A new issue of SCAN (refereed journal of media arts and culture, published
three times a year and hosted by the Media Department
<http://www.media.mq.edu.au> at Macquarie University Sydney) is out
focusing on radio and screen documentary and authorship. Shamelessly self
promoting this issue edited by Marie Delofski and myself, here are the
details:
Vol 6 Number 3 December 2009
Authorship and the Documentary
<http://scan.net.au/scan/journal/display_synopsis?j_id=18>
Edited by Maree Delofski & Virginia Madsen
This issue of SCAN canvasses the notion of authorship with reference to
contemporary documentary forms across radio, film and television. Over the
past decade there has been much talk of a ?renaissance¹ in radio
documentary, while image-based documentary is expanding on television and
finding new forms on the internet. At the same time, the idea of formal
authorship has never had less currency in the industry, and documentary
makers, as with other producers, whether for television or radio, find
themselves referred to by broadcasters (both public and private) simply as
?content providers¹. Indeed, the ?authorship¹ of any single broadcast work
appears to be claimed by the corporate entity while the makers are
?disappeared¹ behind the on-air promotion of the program itself.
Essays include:
A radio d¹auteur: the documentaire de creation of Kaye Mortley
<http://scan.net.au/scan/journal/display.php?journal_id=142>
Virginia Madsen
Shaping the Real: Directorial imagination and the visualisation of evidence
in the hybrid documentary
<http://scan.net.au/scan/journal/display.php?journal_id=144>
Janet Merewether
Researching the Zone: Tony Barrell, the Auteur and the Institution
<http://scan.net.au/scan/journal/display.php?journal_id=141>
Eurydice Aroney with Tony Barrell.
Dreaming a Connection: Reflections on the Documentary Subject/Filmmaker
Relationship <http://scan.net.au/scan/journal/display.php?journal_id=143>
Maree Delofski
Pretty Fly for a White Guy: Audio Repatriation to Arnhem Land
<http://scan.net.au/scan/journal/display.php?journal_id=140>
Susan Angel
Thanks and any feedback is most welcome,
Virginia
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Dr Virginia Madsen
Lecturer Media, Convenor (Radio)
Dept. of Media, Music and Cultural Studies
Faculty of Arts, Y3A, 191J
Macquarie University. NSW 2109
Australia
Ph: (w) +61 2 9850 2180 or (h) +61 2 43 441419
Fax: +61 (0) 2 9850 2101
Email: (virginia.madsen /at/ mq.edu.au)
