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)
&
National Museum of Contemporary Art, 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
Steve Edwards (Birbeck College)
Gail Day (University of Leeds)
Antonio Somaini (Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris III)
Conference Venue & Dates
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea - Museu do Chiado /
National Museum of Contemporary Art - Chiado Museum
November 16-17-18, 2017
Languages
English
Fees
Paper Submission: free
Regular Registration: 40€
Student Registration: 25€
Please send your abstracts until July 21st, 2017 to:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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