Research Seminar Series – Spring Semester Timetable
4:00PM - 5:15PM, Room 0.14
The JOMEC Research Seminar Series is an exciting opportunity to find out more about the cutting-edge work going on within JOMEC, the University and the world outside.
All staff and students (postgraduate and undergraduate) are welcome. Seminars will take place between 4:00PM and 5:15PM in room 0.14, Bute Building. Timetable (PDF Version)
February
06 February
Mr. Ross Garner (Download Abstract)
Rethinking Gene Hunt’s Legacy: Life on Mars and the contexts constructing ‘Classic TV’
Shortly after its appearance on British television in January 2006, Life on Mars (BBC/Kudos 2006-7) was hailed as a ‘TV classic’ within both press reception and academic analyses... More of this abstract
13 February
Prof. Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Download Abstract)
The Strategic Ritual of Emotionality in Journalism
Taking as its vantage point Gaye Tuchman’s (1972) notion of the strategic ritual of objectivity, this presentation suggests that there is also a strategic ritual of emotionality in journalism... More of this abstract... More of this abstract
20 February
Dr. Lisa Purse, University of Reading (Download Abstract)
Tangible space: narrative and experience in Hugo’s stereoscopic layers
As at other points in its history, contemporary 3-D cinema is frequently rhetorically situated at a distance from notions of filmmaking artistry and a film canon... More of this abstract
27 February
Dr. Paul Bowman (Download Abstract)
The Media Invention of Martial Arts
This presentation introduces my current research on the relations between media representation and martial arts. It proposes that the very idea of "martial arts" is a discursive construct that has long been essentially invented in media representations... More of this abstract
March
06 March (At the later time of 5:00PM to 6:15PM)
Mr. Tim Holmes (Download Abstract)
Practice Based Research and Scholarship: Towards a Way Forward
13 March
Prof. Simon Cottle (Download Abstract)
Journalists Witnessing Disasters: From the Calculus of Death to the Injunction to Care
20 March
Dr Cindy Carter (Download Abstract)
News media and child well-being
21 March
Ms Maytha Alhassen, Uni of Southern California (Download Abstract)
Demanding Dignity: Young Voices from the Front Lines of the Arab Revolutions
April
17 April - At the later time of 4:45PM - 6:00PM
Prof. Justin Lewis (Download Abstract)
Thinking Beyond Consumer Capitalism: Media, Communications and Public Imagination
For people in the developed world, our dominant economic system - consumer capitalism – may be past its sell by date. Despite mounting evidence that consumer capitalism can no longer deliver on its promises, why is it that we devote so little time to imagining other forms of human progress? More of this abstract
24 April
Prof. Toby Miller, University of California (Download Abstract)
Greening the Media
You will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after attending this talk. Greening the Media not only reveals the dirty secrets that hide inside our favourite electronic devices; it also takes apart the myths that have pushed these gadgets to the centre of our lives. Marshalling an astounding array of economic, environmental, and historical facts, Miller debunks the idea that information and communication technologies (ICT) are clean and ecologically benign. More of this abstract
May
01 May
Dr. Kerry Moore (Download Abstract)
Policing and racism in UK public discourse since the summer 2011 riots
Racism and policing have been very much in the British news media spotlight in recent months. In April 2012, following successive media revelations of alleged instances of police racism and institutional failures to adequately investigate them, Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe made an extraordinary public address to his staff proclaiming himself the ‘implacable enemy’ of racists... More of this abstract
08 May
Dr. Dorothy Rowe, University of Bristol (Download Abstract)
The Borders of Globalization: Gendered Art Practices in the age of Capital
Contemporary art is embedded within the very structures that characterise globalization – from the transnational circulation of artworks as commodities to the cross-cultural exchange of images, objects and ideas... More of this abstract
15 May
Ms. Rachel Cohen/Ms Susan Bisson (Download Abstract)
Representations of Death in Contemporary Film
It is argued that the cinematic representation of death is problematic and controversial for both filmmakers and audiences alike not least, argues Dow, because ‘people generally prefer happiness and simplicity to darkness and complexity, especially where their entertainment is concerned’ (2000: 511). This talk will, using extracts from a number of different films, explore the ways in which death and dying are cinematically represented... More of this abstract
'The Sea Inside' - the story of Ramón Sampedro
It will also be followed by a second event at the Chapter Arts Centre and to watch 'The Sea Inside' - the story of Spaniard, Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life. This film explores Ramón's relationships with Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Both the panel in JOMEC and the film screening in Chapter are part of Cardiff University's 'Before I Die' festival.
16 May - At the later time of 5:30PM - 7:00PM in the Optometry building
Prof. Jenny Kitzinger (with Prof. Celia Kitzinger) (Download Abstract)
A Matter of Life or Death: how the media represent ‘coma’ … and why it matters
In soap operas, thrillers, romcoms and other fictional media representations it is not unusual to find a characters in a ‘coma’. The coma may be deployed as a convenient time jump for the plot or temporary suspension of a character... More of this abstract
Please note that this seminar is not at the usual time or place. This extra seminar is on a Thursday, and it will start at 5.30, over in the Optometry building (in Maindy Road, off Cathays Terrace - room information on arrival).
It will also be followed by a second event (at 7pm) - a panel discussion of a Paula by the Chiliean writer, Isabel Allende - a memoir written about her experience of dealing with her daughter’s coma and eventual death. Both events are part of Cardiff University's 'Before I Die' festival.
For further information please contact: Julie Jewell, JewellJ2@cf.ac.uk