Perspectives from India and Mexico
Join the Comic Art Working Group for this roundtable that seeks to enable dialogue and discussion among scholars from different national contexts on the various uses of comic art to frame political issues by different actors, from activism to public policy.
The webinar presents the opportunity to gather members of the Comic Art Working Group to discuss their research work and/or discuss case studies from their countries. We used the term “Politics” in a broad sense to describe the practices than can lead to improve education, political participation, science, democracy and human rights, among others; in other words, we are interested in those discourses that make use of the comic art grammar to foster social development and empower society.
When: Friday 24 April at 15:00 UTC / 08h00 Los Angeles / 11h00 New York / 16h00 London / 17h00 Paris / 18h00 Nairobi / 20h30 Kolkata. The event will last 90 minutes.
Pre-registration is required by 22 April. Register here.
Sponsored by: IAMCR's Comic Art Working Group
Moderator
Levi Obonyo
Vice-Chair of the Comic Art Working Group. Dean of the School of Communication, and professor of Media and Communication at Daystar University, Kenya.
Speakers
- Iván Facundo Rubinstein
Chair of the Comic Art Working Group, assistant professor of the Political and Social Science of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. - Shamala Ramappa
Vice-Chair of the Comic Art Working Group, associate professor of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism Central University of Karnataka - Krishna Sankar Kusuma
Professor of AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Member of the Comic Art Working Group. - Ram Kumar Dhar
Research scholar of the Central University of Tamil Nadu. Member of the Comic Art Working Group. - G. S Dhanunjay
Research scholar of the Central University of Tamil Nadu. Member of the Comic Art Working Group. - Roma Suhas
Researcher and Journalist
Opening remarks
Karen Arriaza Ibarra
Professor in Audiovisual Communication at the Faculty of Communication of Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.
IAMCR's Vice President
Registration
Pre-registration is required by 22 April. Register here.
Location: The meeting will take place on Zoom. Pre-registered participants will receive personal invitations 24 hours before the webinar begins.
Who can participate: The webinar is open to all IAMCR members but space is restricted. Members must register directly through the IAMCR website at https://iamcr.org/webinars/register-comics-and-politics to secure a guaranteed spot. A limited number of guest invitations for non-members may be available. Non-members can fill out this form to request being added to the guest list, but this does not guarantee a spot as space is limited.
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If you are not a member of IAMCR, you can join here.
About the series
The IAMCR Webinar Series aims to open-up channels for engagement and participation in addition to the annual conference, while echoing the great work that is done by Sections, Working Groups and IAMCR members. The series includes presentations, debates, book and project launches. The format is flexible, the connection is what matters. Join us!