3 Oct 2013 - 4 Oct 2013 | All day | CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT - SG1&2 |
- Description
- Programme
Description
Registrations are now closed
Conveners
François Penz (Architecture Department, University of Cambridge)
Co-Conveners
Richard Koeck (School of Architecture, University of Liverpool)
Chris Speed (Edinburgh College of Art)
Andrew Saint (English Heritage)
Summary
The Cinematic Urban Geographies conference aims to explore the different facets by which cinema and the moving image contribute to our understanding of cities and their topographies. This event will be the final act of an AHRC research project entitled Cinematic Geographies of Battersea.
The Cambridge conference will offer a unique opportunity to debate issues of cinematic geographies, filmic urban characterisation within the cultural & social dimension and database cinema (metadata) as well as film archives and the locative media potential afforded by the new generation of mobile phones.
The conference will take place over two days – corresponding to two complementary themes:
Theme 1 probes the many trajectories and points of contact between the cinema and its topographic context. This opens a number of sub-themes, including:
- films as sites of memories –lieux de mémoires (after Pierre Nora)
- ‘movie centric’ maps of cities – map-reading and ciné-tourism
- cinematic cityscapes within social & cultural practices
- cartographic cinema: the role of maps in films
- cinematic cartography: the cinematic appeal of maps
Theme 2 is concerned with the process of cinematic restitution at the place where films were shot – probing the issue of bringing the invisible filmic material layered over the city to life –through the sub-themes:
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visualising the cinematic urban archaeology of a city
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geo-locating movies in the city – mobile Apps
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public engagement with local films through social networking
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database cinema – meta cinema – cinemetrics
- virtual cinematic sites of memories
Invited speakers include:
Charlotte Brunsdon (Film Studies, University of Warwick)
Richard Coyne (Architectural Computing, Edinburgh College of Art)
Roland-François Lack (French Studies, UCL)
Elizabeth Lebas (History of Art and Architecture, Middlesex University)
Steven Pile (Human Geography, The Open University)
Andrew Prescott (Digital Humanities, King’s College London)
Mark Shiel (Film Studies, King’s College London)
Peter Von Bagh (Film Historian and Director, Helsinki)
Sponsors
Accommodation for non-paper giving delegates
We are unable to arrange accommodation, however, the following websites may be of help.
Visit Cambridge
Cambridge Rooms
University of Cambridge accommodation webpage
NB. CRASSH is not able to help with the booking of accommodation.
Administrative assistance: events@crassh.cam.ac.uk
Programme
DAY 1 | |
09.00-9.30 | Registration |
9.30-9.40 | Welcome and Introduction |
9.40-10.45 | CARTOGRAPHIC CINEMA: THE ROLE OF MAPS IN FILMS
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10.45-11.15 | Coffee Break |
11.15-12.00 | PANEL 1 AND DISCUSSION
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12.00-13.00 | ‘MOVIE CENTRIC’ MAP OF CITIES – MAP-READING AND CINÉ-TOURISM
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13.00-14.00 | Lunch |
14.00-15.10 | FILMS AS SITES OF MEMORIES – LIEUX DE MÉMOIRES
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15.10-16.00 | PANEL 2 AND DISCUSSION
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16.00-16.30 | Tea Break |
16.30-17.15 | PANEL 3 AND DISCUSSIONS
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17.30 | All go to the Arts Picture House |
18.00 | Screening at the Art Picture House – Helsinki Forever introduction and discussion with Peter von Bagh |
20.15 | Buffet Dinner at Trinity Hall |
DAY 2 | |
9.15-9.55 | CINEMATIC TOPOGRAPHIES WITHIN THEIR SOCIAL & CULTURAL PRACTICES
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9.55-10.35 | DATABASE CINEMA: VISUALISING THE CINEMATIC URBAN ARCHAEOLOGY
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10.35-11.00 | Coffee Break |
11.00-13.00 | PARALLEL SESSIONS SESSION 1 – cinematic topographies within their social & cultural practices (SG1)
Panel and discussion
Panel and discussion
SESSION 2 – database cinema: visualising the cinematic urban archaeology of a city (SG2)
Panel and discussion
Panel and discussion
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13.00-14.00 | Lunch |
14.00-14.40 | GEO-LOCATING MOVIES IN THE CITY – MOBILE APPS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL FILMS THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKING Richard Coyne (University of Edinburgh): Haunted by Media: Mood and |
14.40-16.15 | CINEMATIC GEOGRAPHIES OF BATTERSEA PANEL
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16.15-17.00 | PANEL 4 AND DISCUSSION
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17.00-17.30 | Final discussion |
17.30 | Drinks reception in the foyer |