Wish I could be there for the panel! Thanks for sharing the write-up, Cherian. I can make sure it is added to the set of resources we provide to international liaisons of our divisions and interest groups. To this set of issues, I'd add a few others: a big one is the intangible issue of habitus, which was written about so well in the 'Putting the I in ICA' report from ten years ago, which spotlights the fact that how we 'do' conferences- including everything to paneling, responding and governance- is highly westernized, and in ICA's case, highly Americanized (we don't have a general secretary, for example, we tend to have panel respondents, and we are still wedded to a 75-minute format). We've done quite a bit about this over the years but there is a lot that remains.
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Shiv Ganesh
Professor
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin TX
United States
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-14-2023 23:55
From: Cherian George
Subject: Community views: Obstacles to globalising media research
When we asked academics in our network how to make media studies research more globally diverse and inclusive, thoughtful responses arrived from every continent, from senior academics, early-career scholars, and PhD students. They talked about linguistic barriers; the lack of interest in the non-west among the field's tastemakers; how a narrow understanding of theoretical rigour marginalises work on the Global South; and how performance metrics adopted by non-western universities undermines their own ability to serve their communities' needs.
Read the summary at our GlobalMediaStudies.Network website.
Thanks to all who contributed!
We also hope you'll join our in-person dialogue in Toronto:
BLUE SKY BIG IDEAS SESSION
Globalising research and teaching of media and communication studies
Panelists: Saba Bebawi, Cherian George, Silvio Waisbord, Herman Wasserman
Monday 29 May, 1:30–2:45pm, Toronto, Canada
The convenors of the Global Media Studies Network will lead a conversation at the International Communication Association Annual Conference in Toronto about diversifying, de-westernising and decolonising the field.
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Cherian George
Professor
School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist U
Kowloon Tong
Hong Kong
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