The Moving Image as Biography
July 30-31, 2004
An exploration of individual and community biographies on film.
- “Introduction to The Moving Image as Biography Symposium,” by Eric Schaefer
- “Archival Footage and Storytelling in The Trouble with Merle,” by Maree Delofski
- “Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania,” by Jan Chris Horak
- “MIC: A Window to the Word’s Moving Images,” a powerpoint presentation by Jane Johnson
- “Moving Images, Biography, and the Archival Impulse,” by Janna Jones
- “Moving Images, New Media, and Autobiography,” by Dwight Swanson
- “Local Views, Developing a Larger History of American Cinema,” by Michael Aronson
Use the menu above to visit pages with essays by the presenters.
2004 Symposium presenters are listed below:
Michael Aronson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Oregon
Local Views, Developing a Larger History of American Cinema
Maree Delofski
Macquarie University Research Associate, Centre for Screen Studies Research, AFTRS
Archival Footage and Storytelling in THE TROUBLE WITH MERLE
Jan-Christopher Horak, Ph.D.
Editor, The Moving Image
Professor, UCLA Critical Studies
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Jane D. Johnson
MIC Project Manager, Library of Congress
Moving Image Collections: A Window to the World’s Moving Images
Janna Jones
Associate Professor, Communications, University of South Florida
Moving Images, Biography, and the Archival Impulse
Eric Schaefer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College
The Moving Image as Biography
Dwight Swanson
Independent Scholar
Moving Images, New Media and Autobiography