New article published on MCS Journal: Responses to health risk and suffering: ‘China’ in the Italian media discourses during the early stage of the Covid-19 pandemic

Maria Paola Pofi I am delighted to announce that the article I wrote with my supervisor Dr Wing-Fai Leung has been published in the Media, Culture & Society (MCS) Journal and is available to download for free here (link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01634437211053770). Media, Culture & Society The opportunity to start this research project arose during my PhD fieldwork in…

Greek Photography Opportunity

Our colleagues in the KCL Centre for Hellenic Studies are setting up an exhibition of photographs on loan from the Benaki Museum in Athens. The focus is on the pioneering Greek photographer Voula Papaioannou. The exhibition is called: “The Human Price of War” and coincides with the centre’s four day conference “Greek (Hi)stories through the…

Andy’s new publication

Andy has another new publication out today, a book chapter in the second, and expanded, edition of Key thinkers on space and place. It now runs to 528 pages! This is an encyclopaedia style book organised by author – 65 key thinkers on space and place. Unique in its concept, the book is a comprehensive…

New Journal, new paper

Andy is pleased to announce the publication of a new article, in a new journal: City, Culture and Society. Copies can be downloaded from this web site. The article is entitled "Creative cities: Tensions within and between social, cultural and economic development. A critical reading of the UK experience." City, Culture and Society 1:13-20. The…

Andy lectures at the Institute for Urban Design

Andy visited Zurich, this week (Nov. 4th) to give a lecture to architects at the Institute for Urban Design , at Switzerland’s top university, ETH “The creative city?”, Institute for Urban Design. His talk was based upon a critique of creative cities that he published in Geografiska Annaler Series B-Human Geography 90B:107-117. entitled "Creative cities:…

Andy in Donostia, Gipuzkoa

Andy gave a paper at the World Urban Development Congress INTA 34 held in Oct 25-26 in San Sebastián, the Basque Country, Spain (or as the Basque locals call it Donostia, Gipuzkoa). The conference took place at the Kursaal Palace, one of the architectural highlights of the Basque country (aside from Bilbao). His paper was…

Toussaint Optimism

Lost in CCI bloggers are proud to welcome back Toussaint Nothias from presenting a paper at the International Conference on Media and Sport in Portugal. Toussaint based the paper on his MA CCI dissertation on afro-pessimism in French and UK newspapers during the 2010 South African World Cup. Encouraged by his MA supervisor, Dr Hatty…

Young women’s negotiations of heterosexual conventions: Theorizing Sexuality in Constructions of ‘the Feminist’

Christina Scharff has a new publication is Sociology 44(5): 827-842. The article draws on her Ph.D. research and explores young women’s constructions of ‘the feminist’. Amongst other things, the article is about haunting and sticky stereotypes. Read the abstract if you’d like to find out more: ABSTRACT Even though the normativity of heterosexuality has come…

New Reviews for “Duke Ellington’s America”

Several reviews have come in recently for CMCI Lecturer Dr. Harvey G. Cohen's new book Duke Ellington's America (University of Chicago Press). In their 28 October issue, the New York Review of Books devoted 4,000 words to the book, including: "Of many artists it can be said that deep cultural currents can be read through…

Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway Autumn Events in Los Angeles and London

CMCI Lecturer Harvey G. Cohen will be appearing at several public events in the next month. On Wednesday 10 November, he will be offering a multi-media presentation entitled "Duke Ellington in his Own Words" at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). The event is hosted by jazz guitar legend Kenny Burrell, director of…

Recent MA CCI Student Ichtertz Scores Gig With Sundance Film Festival

Katie Ichtertz, who just finished the MA CCI programme last month, has passed on the word to Lost In CCI that she has been hired to work from November to February as the coordinator of the World Documentary and New Frontier categories for the world-famous Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in the United…

Andy Pratt has a new publication in Italian:

Andy Pratt has a new publication in Italian: 'La cultura e le politiche basate sulle industrie creative : connettere produzione e consumo' in F. Angeli (ed), Nuovi scenari per l'attrattività delle città e dei territori: dibattiti, progetti e strategie in contesti metropolitani mondiali. Details of the book can be accessed here. For those who do…

A busy time for Dr. Ruth Adams…

Dr Ruth Adams has had a busy couple of weeks, squeezing in a conference paper and two publications either side of the start of the academic year. On 10 September 2010 she gave a presentation at the 9th International Colloquium on Arts, Heritage, Nonprofit and Social Marketing, which was organized by colleagues in the Department…

UN/SIDA ‘Expert brainstorm’

In mid September, CMCI’s Professor Rosalind Gill took part in a prestigious United Nations/Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency ‘expert brainstorm’ to reflect on why there has been a lack of progress in achieving gender equality, fifteen years after the UN’s famous Beijing meeting, which felt so hopeful to many at the time. The focus of…

“Duke Ellington’s America” Heads to the London Jazz Festival and Guildhall School

Duke Ellington's America, CMCI Lecturer Dr. Harvey G. Cohen's new book, now in its 2nd printing from the University of Chicago Press, will be the focus of two major free events in the next two months. First, on 27 October 2010 at 7:00PM, Cohen will be featured with the Guildhall Jazz Band and their leader/conductor…

Reputation

Andy presented a paper at the Work employment and society conference, Brighton, 7-8th September. The paper was entitled ‘Reputation work/the work of reputation’ and was part of a whole day ‘strand’ to the conference on cultural work. The paper argues that this provides us with a way to discuss the diverse ‘values’ of work that…

Cultural economy and development

Andy gave a series of lectures for ILO/UNESCO/University of Torino on the creative economy and policy for MA in "World Heritage at Work"/”Cultural Projects for Development” 13-14th September. Andy is a visiting professor on this programme which attracts international students engaged in policy and practice work for conservation bodies, especially the World Heritage Organisation. The…

London Fashion week

If you are wondering what is going on at Somerset House next to Kings, it is London Fashion Week. No doubt you will see plenty of references to the stars, models and fashions in the popular press. However, there is a significant Cultural Industries agenda here. First, London Fashion Week, like other fashion weeks around…

“Duke Ellington’s America” Airs Across America

CMCI Lecturer Dr. Harvey G. Cohen's new book Duke Ellington's America (University of Chicago Press), currently in its second printing, has been receiving attention lately on the airwaves in the United States, from coast to coast. This Friday, 20 August 2010, at 6PM London time, Cohen will be interviewed about his book on "Metro Connection,"…

Prof.Dr. Leilei Li

The Centre for Culture, Media and Creative Industries has been hosting the research visit of Prof.Dr. Leilei Li, College of Mass Communication, Shenzhen University (December 2009-July 2010). Sadly she has now returned to Shenzhen. Prof. Li has been working with Andy Pratt developing ideas about researching and teaching the cultural and creative industries. Amongst other…

Keeping ITCH up to Scratch?

Artists working in any medium and writers expressing themselves in any form or genre are invited to submit work for the fifth issue of ITCH Online. The "theme" is: ?* ITCH is a creative submissions magazine started by CMCI’s own Dr Mehita Iqani and Bell-Roberts Publishing in 2003. It features a variety of writing as…

Forever Jung

As Culture, Theory and History leads... the BBC follows! Dr Richard Howells' lecture on psycho-analytic theories of culture was followed this week by a Today programme item on Carl Jung and his recently published Red Book. You can read all about it at the Today programme site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8318000/8318707.stm But the item also explains why Jung…

Free Speech in the Universities

Centre Director Dr Richard Howells is among the academics and students contributing to the new “Free D” campaign funded by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills and supported by the National Union of Students, Universities UK and the Guardian. The campaign is intended to encourage students, academics, policy makers and members of the general…

Season’s Greetings

The Director and Staff of the Centre for Cultural, Media and Creative Industies Research wish all Lost in CCI readers, colleagues, friends and students past and present, a very merry Christmas and a happy new year -together with every good wish for which ever other seasonal holiday you may be celebrating. King's College, London opens…

The Quantum of Security

Centre director Dr Richard Howells was a guest at the cast and crew preview screening of the new James Bond movie “The Quantum of Solace”. This took place before the UK release and even in advance of the Royal Premiere with Princes William and Harry. Director Marc Forster appeared on stage to congratulate everyone on…

King’s Up To 22nd In World University Rankings

King's College London has risen two places in the World University Rankings 2008, published by The Times Higher Education. This puts King's at an impressive 22nd place in the world, a rise of two places over 2007, and further establishing its position among the world's top 25 universities. Centre for Cultural, Media and Creative Industries…

“What Happens Next”?

The German Embassy in London has contacted Lost in CCI to tell us about a competition with prizes of work placements in the arts, media and communications in Germany. It’s open to students in all subject areas, and you don’t have to speak German! What you have to do is imagine an encounter between a…

Accommodation

If you're an offer-holder for MA Cultural and Creative Industries and you're currently in need of accommodation in London, this post is for you. You may want to consider getting together with other offer-holders and looking for a house-share, or simply exchanging information. If so, please add a comment to this post to say what…

Beijing DJ wanted

Dr Ruth Adams is looking for a Beijing-based DJ, "preferably one who is able to scratch". Ruth's friend's band, Belleruche, are playing at a Jazz festival in Beijing in November and are looking to hire a local DJ as their own is unable to be there. More info at their MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/belleruche. Please email…

Lunch with Vivienne Westwood

Centre Director Dr Richard Howells has had the unusual pleasure of lunch with fashion doyenne Vivienne Westwood. They met at the annual convocation of the Royal College of Art, where Dame Vivienne had just received an honorary degree. The two found themselves sharing a table, and as the meal progressed the celebrated designer was particularly…

Hydrogen fuel cell-powered theatre

Photo: The Arcola Theatre, London, UK, Chiara Contrino A story about the first hydrogen fuel cell-powered theatre recently caught Lost in CCI's eye, from The Stage (via the Arts Journal): "North London’s Arcola Theatre has become the first venue to install an environmentally friendly hydrogen fuel cell to power the site. The 5kw fuel source,…

Welcome to CCI

This week King's College London welcomed fifty new students to the MA CCI programme. Among them are graduates in Advertising, Anthropology, Fine Art, Art History, Biochemistry with Management, Business Administration, Cinema Studies & Comparative Literature, Communication and Media Studies, Design, Development Studies, Economics, English, History, Human Geography, Journalism, Law, Linguistics, Management, Marketing, Museum Studies, Music…

Accommodation spot

It's September, and a new company of MA CCI students is waiting in the wings, ready to start the course. We're looking forward to meeting you! Meanwhile, we've heard that there may be readers out there who are still looking for a place to stay here in London. So this post is for anyone who…

2012

An topical issue in the UK cultural sector at the moment is whether lottery money should be diverted from the arts to fund the Olympics in 2012. For those against, there's an online petition you can sign here.

New culture secretary

As UK cultural policy is a central topic in MA CCI at King's, it's worth noting here on Lost in CCI that James Purnell was named yesterday as the new Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in new Prime Minister Gordon Brown's cabinet reshuffle. More information can be found about this 37-year-old boy…

Inside tomorrow’s museum

Lost in CCI was at Tate Modern this afternoon, taking a good look at Transforming Tate Modern, a set of plans for the expansion of the museum and the broader development of the South Bank into 'London's cultural quarter'. We'd been invited by Tate's Interpretation and Education department, whom we've partnered with over the last…

Scott Walker

(Posted by Ralph) I saw the new documentary about Scott Walker at the NFT yesterday (part of the London Film Festival). Highly recommend that you try and catch this when it comes out on general release in maybe Jan/Feb. For those who don't know, Scott is one of the greatest and most distinctive recording artists…