Newsletter n.º 134 – October 2021

Spotlight

Director of CECS awarded the Gold Insignia of the University of Santiago de Compostela

Last October, 22nd, Moisés de Lemos Martins was awarded the Gold Insignia by the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). The session was held in the Salón de Graos of the Colexio de San Xerome of the USC.

Intervention
Release of the book “Práticas artísticas, participação e política”

Release of the book “Práticas artísticas, participação e política”

The launching of the book "Práticas artísticas, participação e política" (Artistic practices, participation and politics), by Hugo Cruz, will be taking place on November 9, at 6.30 p.m., at Centésima Página. Passeio and the Master in Communication, Art and Culture from the University of Minho are the book promoters.

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Colégio Doutoral UMinho: Conversations about ethics in research

Colégio Doutoral UMinho: Conversations about ethics in research

The first session, "Doctoral College UMinho: Conversations on Ethics in Research", was held on October 22. Devoted to the topic "Methodological Reflections on Racial Issues", the session was attended by Ana Rita Alves (CES, UC) and Cristina Roldão (ESE-IPS/ CIES-IUL).

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Research
Seminar on the project LIMEdiat

Seminar on the project LIMEdiat

The Permanent Seminar for Research and Community (SPIC) on the project LIMEdiat will take place on November 24 at 2:30 p.m.

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The Role of Communication in Pandemic Crisis Management in discussion

The Role of Communication in Pandemic Crisis Management in discussion

On November 17, at 2 pm, Communication experts, press officers, journalists and researchers will meet to kick off the "Pandemic and Communication" Conference. The event will focus on the importance of Strategic Communication, journalists' professional practices during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the role played by the media in managing the pandemic crisis.

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Review Permanent Seminar for Research and Community dedicated to the project Cultures Past & Present

Review Permanent Seminar for Research and Community dedicated to the project Cultures Past & Present

The Permanent Seminar for Research and Community (SPIC) on the project Cultures Past & Present took place on October 20 at 2:30 p.m. in the auditorium of Education (Gualtar Campus).

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Publication
New publication: Universities and public participation in science

New publication: Universities and public participation in science

The book As universidades e a participação pública em ciência (Universities and public participation in science), by Liliana Oliveira, has just been released.

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New publication: Cultures and Tourism: Reflections on Heritage, the Arts and Intercultural Communication

New publication: Cultures and Tourism: Reflections on Heritage, the Arts and Intercultural Communication

The book Cultures and Tourism: Reflections on Heritage, the Arts and Intercultural Communication, edited by Moisés de Lemos Martins and Rosânia da Silva, has just been published.

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New book: “Transnational Criminal Cases. Media Narratives on the Use of DNA Technologies”

New book: “Transnational Criminal Cases. Media Narratives on the Use of DNA Technologies”

The book Transnational Criminal Cases. Media Narratives on the use of DNA Technology, by Marta Martins, has just been released.

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New book: Racism and Racial Surveillance

New book: Racism and Racial Surveillance

The book Racism and Racial Surveillance by Sheila Khan, Nazir Ahmed Can, and Helena Machado has been published.

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[NEW DEADLINE] RLEC | Call for Papers | Intercultural mediation, citizenship and social development

[NEW DEADLINE] RLEC | Call for Papers | Intercultural mediation, citizenship and social development

The present issue of RLEC invites proposals on case studies based on trialled practices of intercultural mediation and active multicultural citizenship; descriptions of social mediation during the period of pandemic emergency with a focus on what had to change during the pandemic; as well as reflective contributions on possibilities for meaningful intercultural and social mediation in post-pandemic times, capable of outlining various forms of intercultural experience, of citizenship and of social development in different contexts and from various perspectives.

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[New deadline] Call for Chapters: Urban Tourism, Viral Society and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic

[New deadline] Call for Chapters: Urban Tourism, Viral Society and the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before 6 November, 2021, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter, through this link. Authors will be notified by November 8, 2021, about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.

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Comunicação e Sociedade | Call for papers | Historical reparations: Destabilising constructions from the colonial past

Comunicação e Sociedade | Call for papers | Historical reparations: Destabilising constructions from the colonial past

This volume of Comunicação e Sociedade focuses on the rich interdisciplinary commitment to an attentive and intelligent dialogue between the legacies of coloniality and the current processes of historical reparation in various dimensions of human historicity. With this approach, we intend to invite scholars from various parts of the world to take up this urgent and necessary challenge for the memory of future generations and the problematisation of communication phenomena.

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Vista: permanent call for papers from the new CECS journal

Vista: permanent call for papers from the new CECS journal

With a permanent call for papers, Vista accepts proposals for original and unpublished academic papers on topics related to the objectives and scope of the journal, in the form of articles, visual projects, reviews and interviews. Articles can be submitted in English or Portuguese.

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Education
Director of CECS awarded the Gold Insignia of the University of Santiago de Compostela

Director of CECS awarded the Gold Insignia of the University of Santiago de Compostela

Last October, 22nd, Moisés de Lemos Martins was awarded the Gold Insignia by the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). The session was held in the Salón de Graos of the Colexio de San Xerome of the USC.

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