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TLC-PFC 2017 : THE LEFT CONFERENCE – PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM CRITICISM | |||||||||
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Call For Papers | |||||||||
CALL FOR PAPERS
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas (UNL/FCSH) & Centre for research in Communication, Information and Digital Culture /FCSH (CIC.Digital / FCSH) & Communication and Language Research Centre / FCSH (CECL / FCSH) & Institute of Contemporary History / FCSH (IHC / FCSH) & Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon (BELAS-ARTES ULISBOA) & National Museum of Contemporary Art - Museu do Chiado, Lisbon International Conference THE LEFT CONFERENCE – PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM CRITICISM Since the late nineteenth century, the printed photograph in the media stood as a powerful tool for denouncing social injustice and claiming better life conditions – i.e. as seen in the work of Jacob Riis, Lewis Hine, or Joshua Benoliel, among many others. In the early decades of the twentieth century the use of images had a significant boost with film, when directors such as Flaherty, Eisenstein, John Grierson, Vertov, Dvorjenko or Ivens, combining documental intentions with avant-garde experimental claims, made possible to discuss political and historical conditions. The aim of the conference is to discuss and debate photographs and film as a social tool from a leftist stance. In particular, to examine and explore the relation of documentary practices and political commitment in different historical circumstances throughout the twentieth and the twenty first centuries. The seminar/conference together with a film projection program will take place at Contemporary Art Museum of Chiado in Lisbon on November 16-18 2017. We invite paper submission of no more than 500 words abstract that focuses on photography and film related to: • the creation of documentary as a social and political weapon; • the soviet revolution as an experimental wave in photography, design and film; • anticolonial and postcolonial imagery; • women rights and feminist imagery; • avant gardes and ideology claims; • the role of images in the leftist movements; • Contemporary art practices and social and political criticism; • Alan Sekula legacy and the political commitment with images. Keynote speakers Gail Day (University of Leeds) Steve Edwards (Birbeck College) Conference Venue & Dates Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado / National Museum of Contemporary Art - Museu do Chiado Faculdade das Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa / Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon November 16-17-18, 2017 Languages English Fees Paper Submission: free Regular Registration: 40€ Student Registration: 25€ Please send your abstracts until July 31st, 2017 to: paulo.catrica@gmail.com detomasi.filippo@gmail.com lais.ines@gmail.com |
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