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Society for Cinema and Media Studies

University of Oklahoma, 640 Parrington Oval, Room 302, Norman, OK 73019
Phone:  (405) 325-8075 Fax:  (405) 325-7135  E-mail:  (office /at/ cinemastudies.org)





CALL FOR PAPERS, 2004 SCMS CONFERENCE


The Society for Cinema and Media Studies announces its Call for Proposals 
for the 2004 Conference, March 4-7, in Atlanta, Georgia (Omni Hotel at CNN 
Center, 100 Marquette CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia, 30303).

PLENARY: Mediating Tomorrow's History: Live Coverage and Documentary in the 
Digital Era.

The 2004 Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference will be 
held in Atlanta, a city known for its broadcasting (CNN Headquarters), arts 
(High Museum of Art, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center), and scholarship 
(Emory University, Georgia State University, Morehouse 
College).  Additionally, Atlanta has long been a center for African 
American culture and scholarship, and the city is home to the Atlanta 
University Center, a consortium of the nation's most prestigious 
Historically Black Colleges (Atlanta University; Clark, Morehouse, Morris 
Brown and Spelman Colleges; and the Interdenominational Theological 
Center).  In recognition of these local cultural forces and recent global 
developments, the SCMS 2004 plenary will explore the topic, Mediating 
Tomorrow's History: Live Coverage and Documentary in the Digital Era. 
Questions circulating around this issue include:  What is the status of 
documentary in the digital age?  What forms can documentary or live 
coverage take with digital technologies?  What are the political and 
theoretical possibilities open to historians when history is immediate 
and/or mediated through new technologies?  How are events affected by the 
immediacy of live broadcasts?  How might digital technologies open up 
documentary and other representational channels to marginalized media 
makers?  What is the status of filmmaking in this environment?

We look forward to panel and workshop proposals addressing issues raised by 
the plenary-and by our Atlanta location-as well as those that engage a wide 
range of research in film and media studies.

We encourage student members to apply for the SCMS Travel Fund for Minority 
Students.  Travel funds are available to graduate students who plan to 
attend the conference.  You do not have to present a paper at the 
conference to apply for travel funding.  Please see the enclosed 
announcement for more details.
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IMPORTANT DEADLINES:


Bulletin Board (Forum) Postings: July 15
Proposal for Bulletin Board Panels: August 15 
(<http://www.cinemastudies.org/04conf/../data/ConfProps.htm>see list of 
proposals)
All Proposals/SAF's (Open Call, Pre-Constituted and Workshops:  September 15







http://www.cinemastudies.org/04conf/2004Call.htm


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Centre for Media Sociology (CeMeSO)
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