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<P class=MsoNormal>M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture<BR><A
href="http://www.media-culture.org.au">http://www.media-culture.org.au</A><BR><BR>Published
by Media and Cultural Studies Centre and the School of English, Media Studies
and Art History, University of Queensland, Australia <BR
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<P class=MsoNormal>Call for Papers – “Self” </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>The editors are pleased to announce that the feature article
for the “Self” issue of M/C will be authored by Professor Michael Clyne (<SPAN
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Multilingualism and Cross-Cultural Communication at </SPAN>The University of
Melbourne), author of <I><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Inter-cultural
Communication at Work</SPAN></I><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">.
Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1994.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt">
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<P class=MsoNormal>The deadline for submissions is 26 August 2002 and the issue
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<P class=MsoNormal>Please see the CFP below for further details.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Me? "I" am everywhere. Philosophers, social scientists,
behavioural<BR>and medical scientists have been investigating the existence
and<BR>significance of individual consciousness,
self-perception,<BR>self-promotion and other notions of "the self" for
centuries.<BR><BR>The 'self' permeates contemporary culture. Through
capitalist<BR>individualism and conservative politics 'self' must be
considered<BR>first above the needs of the group - "looking after no. 1".
In<BR>therapeutic, religious and consumerist discourses of
self-improvement,<BR>self-help or self-actualisation, 'self' is obscured; an
entity which<BR>needs to be sought and found, changed or accommodated, an entity
which<BR>one needs to become "in touch with". Within these permutations
"self"<BR>carries the assumption of its own existence, as either a
stable,<BR>unchanging entity or as a contextually sensitive and
dynamic<BR>identity. Either way, self is individuality - one's own
interests.<BR><BR>'Self' is commonly a prefix which expresses an action done to
one's<BR>self (self-hatred, self-discipline) or which describes an attribute
of<BR>an entity (self-concerned, self-contained). It can also be a
suffix,<BR>which carries a level of self-reflexivity (myself,
yourself).<BR><BR>The editors of M/C invite submissions of no more than 2000
words on<BR>the subject of "self", and welcome various interpretations of
the<BR>term. Possible topics include, but should not be limited to "the
first<BR>person era", first person media and Reality TV, 'factual'
depictions<BR>of self in various media; notions of "true selves"
within<BR>auto/biographical acts such as in writing, personal Webpages
or<BR>documentary, the cultural celebration of self-awareness and
autonomy,<BR>ideas relating to subjectivity and identity politics, social
language<BR>behaviour such as im/politeness and its effects on 'self';
identity<BR>play in different media, the contextual variability and
multiplicity<BR>of 'self', conflicting identities - for instance "immigrants
against<BR>further immigration" groups.<BR><BR>Issue editors: Felicity Meakins
(<A
href="mailto:dacnth-westling@nt-tech.com.au">dacnth-westling@nt-tech.com.au</A>)
and Kate Douglas (<A
href="mailto:jk.douglas@mailbox.uq.edu.au">jk.douglas@mailbox.uq.edu.au</A>)
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