CALL FOR PAPERS
"Making a Start Out of Particulars"
The Fourth Biennial Conference of the
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
June 19-23, 2001
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff
For further information, see <http://www.asle.umn.edu/>
PANEL: FILM/VIDEO AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
Although ASLE is primarily concerned with encounters between environments
and written texts, there are signs of life on the environmental film
studies front as well. Some examples are discussions on the email list;
postings of appropriate films to the Web site; papers at the 1999
conference about Steven Seagal's FIRE DOWN BELOW, James Cameron's ALIENS,
and avant-garde films by Michael Snow and Straub/Huillet; and Scott
MacDonald's article "Ten (Alternative) Films and Videos on American Nature"
in _ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment_ 6, no. 1
(Winter 1999). Hoping to make connections between ecocriticism and film
studies, and among those who are doing this kind of work, I invite
proposals for papers to be presented at a wide-ranging panel on depictions
of natural environments in film and video art.
There is no specific theme that the papers should address. Rather, the goal
is (following the lead of the conference title) to begin to understand the
contours of current ecocritical work on film and video by looking at
analyses of particular works or artists (from any period or country). In
order to achieve the greatest possible breadth, I particularly encourage
proposals that address non-narrative avant-garde works and documentary
works, in addition to those that concern narrative fiction features (both
mainstream and art house).
Also in keeping with the aims of this conference, I'm interested in posting
completed papers to the Web before the conference, so that we can spend the
bulk of the panel time in discussion.
Please send a one page abstract (or a completed paper) and c.v. via email
by Wednesday, December 20, 2000. If possible, please cut-and-paste the
abstract/paper and c.v. into the body of the email message rather than
sending attachments. Finally, don't hesitate to contact me with any
questions.
Neil Robinson
University of Chicago
na-robinson@uchicago.edu
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