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Thursday, 20 May 2021

Centre for Communication Studies hosts first colloquium

SPEAKER: Prof Tim Noakes SPEAKER: Prof Tim Noakes The Noakes Foundation

CPUT’s new Centre for Communication Studies is hosting its first colloquium this week and the speakers include well-known author and scientist, Prof Tim Noakes.

The first session of the Thinking Communication, Change and the Visual Inter-University Colloquium took place on Tuesday and the event, which is being held on MS Teams, is scheduled to conclude on Friday (May 21).

“The colloquium is primarily centred around CPUT's Faculty of Informatics and Design, but there are presentations by participants from the University of the Western Cape’s  IT department and the University of Cape Town’s Centre for Film and Media Studies, and the event is open for anyone to join,” said the Centre’s director, Assoc Prof Nic Theo.

“The main objectives are to inform researchers (staff and postdoctoral students) about the work going on in and beyond the university, to encourage researchers to collaborate, and to think about the ways in which their research contributes to the study of communication in cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary ways."

The event covers three main themes: academic practice, communication for change and visual communication.

Noakes, an Adjunct Professor at CPUT, delivered the keynote address which centred around academic freedom.

Friday’s programme will include a roundtable discussion on what the documentary film, My Octopus Teacher, winning the Oscar (Academy Award) means for SA film.

Written by Ilse Fredericks

Email: Frederickskennediji@cput.ac.za