Media, War and Conflict Journal 10^th Anniversary Conference

Spaces of War, War of Spaces

May 22nd-23rd 2018

The Media, War and Conflict Journal was born in the midst of a global war on terror that locked down time and space such that all conflicts seemed to become part of a single campaign. Since then there have been significant transformations in the way war and conflict is produced, enacted, negotiated, remembered and ‘felt’ in, through and with media.

The aim of the tenth anniversary conference was to consider, evaluate and reflect upon these transformations through Spaces of War and War of Spaces.

Spaces of War allowed us to analyse how media spaces (traditional, digital, cultural, aesthetic, embodied, mnemonic) are used to position wars in space and time in a manner that transforms the conduct, outcomes and consequences of war for all involved.

War of Spaces allowed us to analyse how ‘war’ actors (political, military, survivors, victims) utilize, integrate and compete over (media) space thereby recreating space and time in a manner that transforms the political, social, cultural and personal impact of media.

Drawing on these themes, the tenth anniversary conference aimed to showcase the best research in this field while also taking stock of how the field has developed so as to identify the emerging challenges we face.

For more information visit the conference website or read through our tweets from the two days

Conference Sponsors

Thanks to our Conference Sponsors for all their support and assistance with the organisation of the conference: