Forwarded by Jeremy Butler. For more information, contact [log in to unmask] >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. ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.