Documentary
Call for Papers
PCA/ACA
2010 National Conference
March 31 – April 3
St. Louis, Missouri
Deadline for proposals: December 15, 2009
Documentary has become an increasingly more visible part of the media landscape. It dominates television programming, it appears online, and it even appears in movie theaters. The current infusions of the personal and the political, along with the events in the Middle East and the upcoming U.S. elections, encourage new trends in and raise new questions about the subject.This area seeks to explore documentary in all its forms. All related topics and theoretical orientations are welcome. Possible topics include the following
issues of representation
documentary and politics
documentary as social activism
documentary production and distribution
documentary and ethnography / visual anthropology
documentary and its uses in education / pedagogy
documentary and media and cultural institutions
documentary photography and radio
truth and ethics
home video
contemporary directors
reality television
If you are interested, please send a one-page, 250-300 word proposal for a 15-20 minute presentation by e-mail to hmm160@gmail.com. You also can send it by mail to
Heather McIntosh,
Communication,
Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb IL 60115.
In your correspondence please include your name, the title of your presentation, an e-mail and postal address, and an academic affiliation (if applicable).