DOCUMENTARY SITES International Documentary Conference 8th -12th September 2000 University of Auckland New Zealand This documentary conference is the third of such international documentary events to be held at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Following the precedents set by "In Reality" (1996) and "Thinking Markets" (1998) we aim to stimulate productive dialogue between documentary professionals researching and working at universities, and in the film and television industries of Australasia and the Asia-Pacific region. The conference begins with an opening night premiere, followed by a three-day symposium and ending with a day of practitioner workshops. The majority of panel discussions will be oriented around the intersection of theory and practice with two sessions focused on industry questions of co-production. In response to a need for a regular forum for documentary theories in the Asia-Pacific region, with the support of Australian academics we are widening the focus this year to invite international participation in the presentation of conference papers. "Documentary Sites" is an invitation to open up documentary scholarship and practice to further geographical, media and discursive modes of siting /sighting documentary. Panels will be based around the following themes: Documentary Audiences Ethics and Documentary Documentaries of the Asia-Pacific Region Autobiography Postcolonialism, Indigeneity and Diaspora New Media Digital to 35mm: the New Visibility of Theatrical Documentary Political or Agitational Documentary Reality TV and Celebrity The Politics of History-Making Drama Documentary: Borders and Boundaries The Apparatus in Documentary: Camera, Sound, Edit CALL FOR PAPERS: the closing date for paper submissions is 31 March, 2000. Please send a brief (200 word) paper abstract: Via Email to: [log in to unmask] (Please stipulate panel topic in the subject headings field) or Via Overland Mail to: Susie Corrick Documentary Sites Centre for Film, Television and Media Studies University of Auckland Private Bag 92018 Auckland NEW ZEALAND Note: a Conference website is currently being developed, but in the short term updates on Documentary Sites will be posted at the Centre for Film, TV and Media Studies site: http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/ftvm/ ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu