AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

Academics, journalists, writers and artists will gather in São Paulo, Brazil at the third International Congress on Cultural Journalism on May 17 to 20 in Sao Paulo.

Organized by the Social Service of Commerce, SESC, the event's goal is to reflect on the current state of culture journalism across various media platforms.

The program features international experts such as critical theorists Camille Paglia and Slavoj Zizek, film director Werner Herzog and novelist Enrique Vila-Matas.

Topics include artistic genres and journalism, press responsibility, the role of TV in culture, cultural journalism training and the importance of digital media, among others.

Registration costs between R$100 and R$400 (about US$65 and US$255) and can be done online at the SESC site.

For more information (in Portuguese), click here.
http://www.sescsp.org.br/sesc/conferencias_new/subindex.cfm?Referencia=7...

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