On Friday, February 15 from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., please join us for a discussion of video and multimedia use for research, moderated by award-winning documentary filmmaker Sarah Elder.
This is the first in an ongoing series of Video Community of Practice events hosted by the Office of Information Technologies (OIT) to support and encourage faculty and graduate student research projects involving video and multimedia.
Refreshments will be provided.
TO REQUEST ATTENDANCE:
If you are interested in attending, please apply by following this link to the registration page and select Video Community of Practice Peer Forum:
https://etna.oit.umass.edu/public/workshops
Important: Space is limited. Preference will be given to faculty and graduate students who are actively using or have confirmed plans to use video and multimedia for a research project. In the Comments section of the request form, please describe your research-related video or multimedia use. We will be taking registration requests from Thursday, January 31 to Thursday, February 7. Accepted applicants will receive email notification by Friday, February 8.
About Sarah Elder
Sarah Elder is Professor of Documentary Film in the Department of Media Study and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Anthropology and Dept. of Transnational Studies, at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York and an award winning documentary film director. Her work focuses on the practices and ethics of filming across cultural and social boundaries. Sarah Elder will also be screening and discussing her film, Drums of Winter, on February 14, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Herter 231, UMass Amherst.