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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(52,60,63);text-transform:uppercase">Second
SCREEN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW<b> </b>ZEALAND AOTEAROA
(SSAAANZ) CONFERENCE (2018)<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The
Uses of Cinema<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Film •
Television • Screen Media<span></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">School of Media, Film
and Journalism, Monash University, Melbourne<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">November 21–23, 2018<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">In recent years film and television scholarship has seen a
renewed focus on <i>the uses of cinema</i> –
that is, on educational, instructional, non-theatrical, client-sponsored and
government-sponsored filmmaking – in collections such as </span><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Films That Work </span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">(</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(20,20,20)">Hediger and Vonderau, 2009), </span><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Useful Cinema </span></i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">(Acland and Wasson, 2011), <i>Films of
Fact: A History of Science in Documentary Films and Television
</i>(Boon 2008) and<i> Learning with the Lights
Off: Educational Film</i> (Orgeron, Orgeron and Streible 2012). <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This work – along with 2018’s fiftieth anniversary of the
events of May 1968 – provides an occasion for reflection upon <i>the usefulness of film</i> and television
practice and scholarship, and offers twin points of reference for the Second
Biennial Conference of the Screen Studies Association of Australia and
Aotearoa/New Zealand (SSAAANZ). <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">SSAAANZ invites <span style="color:black">papers and panel suggestions from researchers, archivists,
educators, policymakers, and practitioners on any aspects of <i>the </i></span></span><i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">critical,
social and political uses of cinema</span></i><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> including, <i>but not limited</i> to the following themes:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Activist
film and television<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1968 and
global film culture<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Film and
television practice and praxis<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Film and
ethnography<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Utilitarian
filmmaking<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Women and
cinema<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Seriality
and cinema<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cinema and
the environment<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cinema and
the brain<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Film and pedagogy</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Film and tourism</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Language use on screen</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Mis-uses of
cinema <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Expected
plenary speakers (TBC) include:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Stella
Bruzzi (University College, London)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Allison De
Fren (Occidental College, LA)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Cristina Álvarez
López (</span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Elias
Querejeta Zine Eskola, <span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> San Sebastián, Spain</span>) and <span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Adrian
Martin (Monash University)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Jason
Mittell (Middlebury College)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Claire
Perkins (Monash University)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=""><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Haidee
Wasson (Concordia University)<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Abstracts for individual papers and for pre-constituted panels (of
up to three speakers) are welcomed on any of the conference themes. Due
March 30 2018<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">For papers,
please submit an abstract of 150-200 words and a bio of 50 words for each
presenter.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">For panel
proposals please submit a proposal for a panel comprising 3 speakers (3 x 20
min papers). Please provide a descriptive title for the panel, abstracts of
150-200 words each and a bio of 50 words for each presenter.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">Submit proposal no later than:</span></b><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> 30 March 2018<br>
Please submit your proposals to the following email address: </span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000"><a href="mailto:arts-mfj-usesofcinema@monash.edu">arts-mfj-usesofcinema@monash.edu</a></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The 2018
SSAAANZ conference convenors are:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Constantine
Verevis and Deane Williams (Monash University).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">For general
conference enquires please send an email to </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="mailto:con.verevis@monash.edu"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">con.verevis@monash.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>
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