A conference focusing on the developments in the social and cultural lives of Iranians since the revolution.
Organised by Centre for Media and Film Studies at SOAS, Iran Heritage Foundation, London Middle East Institute at SOAS.
Topics
The conference will focus on, but is not limited to, the following topics:
* New roles for women;
* Changing family structure and the lives of young people;
* Music and creativity;
* Varied voices within official media - Radio Javan, Gofto Goo, Payam;
* Images beyond Orientalism - the explosion of art and photography;
* Youth culture, fashion and design;
* Comedy, cartoons and satire;
* Tehran as a global city;
* Urban change beyond the capital;
* Social networking and the internet - from Facebook to Orkut;
* New writing cultures from blogging to SMS;
* Establishing the cultural industries inside Iran; and
* Connecting the inside and the outside - diasporas and everyday life.
Abstracts By January 15, 2009
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