[ecrea] cfp Documentary Now Conference - London 15-16 January 2010

> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> ¡Documentary Now!
> A Conference on the Contemporary Contexts and 
> Possibilities of the Documentary
>
> Conference Location: Birkbeck College
>
> Dates: Fri/Sat 15/16 January 2010
>
> Documentary Now! is back. Now an annual fixture 
> on the UK documentary scene, the conference 
> brings together scholars, filmmakers, students, 
> and interested members of the public to discuss 
> current trends in documentary film, from the 
> return of documentary as a theatrical box office 
> phenomenon, to broadcast television, the web, 
> and beyond. It explores questions of industry, 
> audiences, aesthetics, political engagement, 
> documentary's relationship to the mainstream 
> media and other many other issues. What?s new in 
> documentary? Where is documentary headed?
>
> Speakers include:
> Florian Thahlhofer (creator of Korsakow System for Interactive Documentaries)
>
> Possible themes for the conference include but are not limited to:
> Animated Documentary
> The Documentary Archive
> New Documentary Forms and Technologies
> Documentary Trends from around the World
> Incorporation of amateur video
> Fair use and intellectual property
>
> If you would like to give a 20 minute paper at 
> the conference OR send proposals for themed 
> panels of 3-4 people, please send proposals 
> (including 500 word abstracts of papers) to:
> Holly Giesman 
> (<https://mail.roehampton.ac.uk/OWA/redir.aspx?C=764892201aa64c4bb9194c239e6c3731&URL=mailto%3agiesmanh%40roehampton.ac.uk>(giesmanh /at/ roehampton.ac.uk))
>
> Organisers:
> Michael Chanan 
> (<https://mail.roehampton.ac.uk/OWA/redir.aspx?C=764892201aa64c4bb9194c239e6c3731&URL=mailto%3am.chanan%40roehampton.ac.uk>(m.chanan /at/ roehampton.ac.uk))
> Alisa Lebow 
> (<https://mail.roehampton.ac.uk/OWA/redir.aspx?C=764892201aa64c4bb9194c239e6c3731&URL=mailto%3aAlisa.Lebow%40brunel.ac.uk>(Alisa.Lebow /at/ brunel.ac.uk))
>
> The deadline for proposals is Friday, 6 November 2009.
>
> More information about the conference venue and 
> registration will be forthcoming. See Centre for 
> Research in Film and Audiovisual Cultures 
> (CRFAC) at Roehampton University 
> (<https://mail.roehampton.ac.uk/OWA/redir.aspx?C=764892201aa64c4bb9194c239e6c3731&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.roehampton.ac.uk%2fresearchcentres%2fcrfac%2f>http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/researchcentres/crfac/) 

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
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