ULAB MSJ Launches “Patterns of Bangladesh” Exhibit Series

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ULAB MSJ Launches “Patterns of Bangladesh” Exhibit Series.

The Media Studies and Journalism (MSJ) Department of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB, http://www.ulab.edu.bd ) presented its Spring Semester 2011 Series of Exhibits from April 24 to 27, 2011. The exhibit brought together the works of students, which included research paper presentations, communication campaign materials, visual art, digital art, photography and film exhibitions. Every semester, the MSJ Department launches an exhibit – the forthcoming one being its sixth. Each exhibit was based on a philosophical/sociological concept and/or theory, which is used to guide and harmonize student outputs as well as ground them in communication-related perspectives.

The exhibit carried the theme “Patterns of Bangladesh.” The theme highlights the Pattern Theory put forward by Applied Mathematician Ulf Grenander (1996). Grenander was concerned about order, patterns and regularity – concepts that imply that the world we live in has a structure making it possible for us to understand it. In his book, he mentioned “the world we live in is not completely disordered, although it may sometimes seem so. Instead, it is governed by rules, some of which are exact – like the ones controlling the changes of the season and the eclipses of the sun, while others involve randomness, like Mendelian genetics or the behavior of animal collectives.” In the exhibits, students demonstrated an understanding of the concept of patterns in the Bangladeshi context as a partial requirement of their courses.

The concepts and/or theories in past exhibits included Face Negotiation Theory (Stella Ting-Toomey); Relational Dialectics (Leslie Baxter and Barbara Montgomery); Technological Determinism (Marshall McLuhan); and Gross National Happiness (Centre for Bhutan Studies).

The complete line-up of the forthcoming media exhibits/presentations were as follows:

Faculty-Student Research Conference: Patterns in Bangladeshi Media
Date: April 24, 2011
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Seminar Room, Campus B. House 56, Road No. 7/A (Satmasjid Road), Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1209 Bangladesh

Communication Campaign Presentations: Behavioral Change Patterns in Bangladesh
Date: April 25, 2011
Time: 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Seminar Room and Lobby Area, Campus B. House 56, Road No. 7/A (Satmasjid Road), Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1209 Bangladesh

Visual Art, Digital Art and Photography Exhibit
Opening Date: April 26, 2011, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Exhibit Date: April 26 and 27
Venue: Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbag, Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh

Digital Productions:
            Media Society Dialogue: Reflections on Bangladeshi Music (A Multimedia Presentation)
            ULAB TV (A Microcosm of a TV Channel)
Date: April 27, 2011
Time: 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbag, Dhaka 1000 Bangladesh

All items produced by the students of the MSJ Department from the following courses:

•   Development Communication and Advocacy (MSJ205). Marium Akther. Course Instructor.
•   Multimedia Production (MSJ210). Imtiaz Chowdhury. Course Instructor.
•   Mass Communication (MSJ212). Marium Akther. Course Instructor.
•   Video Communication 1 (MSJ301). Razibul Hossain. Course Instructor.
•   Introduction to Photography (GED211). Razibul Hossain. Course Instructor.
•   Research Methodology (MSJ406). Anis Pervez. Course Instructor.
•   Video Communication 2 (MSJ431). Hillol Sobhan. Course Instructor.
•   Advertising (MSJ342). Imtiaz Chowdhury. Course Instructor.
•   Social Context of Media (MSJ307). Anis Pervez. Course Instructor.
•   Advanced TV Production (MSJ430). Razibul Hossain. Course Instructor.

The visual art, digital art, photography and campaign exhibits will be transferred to the ULAB Campus located at House No. 719/A, Road No. 7/A (Satmasjid Road), Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1209 Bangladesh. The exhibit will run until May 30, 2011.

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