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Jeremy Butler <[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:20:57 -0700
>
>VISIBLE EVIDENCE SIX: STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES IN DOCUMENTARY FILM
AND VIDEO
>
>The sixth annual Visible Evidence Conference will be convened at San
>Francisco State University, San Francisco, California USA from
>Thursday-Sunday, August 13-16, 1998.
>
>Visible Evidence is a major interdisciplinary event focused on the
role of
>film and video as witness to and voiced for lived, social reality.
It spins
>out from a center in non-fiction documentary to encompass issues of
>ethnography, journalism, medical imaging, the law and visible
evidence,
>advocacy, biography and autobiography, and the art of social
>representation. We welcome a wide range of perspectives including:
>anthropology, architecture, media studies, urban studies, ethnic
studies,
>fine arts, gay an lesbian studies, law, literature, history,
journalism,
>medicine, philosophy, political science, sociology and women's
studies.
>
>This announcement is a CALL FOR PANEL, WORKSHOP, AND SCREENING
PROPOSALS.
>We seek panel and workshop proposals from interested participants.
Once
>panels and other events are selected, a general call for papers and
>presentations will follow.
>
>Panel or workshop topics include, but are not limited to, the
following:
>The New Truth: storytelling, the "true story" and documentary--
exploring
>the
>
>range of truths from Trinh Minh-ha's "Grandma Story" to Reality TV
>Others representing Others: issues of self-representation with
people of color
>gay and lesbian representation
>spectatorship in documentary
>representations of Post-Communism
>Right Time/Right Place: amateur footage and historic events
>Urbanites, Urban Sites: representations of the city
>Critical theory/cultural studies: new directions in social
representation
>Rockumentary-hootchie-koo: the rock documentary and its influences
from its
>
>        origins to MTV
>Two sides of the Border: Mexico, Cuba, Haiti-- evidence of
difference
>the ethnographic impulse: self-reflection and cultural
representation
>Evidence in institutional discourses of the Real: visual evidence
and argument
>        in law, medicine, science, others
>disclosure and confession: the personal and the social from
>tele-exploitation to
>        self-revelation
>evidence of the subjective element: the rise of subjectivity and its
>relation t
>        generic convention (e.g. The Devil Never Sleeps and The Thin
Blue Line)
>postmodern conditions and the documentary tradition
>The Sell: evidence, argument, rhetoric in advertising, MTV,
political campaign
>        films, etc.
>Music in the non-fiction film
>evidence of history: problems of presenting the Past
>transnational documentary and the global economy
>documentary ethics: beyond victimization
>
>To propose a panel or workshop: 1) provide a 25 word statement on
the main
>focus; 2) describe the theme or topic you wish to see addressed in
200-250
>words; 3) include a brief bibliography and 4) some indication of
your
>expertise in the propsed area. If you are proposing a workshop,
indicate
>how many active participants you would want to include.
>
>To propose material for screening, provide the title(s), director,
country,
>running time, and theme(s).
>
>Submit proposals by e-mail to
>        [log in to unmask]
>or submit hard copy to
>        Bill Nichols
>        Dept. of Cinema
>        San Francisco State University
>        1600 Holloway Ave
>        San Francisco, CA  94132
>
>DEADLINE FOR PANEL AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS IS JANUARY 7, 1998.
>
>Approximately 20 minutes from SF Airport, San Francisco State
University
>lies at the southwestern edge of the city, with public transit to
downtown
>and other areas. A variety of on-campus housing facilities, from
residence
>hall rooms and apartments to Guest Center accomodation, will be
available.
>Details will follow.
 
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