Photojournalism: Then and Now
Photojournalism: Then & Now explores the history of photojournalism in Canada and the role played by photojournalism, within a changing digital landscape, in the media representation of 21st century warfare. 听The two- day symposium is presented by Media@缅北强奸, the 缅北强奸 Institute for the Study of Canada, and the McCord Museum on November 1 and 2, 2012.
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Day 1 鈥� Thursday, November 1, 2012 鈥� Histories of Photojournalism
2:00-3:30 p.m.: The Histories of Photojournalism in Canada 鈥� round table (bilingual):
Zo毛 Tousignant, PhD candidate, Department of Art History, Concordia University; JoAnne Stober, Archivist, Arts and Photography, Library and Archives Canada; Lily Koltun, archivist and artist; Fr茅d茅ric Giuliano, Archivist Coordinator, Direction des services aux usagers et aux partenaires, Centre d'archives de Montr茅al, Biblioth猫que et archives nationales du Qu茅bec; Will Straw, Professor, Department of Art History and Communications Studies, 缅北强奸.
4:00-5:00 p.m.: Questioning Photojournalism History 鈥� public lecture by Thierry Gervais
Thierry Gervais is a faculty member in the School of Image Arts at Ryerson University and the Head of Research of the Ryerson Image Centre.听 He is the editor-in-chief of the journal 脡tudes photographiques and the author of La Photographie (with Ga毛lle Morel) and several other works on photography.
Day 2 鈥� Friday, November 2, 2012 鈥� Conflict[ed] Reporting: War and Photojournalism in the Digital Age (simultaneous interpretation for full day)
1:00-2:00 p.m.:听 Perpetrators and Participants: War Photographers of the Digital Age - Peter Maass, journalist
2:00-3:00 p.m.:听 Seven Theses on the Photographic Situation
Sharon Sliwinski, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario
3:30-4:30 p.m.: When the War Photographer Returns: Exploring Reflexive Moments in Photojournalism
Donald Matheson, Acting Head, School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand
4:30-6:00 p.m.:听 Panel: Conflict[ed] Reporting: War and Photojournalism in the Digital Age
With Louie Palu, photojournalist, Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow with the New America Foundation; Susan L. Carruthers, Associate Professor, Department of History at Rutgers University in Newark; Thierry Gervais, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University, Editor-in-Chief of 脡tudes Photographiques.
听WHO:听听听听听听听听听听听听听International speakers from both the academic and professional spectrum
听WHAT: 听听听听听听听听听 Two-day symposium on photojournalism
听WHEN: 听听听听听听听听听 November 1 and 2, 2012
WHERE: 听听听听听听听 McCord Museum, 690 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal
*Please note that simultaneous interpretation will only be available on the second day of the event. The event is free and open to the public.