Ken Pratt, Lecturer in Journalism publishes in Guardian

A long journey to independence
Disabled people are some of the poorest in the world, and often
overlooked in developing countries’ plans. But in Uganda, amid the
general neglect, some are starting to make their presence felt.
Kenneth Pratt guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/journalismcompetition/long-journey

Standing Up for Science (media workshop, Edinburgh, 21 Nov, 2008)

Standing Up for Science
Media Workshop
This event is open to early career researchers in physical, chemical or biological sciences (post-doctoral fellows or
equivalent in first job) and will be held on Friday 21st November 2008 in Edinburgh.
Are you passionate about your research?
Do you think it is important for good science and evidence to be
communicated to a wider audience?
What can you do about misconceptions and misinformation about
science?
Science in the media: What happens when research announcements go wrong; statistics are
manipulated; risk factors are distorted; or discussions become polarised?
Speakers: Professor John Atkinson, Associate Dean Research & Commercialisation, School of Health Nursing and
Midwifery, University of The West of Scotland; Dr Dave Reay, Lecturer in Carbon Management, University of
Edinburgh; Dr Debbie Wake, Clinician in Endocrinology, Diabetes and General Medicine, NHS Lothien; Dr Shaun
Treweek, Health Services researcher, Dundee University.
What journalists are looking for: How do journalists approach stories? Balance the need for
news and entertainment with reporting science? And deal with accusations of polarising debates
and mis-representing the facts?
Speakers: Fiona MacRae, The Daily Mail; Margaret McCartney, The Financial Times; and others to be confirmed!
Standing up for science; the nuts and bolts: What is there for early career researchers to play
for? Not yet the leaders in the field what can you do to encourage good science and evidence in
the public domain? This session offers practical guidance for early career researchers to get their
voices heard in debates about science; how to respond to bad science when you see it; and top
tips for if you come face-to-face with a journalist!
Speakers: Ellen Raphael, Director, Sense About Science; Alice Tuff, Voice of Young Science; Ronald Kerr, Press
and PR Manager, University of Edinburgh.
These workshops are very popular and there are only 40 places available. Please apply with a CV and covering letter
explaining your reason for applying to Alice Tuff with the reference Media Workshop 21/11/08: email
atuff@senseaboutscience.org or post to Sense About Science, 25 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W1D 7EG.
Please state any affiliations you hold.
The closing date for applications is Friday 24th October
For further information visit www.senseaboutscience.org/VoYS or call on 020 7478 4331. Sense About Science is a
registered charity that promotes good science and evidence in public debates.
“An excellent workshop that has made a big difference to the way I view science in the media.”
“This workshop is needed by all science researchers in order to develop an informed attitude towards the
media rather than the pessimistic attitude many scientists adopt.”

New PhD students

I am delighted to welcome

Alessandra Campoli and Marco Federici to the school as our new PhD students. They will each be working with Professor Yvonne Spielmann and Dr David Manderson. More information about their work is available on the MLM research site.

SCREEN 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS PROGRAMME (2008.11.7, London)

SCREEN 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS PROGRAMME

Launch Event, Tate Modern, London, Friday 7th November 2008

Screen, one of the leading international journals in the study of film and television, has been engaging in debates about film culture for fifty years. To celebrate the anniversary, this special event features a rare screening of Sigmund Freud’s Dora: A Case of Mistaken Identity, followed by a discussion with Alison Butler, John Caughie, Annette Kuhn, Mark Nash and Claire Pajaczkowska.

In the 1970s and into the 1980s, Screen, along with its well-known interventions in film theory, presented an ongoing dialogue with practicing filmmakers from both the visual art avant-garde and the radical wing of the then embryonic independent filmmaking sector. This discourse between the worlds of art and film involved debates with the group around Block, including the art historian TJ Clark, and with artists such as Mary Kelly. The engagement with practice appeared in the journal in work on, for example Peter Wollen & Laura Mulvey, Peter Gidal, Sally Potter, and Cinema Action, but it also included conferences and a number of weekend schools. Practicing filmmakers like Martine Attille and Isaac Julien became members of the Screen editorial board, and Screen board members were active in the Independent Filmmakers’ Association.

Sigmund Freud’s Dora: A Case of Mistaken Identity (USA 1979, 40 mins) was directed by Anthony McCall, Claire Pajaczkowska, Andrew Tyndall, and Jane Weinstock. Using inserts of television ads and pornographic films to interrogate woman’s status as the object of desire, it sets up a complex relationship between image, sound and text. Female lips in close-up recount a conversation concerning psychoanalysis, as we see a series of dates and events for 1882 to 1905, from the birth of Dora to the publication of Freud’s case history of her. Four dialogues between Freud and Dora follow.
This event is intended to re-establish some of Screen’s original connections, with a debate about current and future directions both in the theory and practice of moving image work. The discussion will consider the lines of communication between film/video theory, film/video practice and art/gallery practice.

The discussion will be followed by a drinks reception hosted by Screen.

If you would like to attend, please book tickets online here <http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/film/16142.htm> .

There are a number of other events celebrating the anniversary running throughout 2008-9.

6 February 2009          Sound Design and Cinema ˆ University of Edinburgh

20 March 2009            The TV Classic ˆ University of Warwick

26-27 March 2009       Animation and Automation ­ˆ Universities of Manchester and Lancaster

March 2009                 Special 50th Anniversary issue of Screen

1 May 2009                 Béla Balázs Symposium  <http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/events/conferences-workshops/the-screen-anniversary-bela-balazs-symposium.html> ˆ Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, University of London

June 2009                    Screen event at the Edinburgh International Film Festival

3-5 July 2009               50th Anniversary Screen Studies Conference ˆ University of Glasgow

10-12 July 2009           Colour and the Moving Image:  <http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_71353_en.pdf> History, Theory, Aesthetics, Archive ˆ University of Bristol

15 August-                   50 Years of Screen: a display in the Bodleian Library, Oxford University
5 September 2009

For updates on these and other events, visit: www.screen.arts.gla.ac.uk/50thanniversary <http://www.screen.arts.gla.ac.uk/50thanniversary>

Caroline Beven – production editor
Heather Middleton – administrative assistant

Screen
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University of Glasgow
Glasgow
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Scotland

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screen@arts.gla.ac.uk
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