From 16 to 17 September, AFDA Film School in association with Cilect Africa
Regional Association (CARA) will be hosting a two-day conference on Film,
Television and Media schools with a particular focus on education in Africa, at the
AFDA Johannesburg campus.
The conference aims to present papers which generate ideas around the
content and practices of film and media studies curricula, as well as modern
teaching practice with a focus on skill.
Local and international researchers and lecturers involved in interdisciplinary
research of film studies as well as the education of film, television and
entertainment media are invited to submit proposals for papers.
Requirements:
Papers of the following nature will be considered: Standard research papers on
the topic, action research papers on film or media production, and teaching
methodologies for film and media production papers.
Paper presentations may be no longer than 20 minutes.
Deadline:
A detailed description of the proposed paper, including relevant biographical
information on authors or presenters, must be emailed by 15 July 2014 to:
conference@afda.co.za. This needs to be one page, at a maximum of 300 words
in length.
Successful proposals will be selected by 15 August 2014.
Cost
Expenses for attending the AFDA/CARA conference (including travel expenses
and accommodation) will be the responsibility of the authors or presenters of
accepted papers.
Visit the AFDA (www.afda.co.za) or CARA (www.cilect.org) website for more
information.
