Call For Participation!

i-Docs 2014
Bristol, UK
March 20-21, 2014

http://bit.ly/19tWoHF

Following the success of the i-Docs Symposia in 2011 and 2012, we are delighted to invite you to participate in i-Docs 2014, two full days devoted to considering the expanding and rapidly evolving field of interactive documentary

The Symposium is convened by Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi and Mandy Rose, and hosted by the Digital Cultures Research Centre, UWE, Bristol. The event will be held at Watershed on Bristol’s Harbourside – Thursday 20 and Friday 21 of March 2014.

Keynote speakers confirmed so far: Kate Nash (University of Tasmania), Hank Willis Thomas (Question Bridge), Francesca Panetta (Firestorm, The Guardian Online) and William Uricchio (MIT Open Documentary Lab).

Further additions to what promises to be an extraordinary line-up of talent will be announced over the next month or so…keep an eye on i-docs.org

This year’s symposium will focus on three pressing themes:

Production Models

• When the subjects are the story: from “access media” to participatory design
• The emergence of the Hackathon: storytelling as software
• The art and ethics of crowd-funding: working with a financing community
• Documentary meets user experience: translating languages, know-hows and methodologies
•  Broadcasting, digital publishing, community support: where is the money in i-docs?

Engagement and Evaluation

• “Formerly known as the audience”: users, interactants, participants – what’s in a name?
• User testing: what should be tested, when, how and by whom?
• Reception studies and data science: what are the methodologies for researching i-docs?
• “First select your twitter handle”: the role of the creator in the age of social networks
• What does the audience for an i-doc want: who knows (and who cares)?

New Territories

• i-docs beyond the screen: performativity and presence
• “The Snowfall effect”: is scrolling navigation a paradigm shift?
• Tactile, haptic, horizontal: the influence of the iPad on i-docs aesthetics
• Between documentary, journalism and art: crossovers & blurring boundaries
• NGO, activist, human rights i-docs: advocacy, capacity building, mobilisation
• i-docs geographical spread: models beyond the Western world

We welcome proposals for papers, panels, presentations of work and alternative forms of debate – The full call for participation for more details on these themes, and potential areas for discussion can be downloaded at http://bit.ly/19tWoHF

Proposals should be sent to: idocs2014@gmail.com by Friday 15th of November 2013. The proposal should clearly outline your intentions in no more than 300 words. Links to further visual materials may be provided, where appropriate. Proposals for alternative formats and themes are very welcome.

Conference proceedings will be published on the i-Docs conference website.

The full two-day delegate fee including lunch and refreshments is £175. Early bird tickets at a reduced rate will go on sale in November.

Please contact idocs2014@gmail.com if you have any further questions.