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Abstract

Eric Freedman and Hollis Griffin review the 2010 Flow media studies conference. With its amalgam of roundtables and protracted yet hyperlocalized social media debates, the Flow conference demonstrates some of the growing pains of an evolving, dispersed, interdisciplinary area of study. These cracks in the foundation of disciplinary logic showcase the dialogic nature of the biennial gathering, and the relative success of its varied sessions. As a transmedia enterprise that engages with complex issues, the Flow conference refuses to reify formal and ideological rifts, and remains dialogic to avoid some of the pitfalls of rigidly linear approaches to scholarly inquiry. As equal parts scholarly event and hyperactive academic performance, Flow provides some key insights into the contested nature of conference space itself.

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