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Date:          Thu, 24 Apr 1997 19:30:40 -0400
To:            videazimut@lglobal.com
From:          videaz@web.net (Lavinia Mohr)
Subject:       Just Watch Call for Entry

Call for Entry!


J U S T   W A T C H
Symposium, Workshop, Videoprogramm, Internetproject

Representational Politics in the Electronic Media
By Women Media Producers From the Global South

Shedhalle Zurich, Switzerland
September 6th - 12th, 1997


The global aspect of new technologies is often praised as
democratization of communication. Technology critics wonder, however,
whether cyberspace does not simply reproduce patriarchal and colonial
structures of the global media networks. The project JUST WATCH
addresses the question of access to and alternative use of the
electronic media to women from Africa, South America and Asia as well as
minorities and migrants in Europe who are involved in media production
(video, tv, internet).

We will have a close look at the representation of women from the Global
South in local and western tv-productions and discuss the current
priorities and strategies in cultural articulation and
self-representation. These questions will engage us in a discussion
around identity politics in the representation and definition of
ethnicity and gender. A debate which has been widely neglected in Europe
eventhough media is known to play a crucial role in shaping western
imagination and attitudes towards cultural values in other parts of the
world. By the same token, these images have a great impact on the public
opinion in the European domestic relations to migration, refugees and
racism. The use of women as metaphors for nature, submission,
victimization, backwardness or exotification still dominates media
representation. Rather than simply producing counter narratives, we are
interested in ways to reclaim and reconstruct various on-going
geo-political histories and multiple identities.

Programm

* Symposium September 6th and 7th
Audio-visual presentations by women from independent media, community TV
and video units from Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Topics up for discussion:
conditions of production and forms of distribution,
identity politics in representation (gender/ethnicity),
strategies of empowerment/emanzipation/citizenship,
access and applications of electronic communication technology
Further suggestions are welcome.
*Video programm
A video programm on the above issues will be put together. Please send
in your video tapes for screening.
The exhibition will document the particular local working conditions
(camera work, editing room, studio), forms of distribution, access to
the public sphere (i.e. outdoor/community screenings) etc. Could you
please provide us with a photograph or/and a clip of your own work
situation?

* Media Workshop September 8th - 12th
A one week workshop on media theory and practice for migrant and
minority women in Europe who want to focus on identity politics in
western media and formulate positions in self-representation. Detailed
information available in June.

*Internet Project
JUST WATCH will have it's own web site which provides information on the
symposium, video programm, workshop and minority media productions in
Europe. If you wish to participate, please send us information about
your activities and media programs.

*Media File
Special attention is given to media productions by transnationals,
migrants and ethnic minorities in Europe with an emphasis on women's
productions. JUST WATCH initiates a file providing sources and titles to
enhance communication between producers + contribute to a wider public
access.

If you have suggestions for a presentation at the symposium, want to
send us videos and visual materials for the exhibition, please mail it
to the address below and let us know by fax or email.

Our home page will be set up in July.

This is an open invitation. Please feel free to hand it on to others who
work within the parameters of this project.

Thank you very much for your collaboration.
We look forward to hearing from you,


Ursula Biemann & Martine Anderfuhren

Shedhalle
PF 771
CH-8038 Z=FCrich
Switzerland
uleshedhalle@access.ch
manderfu@worldcom.ch

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