[KS] Re: Kyoto Journal: Sampla Issue and Call for Submissions

[Jamie Paquin]

Hi, please send me a sample copy.

Thanks,

Jamie Paquin
Dept. of Sociology
York University
2060 Vari Hall
4100 Keele St.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M3J 1P3


>From: "Lauren Deutsch" <ldeutsch at lalc.k12.ca.us>
>Reply-To: korean-studies at mailbase.ac.uk
>To: korean-studies at mailbase.ac.uk
>Subject: Kyoto Journal: Sampla Issue and Call for Submissions
>Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 23:16:35 -0700
>
>In an effort to expand its distribution and to broaden the base of
>submissions for publication consideration, the award-winning "Kyoto 
>Journal:
>Perspectives on Asia" would be very pleased to send you a sample copy (It's
>published in English in Kyoto). If you would like, please send me your
>street address and I'll forward it on to them. Their website is
>www.kampo.co.jp/kyoto-journal.
>
>Lauren Deutsch
>Contributing Editor, Kyoto Journal
>
>Invitation for Submissions: Kyoto Journal 'Special Issue' 2000
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Kyoto Journal is an award-winning, non-profit, volunteer-based
> > > international quarterly established in 1986, seeking fresh,
> > > thought-provoking "Perspectives on Asia". Every year a special issue
> > > explores a specific theme - most recently, "Time". We are now inviting
> > > submissions for Special Issue 2000. Deadline September 1, 2000
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Our Theme: Media in Asia - The Inside Story
> > >
> > >
> > > Relevant, informative Internet access to Asia is accelerating
> > > exponentially, and our special issue on Media in Asia will deliver a 
>wealth
> > > of detail about present-day Asia online - both mainstream and 
>alternative -
> > > but we're also aiming for inside scoops on Asian cinema, TV, radio,
> > > newspapers, magazines, books, CD-ROMS, advertising - in short, the 
>works.
> > > We're seeking tightly-focused stories with informed, critical insights 
>into
> > > how Japanese, Korean, Burmese, Chinese, Thai, Malaysian or other Asian
> > > media differ from their Western counterparts, and how the Western 
>media
> > > fare in covering the Asian beat.
> > >
> > > We're looking for essays or narratives that scrutinize how the media
> > > operate, influence, and are themselves influenced - whether by 
>corporate
> > > owners, governments, or others with an agenda, or by historical, 
>social or
> > > cultural circumstance. What roles do the media play, and how well do 
>they
> > > really serve public interest?
> > >
> > > Stories may weigh the present, forsee the future, or reflect 
>historically
> > > on the past. One sample: a major feature (now in progress) on how and 
>why
> > > Japan's newspapers deny their readers the skeptical inquiry needed for
> > > shaping social change. A related story takes us behind-the-scenes for 
>a
> > > day-to-day narrative of the business of putting out the Daily Yomiuri, 
>the
> > > English version of Japan's largest-selling newspaper.
> > >
> > > Meanwhile, a former TV producer/camerawoman in Beijing for Associated 
>Press
> > > Television News, America's only TV news agency, shows how boldly the
> > > Chinese seek to gag foreign journalists, and worse, how Western media
> > > sometimes stifle sensitive stories to safeguard their burgeoning 
>business
> > > interests in China.
> > >
> > > This special issue will also explore the changing, diverse frontiers 
>of
> > > popular culture, from movies (including a new piece by Donald Ritchie) 
>all
> > > the way out to 'i-mode' cell phones, which are changing forever the 
>ways in
> > > which people relate and do business. We hope to delve into non-Western
> > > conceptions of celebrity, to stimulate searching interviews with media
> > > figures, and to uncover thought-provoking stories readers will not 
>find
> > > anywhere else.
> > >
> > > Please join us!
> > >
> > > Writers, interviewers, media fans and critics, photographers and 
>artists
> > > are invited to participate in this project. Submissions will be 
>received
> > > through September 1st, 2000. (If you're interested in contributing, 
>please
> > > contact us ASAP to outline your interest. . .) Sorry, we can't pay for
> > > articles, but anyone whose work is included will receive a free year's
> > > subscription.
> > >
> > > Contacts:
> > >
> > > Stewart Wachs, KJ Associate Editor <wachs at gol.com>
> > > 077-527-5380
> > >
> > > Ken Rodgers, KJ Managing Editor <rodgers at kyoto-seika.ac.jp>
> > > 075-712-7129
> > >
> > > Fax: 075-751-1196
> > > Mail: 35 Minamigoshomachi, Okazaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8334 Japan
> > > Website: www.kampo.co.jp/kyoto-journal
> > >
> > > SPECIAL ALERT: we'd like to request anyone travelling in Asia this 
>summer
> > > to watch out for and collect arresting examples of local media 
>graphics -
> > > magazines, handbills, advertising, graffiti - images that could be
> > > incorporated in this issue's design. What exists out there as 
>counterpoint
> > > to the contemporary perception of media as internationalized corporate
> > > satellitefeedfiberopticdigitized hi-tech? Please help!
> > >
>------------
>This message has been sent by
>Lauren W. Deutsch
>Director, Pacific Rim Arts
>835 S. Lucerne Blvd., #103, Los Angeles CA 90005 USA
>E Mail ldeutsch at lalc.k12.ca.us
>Phone (323) 930-2587

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