Mason Dixon on Fri, 6 Feb 2009 22:01:05 +0100 (CET) |
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<nettime-ann> Fwd: Queertopia :: Call for submissions |
. > > CALL FOR WORK - DISTRIBUTE WIDELY (students, colleagues, etc. . .) > > >> Northwestern University >> Queer Pride Graduate Student Association >> >> QUEERTOPIA! 2.0: An Academic Festival >> >> (Re)Imagining Communit(ies) May 1-2 2009 >> >> We invite all film/video makers to present their >> short (under 20 minutes) videos for viewing at a >> special event kicking off Queertopia! An Academic >> Festival to be held at Northwestern University on >> Friday, May 1. While we welcome all submissions >> that fall under the loose rubric of queer video, we >> are particularly interested in work related to this >> year's theme of (Re)Imagining Communit(ies). >> >> Queer scholars, artists and activists have long >> recognized that our communities are multiple and >> overlapping, comprised of people with multiple >> identities. The academic portion of our conference >> seeks to bring together work that explores new ways >> to put theory to practice toward a greater >> understanding our lived experiences. We encourage >> short videos that illuminate or interrogate your own >> communit(ies) or imagine entirely new ones.Please >> send your work in DVD format to:Queertopia! 2.0 C/O >> Beth Corzo-Duchardt Department of >> Radio/Television/Film Northwestern University - >> School of Communication 1920 Campus Drive, 2nd Floor >> Evanston, IL 60208 >> >> >> Please send your work in DVD format to: >> Queertopia! 2.0 >> C/O Beth Corzo-Duchardt >> Department of Radio/Television/Film >> Northwestern University - School of Communication >> 1920 Campus Drive, 2nd Floor >> >> Evanston, IL 60208 >> >> >> Submissions must be postmarked by March 6, 2009. We >> plan to send out acceptance emails in April. >> >> >> In addition to your DVD, please include the >> following information: Name, Affiliation, email >> address, phone number, short (1 - 3 sentences) >> description of the video, length of the video, and a >> self-addressed, stamped envelope if you want your >> DVD returned. >> >> Please circulate this announcement to all those who >> may be interested. Questions? Contact us >> at Queertopia.nu@gmail.com >> >> About QPGSA: Queer pride graduate student >> association (QPGSA) is an organization at >> Northwestern University that seeks to foster >> interdisciplinary approaches to queer studies - very >> broadly conceived. We are dedicated to providing >> opportunities for Northwestern's gay, lesbian, >> transgendered, bisexual, queer, and allied graduate >> students to meet and socialize with other graduate >> students in nonacademic settings. In addition to >> the various quarterly and monthly social events, we >> are dedicated to increasing our visibility on campus >> through our participation in speaker series as well >> as other academic and professional presentations and >> through our partnerships with a number of on-campus >> organizations, including the Rainbow Alliance (NU's >> Undergraduate LGBT organization), the LGBT Resource >> Center, and the Gender Studies Department. >> >> >> Beth Corzo-Duchardt >> >> doctoral student >> >> Northwestern University >> >> >> corzo-duchardt@u.northwestern.edu >> > _______________________________________________ nettime-ann mailing list nettime-ann@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ann