitals. Street Style is a series that explores and reveals the relationship between culture, the city, and the street fashion. Books in the series use a predominantly visual approach (visual ethnography) paired with critical analysis, and are inspired by street fashion blogs, magazines, and other fashion incubators such as internet sites.