RE: research seminar paper- any recommendations?

From: Vincent Campbell (v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Jan 12 2001 - 12:06:42 GMT

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    From: Vincent Campbell <v.p.campbell@stir.ac.uk>
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    If it approaches something readable I will do so.

    It's probably going to end up as rather sketchy presentation notes given the
    forum. But if something coherent emerges in print form, I'll post it to the
    group.

    Vincent

    > ----------
    > From: Dini
    > Reply To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:39 pm
    > To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    > Subject: Re: research seminar paper- any recommendations?
    >
    > And please send us a copy of your paper.
    > Thanks.
    > Dini
    >
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: Vincent Campbell
    > To: 'memetics@mmu.ac.uk'
    > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:10 PM
    > Subject: research seminar paper- any recommendations?
    >
    > Hiya everyone,
    >
    > I thought I'd just let you know that I'll be giving a brief paper on
    > memetics at a forthcoming inter-departmental research seminar
    > between my own
    > department (the Department of Film & Media Studies) and the
    > Institute for
    > Media and Communication from the University of Oslo. This is a
    > return visit
    > following up a similar seminar in Oslo last year (it's a very nice
    > city if
    > you ever get the chance to go there).
    >
    > My (as yet unwritten) paper is entitled 'Memetics, Media Studies and
    > Cultural Policy: Some Initial Observations', and the main aim will
    > simply be
    > to introduce the main ideas of memetics to a media studies body of
    > scholars.
    > Their responses will rest no doubt on my capacity to get the core
    > ideas of
    > memetics across within the allocated 20 minutes (so, vain hope
    > then...).
    >
    > What I would appreciate is any advice members of the group may have,
    > perhaps
    > based on previous experiences, regarding introducing memetics to new
    > audiences (I'll be amazed if any of my prospective audience have
    > heard of it
    > before, so it will likely be brand new to them).
    >
    > Obviously, I will report back to the list as to how it went, and
    > what
    > responses were received.
    >
    > Vincent
    >
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    > Transmission
    > For information about the journal and the list (e.g. unsubscribing)
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    >
    >
    >
    >

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