Cultural Dimensions of Visual Ethnography: U.S.- China Dialogues
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Conference locations (various locations, please see program listed below); Film screenings (Leavey Auditorium)
April 8-10, 2010
Time: 12:00PM – 7:30PM
Please RSVP to Jia Tan at jiatan@usc.edu
How has visual ethnography shifted from becoming a discipline of “first world” filmmakers traveling to film “third world” people to a more complex and dialogical series of exchanges? Moving away from this bi-polar perspective to see the world in more complex and subtle terms, how have the audience for ethnographic documentaries shifted in recent years? How are ethnographic documentaries influenced by controversies about minority nationalities and ethnicity? What is the relationship between visual ethnography and the commercial videos produced for tourism promotion? What is the role of autobiographical or first person documentaries in defining a cultural perspective? What role do videos play in maintaining transnational connections among dispersed families and communities in China and the US? How do websites and web-based blogs serve to maintain transnational ties?
Full schedule after the break.
