we host feedback seminars for graduate students and other researchers who want to discuss their material before submitting it for conferences or publication.
if you are interested in presenting something, or would like to know more, email rasmus kleis nielsen at rkn2103@columbia.edu.
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fall 2008 seminars
being planned as you read--let us know if you would like to present
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spring 2008 seminars
february 20
open session on theory and methods in media research, 08:00pm-10:00pm, department of media culture and communication, nyu, 239 greene st.
march 26 [this seminar has been cancelled]
jonah bossewitch (columbia), title tba, 08:00pm-10:00pm, graduate school of journalism, columbia university, room 107b.
april 23
amy stuart (new school for social research), title tba, 08:00pm-10:00pm, room d1002, new school for social research, 79 fifth avenue, entrance on 16th street.
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fall 2007 seminars
september 20th
veronica alfaro ahumada (new school for social research), ‘politics and resistance in cyberspace: an exploration of the practices of power in the virtual sphere’, 08:00pm-10:00pm, room d1002, new school for social research, 79 fifth avenue, entrance on 16th street.
october 25th
sarah stonbely (nyu), ‘epistemology of media sociology’, 08:00pm-10:00pm, room d1007, new school for social research, 79 fifth avenue.
november 29th
charles girard (paris-1/sorbonne), ‘the public sphere as a normative concept - from political theory to communication studies’, 08:00pm-10:00pm, graduate school of journalism, columbia university, room 107d.
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most sessions will focus on one or two papers announced in advance, followed by shorter ad-hoc brainstorming sessions on whatever participants bring to the table or post on the blog.
sociological research suggests that the combination of (a) groups of young people, (b) with no fixed work hours, (c) on manhattan, (d) in the late evening, often result in what is, to use a technical term, called ’social interaction’.
