2014 | MPhil Symposium
Monday 1 December, 1-5pm
Room 532, Malet Street
Introductions
Tim Markham, Director of Research
1.15-2pm | SESSION ONE: MEDIATING CULTURES | chaired by Sophie Hope
Meng-Yu Lai, The New National Performing Arts Centre: Reshaping the Cultural Environment and Enhancing the National Identity of Taiwan | Meng Yu LAI- MPhi-PhD Symposium
Ruth Solomons, Reconciling the Conflict Between Artists’ Practical needs and their Perceived Complicity in Gentrification | SOLOMONS | solomonsSUMMARY
2-2.45pm | SESSION TWO: MEDIATED CITIES | chaired by Scott Rodgers
Sara Ismail, The Affect of Social Media on the Uprisals in Egypt in Relation to the Different Governorates in Egypt | ISMAILpresentation
Güneş Tavmen, Digital Media in the City: The Nature and Limits of Open Data | Presentation-hub GT
15mins break
3-4pm | SESSION THREE: MEDIATIATED COMMUNITIES AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE | chaired by Joel McKim
Hannah Barton, Interpreting Internet Memes and their Applications as Vernacular Within Online Communities | BARTON-PRESENTATION
Jo Coleman, Talk of the Town. Programming the Local on Internet Community Radio | TALK OF THE TOWN
Adam Cox, The Relationship between Media and Financial Regulation in the Post-Crisis Era | COX-PRESENTATION
Bruce Eadie, Can We | How Can We Access the Past? The Role of Affect and Representation in Reconstructions of the Past in Documentary Film?
4pm | RESEARCH MATTERS | chaired by Janet McCabe
Lorraine Lim and Yun Gao, Reflections on How ‘Research’ Happens
Followed by a book launch in the Cinema foyer for, Cultural Policies in East Asia: Dynamics Between the State, Arts and Creative Industries, edited by Hye-Kyung Lee and Lorraine Lim
