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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture<BR><<A
href="http://www.media-culture.org.au">http://www.media-culture.org.au</A>></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Published by School of English, Media Studies and
Art History, University of Queensland, Australia 4072</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CALL FOR PAPERS: 'SELF'</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Me? "I" am everywhere. Philosophers, social
scientists, behavioural and medical scientists have been investigating the
existence and significance of individual consciousness, self-perception,
self-promotion and other notions of "the self" for centuries.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The 'self' permeates contemporary culture. Through
capitalist individualism and conservative politics 'self' must be considered
first above the needs of the group - "looking after no. 1". In therapeutic,
religious and consumerist discourses of self-improvement, self-help or
self-actualisation, 'self' is obscured; an entity which needs to be sought and
found, changed or accommodated, an entity which one needs to become "in touch
with". Within these permutations "self" carries the assumption of its own
existence, as either a stable, unchanging entity or as a contextually sensitive
and dynamic identity. Either way, self is individuality - one's own interests.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>'Self' is commonly a prefix which expresses an
action done to one's self (self-hatred, self-discipline) or which describes an
attribute of an entity (self-concerned, self-contained). It can also be a
suffix, which carries a level of self-reflexivity (myself,
yourself).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The editors of M/C invite submissions of no more
than 2000 words on the subject of "self", and welcome various interpretations of
the term. Possible topics include, but should not be limited to "the first
person era", first person media and Reality TV, 'factual' depictions of self in
various media; notions of "true selves" within auto/biographical acts such as in
writing, personal Webpages or documentary, the cultural celebration of
self-awareness and autonomy, ideas relating to subjectivity and identity
politics, social language behaviour such as im/politeness and its effects on
'self'; identity play in different media, the contextual variability and
multiplicity of 'self', conflicting identities - for instance "immigrants
against further immigration" groups and gay christians.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>But enough navel gazing, send your submissions to
M/C!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>issue editors: Kate Douglas (<A
href="mailto:jk.douglas@mailbox.uq.edu.au">jk.douglas@mailbox.uq.edu.au</A>)
& Felicity Meakins (<A
href="mailto:dacnth-westling@nt-tech.com.au">dacnth-westling@nt-tech.com.au</A>)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>article deadline: 26 August 2002</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>issue release date: 25 September
2002<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>