FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
10.00-11.00
Jens Eder (Film University Babelsberg) / Britta Hartmann (University of Bonn) / Chris Tedjasukmana (Freie Universität Berlin and University of Art and Design Linz): „Exploring the Field of Web Video Activism – Some Questions“
VIDEO PRACTICES AND ACTS OF DISOBEDIENCE
11.30-12.15
Robin Celikates (University of Amsterdam): „Video Disobedience: From Resistance to Resignation?“
12.15-13.00
Tina Askanius (University of Lund): „Activist Video as T̶e̶x̶t̶,̶ ̶T̶e̶s̶t̶i̶m̶o̶n̶y̶,̶ ̶T̶e̶c̶h̶n̶o̶l̶o̶g̶y̶, Practices"
CURRENT VIDEO ACTIVISM IN TURKEY AND SYRIA
14.45-15.30
Şirin Erensoy (Kültür University, Istanbul): „The Evolution of Video Activism in Turkey“
15.30-16.15
Nather Henafe Alali (Journalist and activist, Frankfurt and Deir ez-Zor, Syria): „Video Activism and Syrian Publics in Exile“
VIDEO FORMS AND RHETORICS
16.45-17.30
Concha Mateos (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid): „Video Activism: Discourse Types and Narrative Heroines and Heroes“
17.30-18.15
Kathrin Fahlenbrach (University of Hamburg): „Embodied Rhetorics. Audiovisual Evidence and Metaphors in Videoactivism“
BUILDING IMPACT
19.00-20.00
Kate Nash (University of Leeds) : „Professional Activism? Exploring the Impact of Impact“
& John Corner (University of Leeds): „Activism, Media Forms and Political Spaces: Some Comments of Response“
SATURDAY, 13 MAY 2017
10.00-11.00
VIDEOS IN CLOSE-UP
CREDIBILITY IN CRISIS
11.30-12.15
Sascha Simons (Leuphana University, Lüneburg): „A Witness for the Witness. On the Unreliability of Audiovisual Testimonies“
12.15-13.00
Gabi Sobliye / Leil-Zahra Mortada (Tactical Technology Collective, Berlin): „Video Ethics and the Manufacturing of Truth“
14.30-16.00
OPEN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION:
STORY WARS AND VIDEO TACTICS – ACTIVIST PERSPECTIVES
with Maike Gosch (story4good, Berlin), Nanna Heidenreich (ifs international film school, Cologne), Margarita Tsomou (Missy Magazine, Berlin), Malte Voß (video activist and author, Berlin), Thorsten Winsel (video activist, Berlin)