Dear CSSA members
This is a call for papers for a december conference on Australian TV
history.
Liz Jacka
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A CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN TELEVISION
December 8 – 10 2005
At the Powerhouse Museum (December 8-9) and UTS (December 10)
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UTS and the Powerhouse Museum are convening a three-day conference
that will examine aspects of the history of television in Australia.
This conference is held in conjunction with the Australian Television
History Project being conducted by UTS and with the opening of an
exhibition by the Powerhouse on the history of Australian television
to mark the 50th anniversary of the beginning of television
broadcasting in Australia.
The Powerhouse Museum’s exhibition is designed for a general audience
and examines aspects of the history of television in Australia through
the presentation of artifacts and audiovisual material. It looks at
life before and after television, but is thematic rather than
chronological in its focus. These themes include:
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genres of television
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Identity
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and memory
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of sexuality
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television
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and classification
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the credits – how television is made
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and indigenous television
The Australian Television History project is exploring how Australian
television was introduced, how it developed and gives appropriate
emphasis to the place of commercial television.
The partners in this project are UTS, Screen Sound Australia, the
Centre for the Moving Image and Currency House.
The Conference is designed to complement the Exhibition and to bring
scholarly reflection to this important public discourse on the impact
of television on Australian society over the last 50 years.
Papers are invited which explore Australian television in an
historical context.
We expect to produce a publication from the conference papers.
Please contact Liz Jacka, Chief Investigator, Australian Television
History Project
e-mail: liz.jacka@uts.edu.au
Phone: 02 9558 9718 (h)