On Saturday afternoon, May 15, 2010 from 2:00-3:30 pm, Dr. Haidy
Geismar will lead a new “SAFE Tour” of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. SAFE tours provide an “insider’s look” at a museum collection
and focus on artworks and artifacts that have dubious provenance or are
presumed to be illicit.

An anthropologist, Dr. Geismar is an Assistant Professor in the Museum
Studies Program and the Department of Anthropology of New York University.
Her research interests are visual anthropology and material culture; cultural
and intellectual property; digital technologies in relation to understandings of
materiality, museum practices (collection, archiving, preservation and
exhibition) and photography; new economic forms; and the anthropology
of Oceania. She is editor of Material World.

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The AAA Annual Meeting online submission deadline is April 1, 2010 (5 p.m. EST)!!

Please make sure that everyone in your session (panelists, discussants, chairs, organizers, poster-makers, etc) is registered and has submitted her/his paper/poser title and abstract before this deadline!  This deadline is firm for all types of proposals now: paper/poster sessions, special events (including inno-vents), and workshops.

http://aaanet.org/meetings/Call-for-Papers.cfm

And please remember, if you would like your session to be reviewed by SVA, make sure to select us as the reviewing section.

Thanks,
Jenny Chio and Stephanie Takaragawa
2010 SVA Program Co-Chairs

SVA members and others engaged in visual research projects are invited to submit proposals for the annual Visual Research Conference until March 27.  Directions for how to submit proposals and additional information about the conference can be found on the SVA website.  The March 27 deadline is a week extension that still provides time for the Visual Research Conference committee to review proposals before the AAA program deadline of April 1st.

Workshop in Ethnographic Filmmaking with Judith and David MacDougall

AARHUS UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL, Denmark, AUGUST 20-26, 2010
Level: BA
Credits:10 ECTS
Lecturers: David and Judith MacDougall
Organizer: Christian Suhr
Number of participants max. 12
Application deadline: April 15, 2010
http://www.aal.au.dk/en/antro/studies/summer2010/home

The Aarhus University Summer School in visual anthropology is an intensive course designed for Danish and international students interested in a brief but challenging educational experience during the summer.

The course is open to students in anthropology and related disciplines from Denmark and elsewhere and is intended for people with no or little previous experience with filmmaking. The language of teaching is English. (more…)

NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM COURSES IN OXFORD OPEN TO EVERYONE

.    for research purposes,
.    as an AV addenda for a thesis or publication,
.    for screening at a film festival,
.    for personal use
.    for work purposes
.    for internet distribution,
.    for educational use,
.    for basic skills in digital media,
.    as an introduction to factual filmmaking,

The Oxford Academy of Documentary Film will be running short courses in
Oxford at St. Clare’s International College, 139 Banbury Rd, Oxford

*5-Day Workshop Before You Go: Introduction to documentary filmmaking
(hands-on camera skills) with Final Cut Express 4.0*
Dates: 15 — 19 February 2010
Time: 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri (5 days) Fees: £550 (Concessions £450)

*3-Week Intensive Foundation Course in Documentary Film- 4 days a week*
Dates: 8 - 26 March 2010
Time: TBC (4 days per week) Fees: £950 (Concessions £850)

Please visit http://www.oadf.co.uk for more information and application
form or contact alison (at) oadf.co.uk

New Orleans, November 17-21, 2010

Dear Society for Visual Anthropology members,

As your program chairs for the 2010 Annual Meeting, we’d like to
remind you of the following upcoming deadlines and encourage everyone
to submit!  We are here to answer questions and provide advice on the
process, as necessary, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch
(Jenny.Chio@uts.edu.au and takaraga@chapman.edu). (more…)

New Orleans has inspired the theme of the 2010 AAA Annual Meetings: “Circulation.” This theme is meant to encourage us to think about what happens when movement is the organizing trope of our questions, methodologies, analyses and accounts. We can think in terms of circulation across time as well as space, through different organizing principles, and in a variety of shapes and forms, inviting us to consider what triggers, facilitates, constrains, disrupts or stops flows; what is at stake in these processes and for whom.

The SVA always has a significant presence at the Annual Meeting, and 2010 will be no different. We encourage anthropologists of all ranks and with interests in visual research to contribute proposals. Deadlines for the submission of executive, invited and volunteered sessions are coming up, so please feel free to contact the SVA program committee with your questions, ideas, and submissions well before the deadlines below so that we can address any concerns and help build the strongest possible SVA program for this year.

The 2010 SVA Program Committee consists of Stephanie Takaragawa (takaraga@chapman.edu) and Jenny Chio (Jenny.Chio@uts.edu.au). (more…)

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Reminder:
Call for Films: Submission deadline: 15 December 2009
Please forward to filmmakers / students who have produced a film
10th Göttingen International
Ethnographic Film Festival
12 – 16 May, 2010
http://www.gieff.de/

The festival promotes documentary cinema with a special emphasis on new films, videos or interactive media (published after 1.1.2007) dealing with socio-cultural processes in a wide sense of the term.
The festival is open to all filmmakers, but especially those coming from anthropology, sociology, folklore and neighbouring disciplines. It provides a great opportunity for international co-operation in Visual Anthropology and documentary filmmaking. (more…)

What: Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui
When: 17 - 19 November 2010
Where: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Kia ora koutou (Greetings to everyone)!

New Zealand’s first international ethnography hui will give participants the opportunity to meet with like-minded researchers and experience the rich cultural tradition that is Aoteaoroa, New Zealand. 
There is a stunning list of four cutting-edge keynote speakers—Norman K. Denzin, Linda Tuwihai Smith, Elspeth Probyn, and Neil Drew—who will challenge and invigorate delegates, and are looking forward to this exciting time together!

The hui has three key threads;
•    Emerging Methods: traditional, experimental, transgressive forms
•    Practice and Advocacy: doing ethnography on the ground
•    Social Justice and Transformation: theoretical ethnographic visions

The call for participation is now open and you are invited to submit your abstracts online at http://www.nzethnographyconference.com Presenters’ papers will be considered for a peer-reviewed compilation of four to five presentations per thread.