[Bilimsel Haber] CFP: The Personal Narrative Trend in Documentary

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From: Susan Williamson <Susan at PSWILCO.COM>

REPOSTING - Call for Papers

Area:  The Personal Narrative trend in Documentary
“What in Tarnation is it all about?”
2006 Film and History Conference
“The Documentary Tradition”
November 8-12, 2006
Dolce Conference Center – Dallas, TX

A certain amount of subjectivity is expected in any documentary film.
However, an emerging trend in recent years is the overt use of the
personal narrative. Michael Moore’s documentaries, most notably, and a
host of other films, such as “Supersize Me” and “Tarnation,” use the
personal narrative as a central device in their story telling.

The purpose of this panel is to interrogate this sub-genre of
documentary. Papers might engage questions such as: How does including
the subjective voice of the filmmaker change the definition of
documentary? Is this a more direct form of making one’s point or is it
stretching the boundaries of documentary too far into the personal
therefore lacking the objective and factual? Does the use of the
personal create a tunnel vision within the documentary thus overlooking
larger historical and cultural issues?

Submissions on all aspects of the personal narrative in documentary are
welcome.

Deadline for proposals / submissions is August 15, 2006.

Send your short (approx. 1 paragraph to 1 page) proposal, complete
submission, or any questions at all via e-mail to:

Susan at pswilco.com

Mailing Address:
Susan Williamson
c/o Dr. Leo O’Connor
Director of American Studies
Fairfield University
1073 North Benson Road
DNH 251
Fairfield, CT 06824
USA

This area is part of Film & History's 2006 "The Documentary Tradition"
conference. The conference will be held November 8-12, 2006, at the
Dolce Conference Center in Dallas, TX, near the DFW airport. D.A.
Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus will be featured artists at the conference.
Plenary sessions will be conducted by Raymond Fielding, author of “The
American Newsreel: A Complete History,” and Betsy McLane, co-author of
“A New History of Documentary Film.” Sessions will also be held with
Allen Mondell and Cynthia Salzman Mondell, documentary filmmakers with
oeuvre devoted to the ethnic experience in America and the experience of
women (www.mediaprojects.org), and Glenn Marcus and historians who
researched “March of the Bonus Army” for PBS. In addition, James Welsh,
Editor (Emeritus) of the Literature/Film Quarterly will chair a special
session of film journal editors to talk with participants about
publication opportunities and goals. Aspiring authors will meet living,
breathing human beings from the L/F Quarterly; the Historical Journal of
Film, Radio, and TV, Film & History; Post Script; Journal of Popular
Film and TV; in addition, there will be book publishers seeking manuscripts.

See www.filmandhistory.org for more information about the conference and
participants.

Susan Williamson
<Susan at PSWILCO.COM>