Visible Evidence XVII                           Istanbul 9-12 August 2010

Call for Proposals                                      Please Circulate Widely

Visible Evidence, the ambulatory international conference on documentary,
will hold its 17th edition at Boğazici University in Istanbul, Turkey,
from 9-12
August 2010. Hosted by docIstanbul, a non-profit training, research, policy and
networking center focusing on documentary film at Bogazici University, Visible
Evidence XVII marks the first time that the preeminent documentary studies
conference takes place in Turkey, or for that matter, anywhere in the
‘Middle East’.

This year’s conference will address all topics and current issues relating
to documentary,
with a specific regional emphasis on Turkey and its neighbors.
Thus, although we welcome all proposals, we would like to encourage proposals
with a focus on the following topics:

•       Documentary from Turkey, Iran, the “Middle East” more generally, the
Balkan
States and Greece
•       Turkic Documentary (from Turkic nations including Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Azerbaijan; and communities such as Tatars)
•       Border-crossings in Documentary: Transnationalism, Border Trade,
Migration, and
Exile
•       Diasporic Documentary (especially, but not exclusively: German,
Dutch, Belgian,
British, North American, etc. –– Turkish/Kurdish documentary)
•       Fortress Europe (exclusion, policy and ideology)
•       Minoritarian Discourses within the Region (Kurdish, Armenian, Arab,
Alevi,
Assyrian, Jewish, queer, etc.)
•       Activist media from the region

Sessions will last for two hours and be limited to four papers of no more
than 20 minutes
each. All papers to be presented in English. For more information, check the
Visible
Evidence website, which will have the latest information:
<http://visibleevidence.org/>http://visibleevidence.org/

Please note there is a three-tiered Proposal process:

•       Panel Topic Proposals Deadline: 29 January 2010
•       Panel-specific Papers Deadline: 12 March 2010
•       Open Call for Papers not already included in panels Deadline:
30 March 2010

1. CALL FOR PANEL TOPIC PROPOSALS DEADLINE: 29 JANUARY
(submit electronically to Alisa Lebow: <>[log in to unmask])
300 word panel proposal. This is to be an open panel, not pre-constituted.
Notification of
acceptance will follow by 15 February.

2. CALL FOR PANEL-SPECIFIC PAPER PROPOSALS DEADLINE: 12 MARCH
Once the panels are approved, the accepted panels will be posted on the
Visible Evidence
website, and the selection committee will issue a further call for papers
(250-300 words,
one page) by 12 MARCH, directing respondents to the panel chairs who will
have until 19
MARCH to confirm line-ups and notify the conference committee.

3. OPEN CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE: 30 MARCH
(submit electronically to Alisa Lebow: <>[log in to unmask])
Open call for paper proposals (250-300 words, one page) should be submitted
by MARCH
30. Final notification of acceptance will follow by 30 APRIL.


The conference selection committee is comprised of:
Alisa Lebow, Brunel University, Conference Chair
Zeynep Tül Akbal, Bahce&#351;ehir University
Can Candan, Bo&#287;azici University
Elizabeth Cowie, University of Kent
Ahmet Gurata, Bilkent University
Louise Spence, Kadir Has University


Conference website: <http://visibleevidence.org/>http://visibleevidence.org/


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