A PROLOGUE..

Exploring MediaSpaces and DigiCultures

by 

Aparajita De

Imagine the excitement in the 70s when Television first came to India - of the unthinkable possibilities that it could open up and subsequently the irrevocable changes it would bring in our lives. A completely New World, new ways of seeing and be seen in return. Television was most definitely a game changer with a new set of rules. But it all seems passé now having seen so many avatars of the media. Just think of the present generation, who much before they can walk or talk is well conversant with computers, mobile phones or the social media. What disassociates us - the past, present and future generations, are the form and the technology of the media/medium. But more importantly, our connection lies in the manner in which media and its varying avatars have impregnated our lives and our minds.

The DigiMagazine, Cultural Cartographies of Media endeavours to create an insight, and narrative/s on media, media practices and its wide ranging influences and manifestations. On one hand, it will be a commentary on various aspects of media and media practices and on the other, it would try to highlight media as a distinctive form of seeing and understanding the world around us.

The DigiMagazine also attempts at giving space and engaging with the multiple voices - both academic and non academic, media practitioners and non-practitioners, artists and non-artists and beyond – that are continually trying to make sense of our everyday worlds and lives through media.  Hence, the DigiMagazine is not only an interface between the aforesaid binaries but intends to initiate an experimental space for all – people with different forms of expression and perspectives.     

Author's Bio-Note:

Aparajita De is Assistant Professor in Department of Geography, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. She is also the Convenor of the Department's Media Lab and Digital Library. She is currently working on Mediaspace, Bollywood and popular culture.

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A. For Article:

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• Word Limit for Article: 1000-1500 words.
• Font Type and Size: Times New Roman, 12
• Spacing between lines: 1.5 

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• Minimum requirement for any series is of three posts while the maximum may vary upto four or six posts.
• We also require a Series Title that would play as the key theme with individual posts providing insights to it. The layout is provided below.
• We also require the series editor to write an introductory post for the entire series wherein individual posts are briefly introduced and discussed.
• It is left to the discretion of the Series Editor whether they want to provide a brief two- three line introduction to each post or to source these introductions from the introductory post only.
• The layout displays itself as such: 

Post/ Article Title

Series Title

The articles must be submitted in MS Word format while photographs must be submitted in any of the below mentioned formats along with a pdf displaying the layout of the post as the contributor wants it to be.

Author’s Bio Note: One recent photograph with a brief introduction in order to be posted along with the contribution on the blog.

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