Whats Become of Australian
Cultural Studies?
Cultural studies face a complicated yet rich future, proving both flexible and resilient in many countries. Against this backdrop, this book offers a fresh perspective on the state of the field of cultural studies, via an evaluation of the work of one of its key thinkers Graeme Turner and the traditions of Australian cultural studies which have been influential on the formation of the field.
Thinking with Turner, and being informed by his practice, can help orient us in the face of new challenges and contexts across culture, media, and everyday life; teaching and pedagogy; the relation of research to the new politics of public engagement, policy, management, and universities; the internationalization of cultural studies and the reconfiguration of nationalism; the changing concepts and relations of culture; the development of important new areas in cultural studies, such as celebrity studies; and the emergence of digital media studies.
This lively and provocative volume is essential reading for anyone interested in where cultural studies has come from, where its heading to, and what kinds of ideas not least from Graeme Turner will help scholars and students alike make sense of and reconfigure the discipline.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Cultural Studies.
Gerard Goggin is Professor of Media and Communications and ARC Future Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Anna Cristina Pertierra is Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.
Mark Andrejevic is Professor in the Department of Media Studies, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA.
Melissa Gregg is Principal Engineer in User Experience Research at Intel labs, based in Portland, OR, USA.
Whats Become of Australian
Cultural Studies?
Cultural studies face a complicated yet rich future, proving both flexible and resilient in many countries. Against this backdrop, this book offers a fresh perspective on the state of the field of cultural studies, via an evaluation of the work of one of its key thinkers Graeme Turner and the traditions of Australian cultural studies which have been influential on the formation of the field.
Thinking with Turner, and being informed by his practice, can help orient us in the face of new challenges and contexts across culture, media, and everyday life; teaching and pedagogy; the relation of research to the new politics of public engagement, policy, management, and universities; the internationalization of cultural studies and the reconfiguration of nationalism; the changing concepts and relations of culture; the development of important new areas in cultural studies, such as celebrity studies; and the emergence of digital media studies.
This lively and provocative volume is essential reading for anyone interested in where cultural studies has come from, where its heading to, and what kinds of ideas not least from Graeme Turner will help scholars and students alike make sense of and reconfigure the discipline.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Cultural Studies.
Gerard Goggin is Professor of Media and Communications and ARC Future Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Anna Cristina Pertierra is Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Social Analysis at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.
Mark Andrejevic is Professor in the Department of Media Studies, Pomona College, Claremont, CA, USA.
Melissa Gregg is Principal Engineer in User Experience Research at Intel labs, based in Portland, OR, USA.
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Contents
Citation Information
The chapters in this book were originally published in Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (July 2015). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Chapter 1
Whats become of Australian cultural studies: The legacies of Graeme Turner
Gerard Goggin, Anna Pertierra and Mark Andrejevic
Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (July 2015), pp. 491502
Chapter 2
Turning up to play: GT and the modern game
Meaghan Morris
Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (July 2015), pp. 503514
Chapter 3
Dependencia meets gentle nationalism
Toby Miller
Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (July 2015), pp. 515526
Chapter 4
Kylie will be OK: On the (im-)possibility of Australian celebrity studies
Frances Bonner
Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (July 2015), pp. 527545
Chapter 5
Cultural studies and the culture concept
Tony Bennett
Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (July 2015), pp. 546568
Chapter 6
Politics as scholarly practice: Graeme Turner and the art of advocacy
John C. Byron
Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (July 2015), pp. 569589
Chapter 7
The effective academic executive
Melissa Gregg
Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (July 2015), pp. 590608
Chapter 8
Afterword: Sowhat has become of Australian cultural studies?
Graeme Turner
Cultural Studies, volume 29, issue 4 (July 2015), pp. 609614
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