[ecrea] Documentary Now

>Documentary Now! CALL FOR PAPERS
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>A Conference on the Contemporary Contexts and Possibilities of the Documentary
>
>The deadline for proposals has been extended to Friday, 29 October 2010.
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>Dates: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 28-30 January 2011
>Conference Location: University of Westminster, Regent Street Campus
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>¡Documentary Now! 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. Whatâ¬"s new in documentary? Where is documentary headed?
>
>Keynote speakers to include:
>John Akomfrah (subject to confirmation)
>
>The next edition will include a focus on music 
>and sound in the documentary, but all proposals 
>on any topic related to documentary will be considered. ⬨
>Possible themes will be:
>
>Sound and Voice
>Genre and Documentary
>Soundtrack, Affect
>Noise and Silence
>Image/Sound relations
>The Overheard, the Unseen
>Place, Space and Locative Media
>Still/Moving Images
>The City (Symphony)
>Migration and Globalisation
>Co-productions
>Documentary Festivals
>Animation and Documentary
>
>
>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 250-500 word abstracts of papers) to: 
>Michael Chanan ((m.chanan /at/ roehampton.ac.uk)) AND 
>Alisa Lebow ((asl36 /at/ earthlink.net))
>
>There is no fee for attendance but registration is required.
>

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
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