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FILM AND HISTORY
IN THE PACIFIC A Workshop at The
Australian National University, Canberra 6-8 February 2008 This workshop
explores two questions: how has film shaped Pacific history and understandings
of Pacific pasts? and how do - or might - Pacific historians engage with the
medium of film? Although film in the Pacific dates back to the late 19th
century and is now increasingly the medium through which Pacific pasts are
encountered by both Pacific and local audiences, Pacific historians (with a few
notable exceptions) have rarely engaged with film and even fewer have been
directly involved with film production. Four themes will
guide the workshop: Film, frontiers and imperialism - how film has been used to document
Pacific frontiers and advance or oppose imperial interests; War and identity - cinematic portrayals of war and their formative
effects on local and metropolitan identities; Islanders and others - representations in film of, by and for Islanders
and the depiction of minority groups in the Pacific; Pacific pasts and history through film - on the use of film as a source material;
as an approach to researching and representing history; and as a means of
communicating to audiences Presentations on
this last theme will especially serve postgraduate students, filmmakers and
historians who have pioneered the use of film or wish to make greater use of
it; and teachers or academics guiding and assessing students who want to use
film in their research and theses. A program of
screenings is planned in association with the workshop and participants will
have the opportunity to visit film repositories in Canberra. The deadline for
the submission of abstracts was 31st May 2007. Organization: chris.ballard@anu.edu.au
and vicki.luker@anu.edu.au For more
information, please contact the convenors or visit http://rspas.anu.edu.au/pah/filmandhistory/ |