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3rd International 'Language, Communication, Culture' Conference University of Evora, Portugal, November 23-25, 2005 <www.lcc2005.pt.vu/> Themed session announcement and cfp: The languages of documentary and humanist photography In the context of topic 1 of the LCC Conference, "The languages of globalisation, the languages of culture", I welcome 20-minute papers dealing, for instance, with - The poetics and politics of documentary and humanist photography - Is there, or has there ever been, a national documentary photography? - The World Press Photo Awards - The national and the global in documentary photography - Documentary photography and photojournalism in museum / gallery exhibitions - Documentary photography and stereotyping - Documentary photography and photojournalism as media discourses - Photojournalism and documentary photography as culture industries - What makes documentary photography humanist? The humanist dimension in documentary photography and photojournalism - The work of individual documentary photographers and photojournalists. Submit your 150-word abstract until September 11 at www.lcc2005.pt.vu/ or directly to [log in to unmask] (if your proposal is accepted, you must then submit it online).