Student-created reporting on the symposium can be found here.
Each year the MA Global Media Management teaching team organises a thematic symposium to foster critical exchange between students, staff and external speakers and attendants. We are pleased to confirm it will take place at the Westside Lecture Theatre on Friday 16th February.
The title of this year’s symposium is ‘Beyond Boundaries: Navigating Spaces and Places’ and it seeks to delve into the multifaceted dimensions of space and place to examine how individuals, communities, and ideas traverse and interact in diverse spaces. Through interdisciplinary discussions, workshops, and lectures featuring innovative perspectives, we aim to uncover new insights, foster collaboration, and inspire transformative action.
The Symposium will start at 10.30 am and conclude with a reception at 4.30 pm. A more detailed version of the programme, featuring contribution titles and contributor bios, can be found here.
- 10.30 am: Welcome from Shepuya Famwang and Francis Gene-Rowe.
- 10.35 – 11.45 am: Session #1 (Environments), with presentations by Georgia Perkins, Ryan Bishop, and Ruohan Tang. Chaired by Sasha Anikina.
- 11.45 am – 12.40 pm: Keynote Lecture by Lamya Sadiq. Chaired by Shepuya Famwang.
- 12.40 – 1.30 pm: Lunch.
- 1.30 – 2.30 pm: Screenings (Enthrallments), featuring works by Tsvetelina Hristova & Krassimir Terziev, Fangyi He, Yunbo Cang, Jianghui Yu, Yijing Xie, and Aria Guo.
- 2.30 – 3.30 pm: Session #2 (Entanglements), with presentations by Aria Guo, Kai Syng Tan, and Kaidi Zhang. Chaired by Francis Gene-Rowe.
- 3.30 – 3.45 pm: Afternoon Break.
- 3.45 – 4.30 pm: Session #3 (Enchantments), with presentations by Jiayi Chen and Francis Gene-Rowe. Chaired by Shepuya Famwang.
- 4.30 pm: Closing Thanks + Reception with music provided by Dreadmau5.
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