[Discussion] CFP: Cinema and Cultural Geography (8/10/05; SCMS, 3/2/06-3/5/06)

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From: Amy Corbin <alcorb@berkeley.edu>

Cinema and Cultural Geography



We are seeking papers which explore the relationship between film/video and
constructions of place for a panel to be held at the 2006 Society for Cinema
and Media Studies conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. There is great
potential for cinema and media studies to address the way in which watching
moving pictures creates a simulated spatial relationship between the spectator
and the cinematic cultural landscape (both the physical place and its
inhabitants). This relationship can then have great impact on popular
perceptions of places, leading to feelings of social/cultural otherness or
to a sense of solidarity, either within a country or across national borders. 
Key questions include: how do moving pictures create experiences of proximity
and/or distance for the spectator? How are representations of place (city, small
town, wilderness, etc.) distilled into certain iconographic images? How do
dialectics of mobility and stasis generate emotional or impressionistic
responses (fear, exoticism, familiarity) to cinematic places? How do the
discourses of narrative and documentary filmmaking (for example, identification
with fictional characters, voices of authority in documentary) affect the
relationship between spectator and place? Papers which consider these or other
related questions, along with some analysis of specific works, are most welcome.

Please send a 1 page proposal along with a brief bio to
Amy Corbin at alcorb@berkeley.edu
and
Fiona Jeffries at fej@sfu.ca
by August 10.



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