Editors David L. Palatinus (University of Ruzomberok) Stefania Achella (University of Chieti-Pescara) The purpose of this special issue of Itinerari would be to tackle the interrelation of Climate, Conflict and Migration, and the ways their pertaining ecological, political, and ethical complexities are construed and circulated via various cultural practices and ways of symbolization.
Alex Garland’s recent miniseries, Devs (20th Television, 2020), takes on many similar themes which have been explored in his previous directorial outputs, including Ex Machina (A24; Universal Pictures, 2015) and Annihilation (Paramount Pictures;
My wife and I are rather fond of the very charming children’s animation Clangers (1969-1974) [ii]. These kind, loveable, knitted, whistling, stop-motion aliens are just irresistible and one of those slices of childhood that can be revisited again and again. There’s a really nice episode where the Soup Dragon is upset.
An edited collection on graphic medicine and graphic storytelling related to the COVID-19 global pandemic Editors: Alexandra P. Alberda, Anna Feigenbaum, William Proctor As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to infect millions, kill people around the world, dismantle political, economic and cultural infrastructures, and disrupt our everyday lives, we have seen a surge in amateur and professional creative activity in the comics medium.
Good true crime is like an onion: each layer, each episode, revealing more of the complexity of the case, more about the character and behavior of the suspects, more about possible motives and alibis, and more potentially compromising truths. In Netflix’s Tiger King (2020), each layer reveals more, well … crazy.
The first screen portrayal of Ian Fleming’s James Bond was not Sean Connery in Dr No (1962), but on television nearly ten years before. Fleming had repeatedly sought to exploit the character on screen and there were numerous failed approaches made to him about adapting his Bond novels for television, from both US and British producers, during the 1950s.
Dear Mx Leeds and Mx Harvard, I feel it only right to send this apology to you over the fact that previously on this blog I got a bit – um – disrespectful concerning the example given online of how to cite a television broadcast, i.e.: Desperate housewives, Episode 16, Crime doesn’t pay . 2009.
Journal: The Australasian Journal of Popular Culture **Special Issue: Nostalgia and Popular Culture ** Abstract submission deadline: 10 May 2020 Full article (6,000-7,000 words) submission deadline: 19 July 2020 Issue Guest Editors: Carmel Cedro (Auckland University of Technology) and Blair Speakman (Auckland University of Technology) Nostalgia is a pervasive part
Date of pre-conference: 2 October 2020 Call for papers deadline: 15 May 2020 Notificiation: 1 June 2020 Organisers: João Carlos Correia, University of Beira Interior (jcorreia@ubi.pt) Pedro Jerónimo, University of Beira Interior
Edited by Stuart Price and Ben Harbisher Media Discourse Centre, De Montfort University, UK (Early Publication Date tbc – needless to say, we seek polished, well-referenced material that will help us meet our editorial deadlines – method of referencing will be Harvard, blended with our ‘house style’) Overview of CfC and suggested topics The Media […]
You find yourself amidst the worst public health crisis for a generation. The muddled thinking at the heart of government is not engendering confidence. The spectre of mass deaths and possible chaos in an under-funded health service hangs over ministerial indecision. Politics has become laughable. Comedy has become political. Great satire troubles the comfortable and consoles the afflicted.