EMERGING DOCUMENTARY PRACTICES
Symposium and Exhibition
Temple University, Friday April 3, 2015

An interdisciplinary one-day symposium and exhibition about how emerging technologies are transforming nonfiction image-making practices in cinema, art and ethnography.

The symposium is complemented by a multi-kiosk exhibition offering speakers and others opportunities to exhibit works in the curated, peer reviewed show. The kiosks that will be available for viewing on the day and throughout the week. Longer papers supporting the discussions may also be linked, and participants may later be invited for to offer submissions for publication. The symposium is sponsored by Temple University's Department of Film and Media Arts, the Center for Humanities at Temple(CHAT) and Temple Libraries.

Primary themes include:
• SPATIAL PRACTICES
e.g. geo-spatial mapping and storytelling; actual and augmented sites of memory; spatial poetics; infrastructure, industrialization and climate change; actual and imaginary cities.

• SOCIAL PRACTICES
e.g. forging community; bringing diversity and indigenous voices;oral histories and imagined futures; performing and protesting through social media; user generated works.

• EMBODIED PERFORMANCE
e.g. computer materiality and embodied actions of making, viewing; story-telling through web series, live feeds and digital happenings; practical implications of using alternative and interactive software like Korkasow, Mozilla Popcorn, Zeega, or Moviestorm upon how stories are told and image edited; the body as a source of data; disembodiment and narrative fracture.

Proposals for participation, short papers/provocations/questions (5-7 minutes) and the digital exhibition of works on the dedicated kiosks should consist of a proposal statement (max
500 words), a URL if available/relevant, and brief biographic statement (max 150 words). Proposals that include a combination of talks AND multimedia works for exhibition or a paper to distribute to participants are welcome.

Submissions and questions should be sent in electronic form to: edocs@temple.edu

Questions can be addressed to Profs. Roderick Coover and/or LeAnn Erickson.