Projecting migration : transcultural documentary practice / edited by Alan Grossman and Áine O'Brien.

By:

Grossman Alan

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Publication details: London ; New York : Wallflower Press, 2007.Description: xv, 239 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:

190567404X (pbk.)
9781905674046 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

304.82 GRO

Contents:

Video messaging in contexts of forced migration: amplifying social relatedness across the Mozambique/South Africa border / Graeme Rodgers and Andrea Spitz -- History read backward: memory, migration and the photographic archive / Roberta McGarth -- Imaging the unimaginable: Disputed territory / Anthony Haughey -- Iconology: exploring the DVD in southern African migrant culture research / David Coplan and Gei Zantzinger -- Televisualizing transnational migration: The new Americans / Alan Grossman and Aine O\'Brien -- Picturing the tunnel kids / Lawrence Taylor -- Migrant children and the performance of memory: film fieldwork / Rosella Ragazzi -- sans titre/untitled: video installation as an active archive / Jayce Salloum -- Textualising radio practice: sounding out a changing Ireland / Harry Browne and Chinedu Onyejelem -- Back routes: historical articulation in multimedia production / Roshini Kempadoo -- Presenting themselves before the camera: the Somali Elders Project in Cardiff / Glenn Jordan.

Summary: Migration has rapidly become a fundamental component of modern life and increasingly determines who we are and how we define ourselves today. Projecting Migration is a groundbreaking multimedia book/DVD-ROM project that attempts to understand the phenomena of mobility and displacement through essays, films, photography and audio recordings. Contributors have been on the ground in locations as diverse as the US/Mexico border, southern Africa, Lebanon and Ireland, and each chapter is linked with DVD chapters of original footage, resulting in a dynamic account of migrant narratives which circumvent the distorting lens of news journalism. This cross-media collection created in collaboration with the Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice at the Dublin Institute of Technology marks a major transdisciplinary contribution to contemporary debates on migration--Publisher\'s website.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	304.82 GRO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100452284

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Migration is a major global issue, increasingly determining who we are and how we define ourselves. Projecting Migration: Transcultural Documentary Practice is a groundbreaking book/DVD-ROM project that explores contemporary ethnographic narratives through the medium of film, photography, multimedia, and radio. The DVD contains media material from each of the essays while the text engages interprets migration through the medium of image and sound. Audio and visual imagination is a crucial component of cultural identity, and this collection marks a major cross-media, interdisciplinary contribution.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Migration has rapidly become a fundamental component of modern life and increasingly determines who we are and how we define ourselves today. Projecting Migration is a groundbreaking multimedia book/DVD-ROM project that attempts to understand the phenomena of mobility and displacement through essays, films, photography and audio recordings. Contributors have been on the ground in locations as diverse as the US/Mexico border, southern Africa, Lebanon and Ireland, and each chapter is linked with DVD chapters of original footage, resulting in a dynamic account of migrant narratives which circumvent the distorting lens of news journalism. This cross-media collection created in collaboration with the Centre for Transcultural Research and Media Practice at the Dublin Institute of Technology marks a major transdisciplinary contribution to contemporary debates on migration--Publisher\'s website.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

Acknowledgements (p. vii)
Notes on contributors (p. ix)
Guidelines for DVD-Rom (p. xi)
Foreword (p. xiii)
Introduction (p. 1)
1 Video Messaging in Contexts of Forced Migration: 'Amplifying' Social Relatedness across the Mozambique/South Africa Border (p. 20)
2 History Read Backward: Memory, Migration and the Photographic Archive (p. 36)
3 Imaging the Unimaginable: Disputed Territory (p. 53)
4 Iconology: Exploring the DVD in Southern African Migrant Culture Research (p. 71)
5 Televisualising Transnational Migration: The New Americans (p. 88)
6 Picturing the Tunnel Kids (p. 120)
7 Migrant Children and the Performance of Memory: Film Fieldwork (p. 139)
8 Sans titre/untitled: Video Installation as an Active Archive (p. 164)
9 Textualising Radio Practice: Sounding Out a Changing Ireland (p. 183)
10 Back Routes: Historical Articulation in Multimedia Production (p. 199)
11 Presenting Themselves Before the Camera: The Somali Elders Project in Cardiff (p. 215)
Index (p. 234)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Alan Grossman and Áine O'Brien are members of the Centre for Transcultural Research and Practice at the Dublin Institute for Technology.