Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research: Applying Communication Theory to Practice June 12-June 16, 2025 Massey University, Palmerston North, Aotearoa New Zealand Oceania Hub: Aotearoa New Zealand Hosted by Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) Communication and Media Studies at Massey University Organizers: Debalina Dutta, Sy Taffel, Sean Phelan, & Mohan Dutta Call for Submissions Due Date: March 7, 2025, 11:59 pm NZST The Oceania Hub of the International Communication Association (ICA) 2025 conference, hosted at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand, explores questions surrounding disrupting Communication Research through the lens of Te Tiriti and Social Justice . Drawing on communication scholarship organized around the various registers of social justice, the Hub examines the intersections of communication theorizing and practice, mobilized toward disruptions and consolidation. The hub will be held in hybr...
This blog offers Mohan Dutta's reflections on the theoretical framework of the culture-centered approach, examining the interplays among Structure, Culture, and Agency in shaping marginalisation and the ways in which communities at the margins challenge structures. Writings on the blog are continually being revised to reflect the organic analysis of structure and agency.