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• 06 mai 2012

  Geneva

  Conference, symposium - Modern

  Flashbacks. Nostalgic media and mediated forms of nostalgia

  Can media really be nostalgic? Which specific forms of nostalgia appear in contemporary society and why? Can people be nostalgic if they did not experience the past they pretend being nostalgic of? What kind of politics of nostalgia exist? What is the impact of nostalgia on the media market and its influence on economy? Finally, given the arbitrary (?) use of the past in all its imaginable variations and cultural systems, is it still possible to use the word nostalgia or should there be a neologism describing the transformation of the past in(to) the digital era? Could it even be possible to be simply nostalgic of nostalgia; finally describing the eternal research for (lost) identity? This international conference aims to explore nostalgia as a (mass) media phenomena and also seeks for contributions that treat any other mediated forms of nostalgia.

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• 25 jui 2010

  Geneva

  Call for papers - Information

  Celebrity news, an oxymoron?

  In recent years, celebrity news has spread throughout Western media, and particularly in media aimed at the general public. The aim of the Conference is to study and discuss the spreading of celebrity news across the media and to consider the various issues at stake.

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• 13 déc 2006

  Geneva

  Miscellaneous information - Sociology

  La Condition littéraire

  Pourquoi, les écrivains, acteurs essentiels de la chaîne du livre, sont-ils obligés pour la majorité d’entre eux d’avoir une « double vie » et d’exercer une autre activité rémunératrice ? Pourtant ces écrivains font vivre de nombreux professionnels et tout un système économique. Rencontre avec Bernard Lahire, Genève, mercredi 13 décembre 2006, 18h30

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