<videovortex> Future Histories of the Moving Image

[Geert Lovink]

> Subject: call for papers
> From:    "Julia Knight" <julia.knight at sunderland.ac.uk>
> Date:    Fri, June 1, 2007 3:50 am
>
> Dear all,
>
> I am re-circulating the call for papers (attached) for our Future
> Histories of the Moving Image conference, scheduled for 16-18
> November 2007.  The conference has been generating some good interest
> and we now have further confirmed speakers, so we have extended the
> submission deadline to 30 June 2007.
>
> Would you kindly forward/circulate the updated call to anyone and any
> mailing and discussion lists you think might be interested.
>
> Much appreciated and many thanks
> Best
> Julia
> 
>   Future Histories of the Moving Image
>
> An international conference to be held at University of Sunderland
>
> 16-18 November 2007
>
>
> **** Due to growing interest and new confirmed speakers we have ****
> extended the submission deadline:  30 June 2007
>
> Keynote Speakers:  Professor Patricia Zimmermann (Ithaca College, New
> York), and Holly Aylett (Vertigo Magazine and Independent Film
> Parliament, UK)
>
> As is now widely acknowledged, with the advent of digital technology
> the nature of moving image production, distribution and exhibition
> has changed dramatically.  In particular, a rapidly increasing number
> of people are now accessing an increasing volume and range of moving
> image material online.  This technology is also changing the way in
> which we analyse and document current and historical moving image
> practices, as there has been a recent proliferation of digital
> archive and database projects relating to film, video and television
> practices.  It is timely therefore to examine the changing ways in
> which we are circulating and interrogating all areas of our moving
> image culture.
>
> We would particularly welcome papers that address the following areas:
>
> –       What impact does the increasing reliance on database
> resources have on the nature of the histories we produce and write?
>
> –       History as database vs history as narrative.
>
> –       Implications of the proliferation of online critical writing
> (from refereed academic journals through to personal blogs) and its
> dissemination, with the blurring of the traditional distinction
> between professional and amateur writer.
>
> –       The role and implication of immediate online distribution/
> exhibition of works
>
> –       What impact is digital distribution having on theatrical
> exhibition?
>
> –       Issues arising from the perceived need on the part of major
> producers/broadcasters to develop content for multiple platforms.
>
> –       The implications of multiple producers being able to
> disseminate a wide range of material to multiple niche audiences
> (giving the idea of ‘narrowcasting’ a new meaning).
>
> –       Revival/development of found footage production practices
> with the availability of digital archives such as Library of Congress
> Internet Archive (including the Prelinger Archive) and BBC Open
> Archive initiative.
>
> –       Questions relating to the increasing accessibility online of
> moving image material in relation to intellectual property and the
> development of the Creative Commons copyright licence.
>
> –       The creative influence of database logic on film structure.
>
> The conference will also host an open workshop – with participation
> by the Arts Council England, the Tate, the British Film Institute,
> Marcel Schwierin (Cinovid Database, Germany) and Gaby Wijers
> (Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Arts) –
> which will address the issues of securing the sustainability and
> maximising the use/visibility of the growing number of film and video
> database/online research resources.  The workshop is funded by the
> AHRC Networks and Workshops Scheme.
>
> Check out our blog regularly for latest news:
> myblogs.sunderland.ac.uk/blogs/futurehistories/
>
> Please send proposals of 200-300 words for papers of approx. 20
> minutes, together with a brief biographical note by 30 June 2007 to
> the conference organisers (Steven Ball, Julia Knight and Stephen
> Partridge) at futurehistories at sunderland.ac.uk
>
> Future Histories of the Moving Image is a joint conference organised
> by the University of Sunderland, the British Artists’ Film and Video
> Study Collection (University of the Arts, London) and the Visual
> Research Centre REWIND project DJCAD at the University of Dundee, in
> collaboration with Convergence: The International Journal of Research
> into New Media Technologies.  All papers delivered at the conference
> will be considered for publication in the journal.
>
> ----------------
> Julia Knight
> Reader in Moving Image/Co-editor, Convergence
> School of Arts, Design, Media & Culture
> University of Sunderland
> Media Building
> The Sir Tom Cowie Campus at St Peter's
> St Peter's Way
> Sunderland.  SR6 0DD
> Tel:  0191 515 2653 (direct line)
> Tel:  0191 515 2634 (switchboard)
> Fax:  0191 515 3807
> email:  julia.knight at sunderland.ac.uk
> ************
> ***Please note NEW author-date style for Convergence**
> see www.beds.ac.uk/convergence/callforpapers/instructions
>
> Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
> Editors: Julia Knight and Alexis Weedon
> Editorial assistant: Jason Wilson
> Associate editors: Jeanette Steemers (Europe), Rebecca Coyle (Western
> Pacific), Amy Bruckman and Jane Singer (North America)
> Published quarterley. ISSN 1354-8564
> Copyright of Convergence articles rests with the publisher
> Editorial e-mail: Convergence at beds.ac.uk
> Editorial website: www.beds.ac.uk/convergence
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