TWENTIETH ANNUAL VISUAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Atlanta Hilton
December 13-15, 2004

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Because of the change to Atlanta, the program will be subject to adjustments. We advise you to check closer to the date or you may contact Thomas D. Blakely, tdb5@psu.edu, (610)927 0709, or Najwa Adra, najwa@optonline.com.

This year's conference is a combined presentation of SVA and GAVA, the graduate association of visual anthropologists.

Read the Abstracts

Monday, December 13
7:00 pm Informal dinner: Conference presenters, SVA Officers, Board Members, and any interested Conference participants. Place: "to-be-announced". Meet near the Hilton reservation desk.

Tuesday, December 14
9:00 am Welcome and Introduction, Thomas D. Blakely and Najwa Adra, Visual Research Conference Chairs

9:20 Steve Luber, "Your Attention Please: Media, Spectacle and The Complex"

10:30 informal discussion

10:45 Fadwa El Guindi, "The Story Behind Visual Anthropology"

11:10 informal discussion

11:45-1:30 Lunch at a nearby restaurant

1:30 Anita Kumar, "Dancing with Shakti: Performing Nation and Gender in the South Asian Diaspora"

2:30 Peter Biella and Kate Hennessy, "Dissemination of Interactive Visual Anthropology: CD-ROM and Web Versions of Visual Anthropology Review"

3:30 informal discussion

3:45 Bethe Hagens, "Bullroarers in the Celestial Geometric Matrix", which includes bullroarer performances.

4:45 Amanda Holmes, "The Role of Embodied Communication in Transmitting Ways of Knowing Nature: Yoruba Diaspora in Matanzas, Cuba and Oyatunji Village, South Carolina"

5:45 Summary and Announcements: Thomas D. Blakely and Najwa Adra

6:00 Adjournment for dinner

Wednesday, December 15
9:00 am Introduction and welcome: Thomas D. Blakely and Najwa Adra, Conference Chairs

9:10 Andrea M Heckman, "From Still Photography to Documentary Filmmaking as Visual Communication"

10:20 Informal discussion

10:30 Lisa Jane Hardy, "Dog"

11.30 informal discussion

11:45 Garrett Alexandrea McDowell, "A Hermeneutic Approach to Anthropological Photography through Web Media: First Comes Love, Then Comes...

12:40 Concluding remarks: Thomas D. Blakely and Najwa Adra