Might be of interest to some of us. ulla Date: Fri 10/4/02 From: Lance Strate STRATE@FORDHAM.EDU Call for Nominations for the 2003 Media Ecology Association Awards The Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology Open to books published in 2000 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Susanne K. Langer Award, the Lewis Mumford Award, or the Dorothy Lee Award. The Walter Benjamin Award for Outstanding Article in the Field of Media Ecology Open to articles, essays, reviews, and book chapters published in 2000 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Susanne K. Langer Award, the Lewis Mumford Award, or the Dorothy Lee Award. The Susanne K. Langer Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Symbolic Form Open to books and articles published in 2000 or later that focus on the ecology of language, semantics, semiotics, codes, symbol systems, aesthetic form, etc. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Lewis Mumford Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Technics Open to books and articles published in 2000 or later that focus on the history and/or philosophy of technology or science; studies of specific technologies, techniques, or media, and/or their social, cultural, and psychological effects; analysis and criticism of the technological/information society. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Dorothy Lee Award for Outstanding Scholarship in the Ecology of Culture Open to books and articles published in 2000 or later that focus on the ethnographic or intercultural analysis of communication, perception, cognition, consciousness, media, technology; material culture, and/or the natural environment. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. Entrants may request simultaneous consideration for the Marshall McLuhan Award or the Walter Benjamin Award. The Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work Open to novels, short stories, hypertexts, plays, scripts, comics, audio recordings, motion pictures, videos, and other narrative forms, published or released in 2000 or later, that include media ecology themes, concepts, or insights. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. The John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology Open to works of art, media production, professional activity or other practical applications of the media ecology approach. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of the supporting materials. The Harold A. Innis Award for Outstanding Thesis or Dissertation in the Field of Media Ecology Open to any Master's thesis or doctoral dissertation completed for a degree granted in 2000 or later on any topic related to media ecology. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies. The Louis Forsdale Award for Outstanding Educator in the Field of Media Ecology Open to any instructor on any educational level. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials. The Jacques Ellul Award for Outstanding Media Ecology Activism Open to any individual engaged in political activism whose work is informed by the media ecology perspective. Entry requirements: Letter of nomination or self-nomination and five copies of supporting materials. Send all entries by December 1st, 2002 to: Lance Strate, President, Media Ecology Association Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University Bronx, New York 10458 For more information, see the MEA Web site at www.media-ecology.org or contact Lance Strate at Strate@Fordham.edu or (718) 817-4864.