http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/visual-democracy-image-circulation-and-political-culture An entire Lightstalkers thread via RSS/XML. en-us This weekend at Northwestern University there is a conference on photography and democracy that seems to address some of the issues that are frequently talked about here on Lightstalkers. Below is the schedule. I will be presenting on Sunday morning and I would be honored if any intrepid Chicago area LS'ers would come. All sessions are open the the public and are followed by a question and answer time. Visual Democracy: Image Circulation and Political Culture Northwestern University, McCormick Tribune Building Friday, November 2 8:30 Coffee 9:00-10:30 Panel A: Ideology and Image “An Aesthetics of Non-Reconciliation: Adorno on the Emancipatory Function of Artâ€* Michael Feola, Stanford University “Reading the Architecture of Capitalism: Guy Debord and Ideology Materializedâ€* Richard Gilman-Opalsky, University of Illinois-Springfield “Democracy’s Mirror of Mis/Recognitionâ€* Jon Simons, Indiana University 10:45-12:15 Panel B: Publicity and Counterpublicity “Visual Rhetorics of Masculine Virtue in the War on Terrorâ€* Gregory Spicer, California University of Pennsylvania “Deviance on Television: The Democratizing Potential of the Headscarfâ€* Mirjam Gollmitzer, Simon Fraser University “Private Eyes and Public Lives: Photographs by Garry Winogrand and Alison Jacksonâ€* Elizabeth Ross, Northwestern University 12:15-1:15 Lunch (catered) 1:15: Welcome by Dean Barbara O’Keefe 1:30-3:30 Plenary A “Mobilizing Art: The Visual Culture of US Intervention in the First World Warâ€* David M. Lubin, Wake Forest University “The Aesthetics of Democracy and the Dilemma of Kitschâ€* Marita Sturken, New York University 4:00-5:00 Plenary B “’Disappointing Vision: Hong Kong Cinema and Democracy’â€* Ackbar Abbas, University of California, Irvine Saturday, November 3 8:30 Coffee 9:00-10:00 Panel C: Power, Rights, and Visual Agency “Visible Legitimacy: National Branding as a Visual Systemâ€* Melissa Aronczyk, New York University “Family Photography and Human Rightsâ€* Andrea Noble, University of Durham 10:15-12:15 Plenary C “Rods From God: Missile Defense and Internet Advocacyâ€* Wendy Kozol, Oberlin College “Globalizing Jerusalem: Architecture, Nation and Democracy at the Foot of Temple Mountâ€* Alona Nitzan-Shiftan, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology 12:15-1:00 Lunch (catered) 1:00-3:00 Plenary D “The Power of Image: Reflections on the Specificity of Visual Impactâ€* Jean-Paul Colleyn, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales “’To Sketch a Riot’: The Photographic Pharmakon in Late Colonial Indiaâ€* Christopher Pinney, Northwestern University 3:30-5:30 Plenary E “Photography and the Publicity of the Privateâ€* Maren Stange, Cooper Union “Overexposed Favelas: Urban Representations and Media Visibilityâ€* Beatriz Jaguaribe, University of Rio de Janeiro Sunday, November 4 8:30 Coffee 9:00-10:30 Panel D: Community, Memory, Media “Preserving Democracy Without Circulation: Dorothea Lange’s War Relocation Authority Photographsâ€* Christina Smith and Karen Stewart. Arizona State University “Visual Democracy, Public Memory, and the Case of Thessalonikaâ€* Nancy Stein, Florida Atlantic “Hurricane Katrina: A Photographer’s Notes On Photojournalism, Aesthetics, and the Market for Newsâ€* Aric Mayer, photographer 10:45-12:15 Panel E: Visual Culture and Democratic Participation “Speaking of Photography: Visual Culture, Historical Images, and the Problem of Responseâ€* Cara Finnegan, University of Illinois “Drawing Them into Democracy: Cartoonist Carey Orr’s Visual Determinismâ€* Julie Goldsmith, Michigan State University “’No Simple Thing to Do’: Interface and Atomic Citizenship in Operation Ivyâ€* Ned O’Gorman and Kevin Hamilton, University of Illinois Conference organizers: Robert Hariman and Dilip Gaonkar Sponsored by: School of Communication, Center for Global Culture and Communication, Program in Rhetoric and Public Culture/Department of Communication Studies For information contact Patrick Wade All sessions are open to the public Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:04:44 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/visual-democracy-image-circulation-and-political-culture