The International Association for Media and History
and
The Department of Film & Screen Media, University College Cork
One-day symposium
Archival Appropriation: Reuse, Recycling and Remediation in the Digital Era
Friday, 10 January 2020, University College Cork, Ireland
A symposium hosted by the Department of Film and Screen Media, University College Cork and the International Association for Media and History (IAMHIST).
Speakers:
Kasandra O’Connell, Head of the IFI Irish Film Archive
Jaimie Baron, author of The Archive Effect: Found Footage and the Audiovisual Experience of History
Alan Gilsenan, UCC/Arts Council Film Artist in Residence
Fran Rowlett-McCormack, archive producer
Hugh Oddling-Smee, Director of Film Hub Northern Ireland
There will be a plenary panel chaired by Llewella Chapman (IAMHIST Blog Editor) with speakers Alessandra Luciano (Centre National de l’Audiovisuel), Lawrence Napper (King’s College London), Kasandra O’Connell and Fran Rowlett-McCormack on the use and appropriation of archival footage in film and television, with a focus on They Shall Not Grow Old (Peter Jackson, 2018). This will be followed by a retrospective on the work of the late Jerome ‘Jerry’ Kuehl, with James Chapman (editor of the Historical Journal of Radio and Television) and Sue Malden (former Chair of FOCAL International).
This event is free to attend, and refreshments will be provided.
Early career researchers participating in this conference are invited to take part in the annual IAMHIST master class on media and history, taking place at University College, Cork on Thursday, 9 January 2020.
To register and receive your ticket for this free event, please visit here. (NB: master class participants do not need to register separately for this event)
