Reframing Documentation, Representation, Visibility, and Legibility: Documentary Film and Marginalized Embodiment
Language: English
When the visual representation of othered bodies has so frequently been a source of harm, how can this tension be addressed by work being done today – while using the strength of visual methods to work against these harmful structures? What strategies can be employed – in the work process, the approach, the distribution, but also in the very acts of framing and editing images of bodies – that can seek to actively work against perpetuating this violence? What are the relationships between documentation, representation, visibility, and legibility that those utilizing documentary film as a responsible research method must consider and investigate? What conversations have to happen about these issues and who do they need to involve and center?
This session features researchers who use documentary film as a method to engage with individuals or groups with marginalized embodiments and who themselves have othered embodiments. Presentations will include film excerpts as well as reflections on the film work and the session’s themes.