Scoggin provides the immediate historical context of Citizenfour and touches upon issues relevant for practitioners as well as academics. Explaining how the characters of Poitras' film became high-value sources, the protection of which necessitated ever-new methods to avert surveillance, tracking, and apprehension, she also touches upon concrete examples of freely-available shareware solutions that serve such purposes. In combining historical context with own experiences and political background with concrete recommendations, Scoggin's presentation illustrates both the pitfalls of contemporary techno-politics and shows the potentials of contemporary journalism and film making to not only critically comment upon, but also actively shape and re-shape politics.
The guest lecture is connected to a screening of Citizenfour at Verdensteatret Cinematek on the same day (17:30 - 20:30). More info here.
Katy Scoggin is a Graduate Assistant in cinematography at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has been a Fullbright scholar in Berlin and currently works on a documentary about exceptional women over 80 - Women of a Certain Age.
Scoggin's visit is the result of a cooperation between the Dept. of Culture and Literature, the Centre for Peace Studies, the ENCODE-research group (all UiT), and the Norwegian Peace Film Award.
Når: 17.11.15 kl 13.15–15.00
Hvor:
UiT Tromsø E-0103
Sted: Tromsø
Målgruppe: alle
Ansvarlig: Holger Pötzsch
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