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[ecrea] Call for papers - War, Representation and Documentary Conference (Sussex)

Mon May 12 11:10:09 GMT 2008


>War, Representation and Documentary Conference.
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>University of Sussex 11-12th July 2008.
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>Organised in collaboration with the University of Brighton and the
>Centre for War, Representation and Society at the University of
>Sussex, this conference will combine historical and production based
>workshops to give researchers a better idea of both how documentary
>footage has and can be used and how they might translate their own
>research into documentary.
>
>The goals of the conference are: to encourage engagement with issues
>of production in documentary sources, to develop methodological
>approaches that historically and critically evaluate documentary
>evidence and to discuss the implications of disseminating academic
>research through the medium of documentary. The conference will also
>include a series of workshops on documentary production, research and
>presentation and an opportunity to learn more about the process of
>pitching research to commissioning editors.
>
>Papers are invited on topics relating to the representation of war in
>documentary form. Topics might include (but are not limited to)
>representations in documentary film and still photography; multimedia
>and blogging; citizen journalism; representations of the 'war on
>terror'; histories of documentary and war representation; life history
>and documentary; the individual and collective experience of war;
>representing violence or trauma; ethical issues relating to
>documentary representation. There are opportunities for both 20 minute
>papers and shorter 10 minute presentations on the use of a particular
>documentary source.
>
>Please submit an abstract of 250 words and a short bio to
>(wrdconference /at/ sussex.ac.uk) by 19th May 2008. For further information
>please see our website: www.sussex.ac.uk/history/wrd .

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