[ecrea] Documentary and Disability

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS



Documentary and Disability

Editors: Catalin Brylla and Helen Hughes



In September 2013 the symposium Documentary and (Dis)ability at the 
University of Surrey [...]  brought together international scholars, 
practitioners and practice-based researchers to critically reflect on 
how documentary film has contributed to the visibility of disability in 
philosophical, political, social and cultural terms. A wide range of 
perspectives – including ethnography, phenomenology, semiotics, 
iconography and historical studies – mapped issues of disability within 
contexts of production (both, behind and in front of the camera), 
distribution, exhibition, reception, public action and government 
legislation.



Inspired by this symposium we are now preparing a proposal for an edited 
volume under the same title, for which we invite contributors working on 
the intersection of documentary film with disability studies. The 
proposed format of the book is to have a substantive introduction and 
around twelve chapters of 6-7000 words divided into (1) methods for 
bringing together documentary and disability studies, (2) film 
historical case studies, and (3) contemporary debates and film 
production practices.



The following topics are a guideline to potential chapter proposals and 
are not meant to exclude other interpretations of the book’s title 
Documentary and Disability:



·         Defining and representing disability and documentary film

·         The visibility/audibility of ability and disability

·         Diversity and the adaptation of production practices

·         Disability, embodied space and affect

·         Alternative documentary forms (e.g. animation) and disability

·         Politics of funding, distribution and exhibition in relation 
to disability issues

·         Disability in a trans-national context

·         Documentary ethics, authorship and disability

·         Documentary and disability legislation

·         Disability through a post-colonial lens

·         Technologies of in(ex)clusion



If you are interested in contributing a chapter to this edited book, 
please send a chapter title, a 200-word abstract, a bibliography and a 
short biography to Dr. Helen Hughes ((h.hughes /at/ surrey.ac.uk)) and Catalin 
Brylla ((catalin.brylla /at/ southwales.ac.uk)) by March 31st 2015. We would 
envisage needing the full drafts by 1st October 2015. We look forward to 
receiving your chapter proposal.




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