[CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF

[Brasher, Brenda E]

I think the basic concept of the award is flawed.  

In an initiative apparently designed to give off an impression of inclusivity, it furthers the reification of a socially constructed academic field. 

Brenda
Dr. B. E. Brasher
Department of Sociology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
USA
bbrasher at tulane.edu



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To: Barry Wellman
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Subject: Re: [CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF
 
I thought of it more as the 'What is the Field? Award'--or, more narrowly,
the 'What is the Discipline in Relation to the Field? Award.'  Not a trivial
question for a discipline-based professional association to ask, as we
discovered last year.

Minor addendum: the nomination process is online only (
http://www.icahdq.org/cfp ).  I am guessing that snail mail submissions will
be frowned on.

J


On 1/7/09 9:27 PM, "Barry Wellman" <wellman at chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Joe for announcing.
> 
> The award I got was interesting. I call it The Marginal Man (sic) Award.
> Officially, it is for a researcher who has "made important contributions
> to the field of communications from outside the discipline of
> communications."
> 
> There are no fixed criteria, but obviously someone in
> Comm Sci who was trained in Comm Sci is not eligible.
> 
> The committee will debate whether someone such as Manuel Castells (trained
> in Sociology, employed at Annenberg Comm, USC) or Elihu Katz (trained in
> Sociology employed at Annenberg Comm, U Penna) is eligible. These are just
> examples -- don't read much into me.
> 
> Of course, the winner doesn't have to be a sociologist. People have
> suggested to me Larry Lessig, Lee Rainie, Howard Rheingold -- altho I
> haven't seen the formal nomination letters -- not due for some weeks.
> 
> Although nominations should be sent to ICA headquarters (nice letters +
> CV), you should know that I'm on the selection committee, altho I declined
> the honour of being chair. (Having already accepted the honour of
> co-chairing the CITASA Career Award committee).
> 
> I've retained the Governor of Illinois as my consultant on the selection
> process;-)
> 
>  Barry Wellman
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> 
> On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Joe Karaganis wrote:
> 
>> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:57:25 -0500
>> From: Joe Karaganis <karaganis at ssrc.org>
>> To: citasa at list.citasa.org
>> Subject: [CITASA] CRCP, CRAC, CROF
>> 
>> Hi Everyone,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Just a note that nominations are being accepted for three International
>> Communication Association prizes (which  we created last year).
>> CITASA's own Barry Wellman received the first Communication Research as
>> an Open Field award.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Nominations have to come from ICA members, but there are no restrictions
>> on nominees.   See http://www.icahdq.org/aboutica/awards.asp for more
>> details.  Any help spreading the word would be welcome.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The deadline is Jan 31, with prizes awarded at ICA in May.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Happy New Year to you,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Joe
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Joe Karaganis
>> 
>> SSRC
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AS COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE
>> 
>> The CRCP prize is awarded to researchers who engage in innovative forms
>> of collaboration to address emergent problems in media and
>> communication. It is designed to encourage collaborative communications
>> research combining the efforts of researchers, practitioners, and other
>> interested parties in the production of new knowledge.
>> 
>> Collaboration that falls outside the usual incentive structures of the
>> academy and that overcomes risks associated with building new kinds of
>> partnerships will be a focus of this reward. The award carries a cash
>> prize of $500.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE
>> 
>> The CRAC prize of $500 is awarded to research that has a demonstrable
>> impact on practice outside the academy, with clear benefits to the
>> community. How communication research may serve as an agent of change
>> and social benefit is open to definition with the application for the
>> award.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AS AN OPEN FIELD
>> 
>> The CROF prize of $500 is awarded to researchers who have made important
>> contributions to the field of communications from outside the discipline
>> of communications. It rewards and supports dialogue with other fields
>> and institutional locations in which vital new understandings of the
>> communications environment and the public sphere are being produced.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 


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