Panel: Conflict Zones

Location

Memorial Union Ballroom

Event Website

http://www.undwritersconference.org

Start Date

31-3-2011 12:00 PM

End Date

31-3-2011 1:00 PM

Description

In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, March 31, 2011, as part of the 42nd Annual UND Writers Conference: "(Inter)National Affairs," Matt Sienkiewicz, Loida Maritza Pérez, Jim Castellanos, and Sean Mclain Brown participate in a panel called "Conflict Zones." The panelists discuss the conference’s theme [Inter]National affairs, and Peréz explains why she chose the movie Witnesses, directed by Vinko Brešan, for her contribution to the conference’s film series, and she mentions a book she is currently working on – a memoir called In the Dark. In addition, the panelists discuss their own difficulty with conflict that arises from controversy of their work, how to avoid conflicts among different communities, the idea of courage when writing about difficult subjects, and how to deal with graphic content in their work. Peréz discusses the graphic nature of an assault that takes place in her book Geographies of Home.

Moderated by Dr. Lucian Stone, Department of Philosophy.

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Mar 31st, 12:00 PM Mar 31st, 1:00 PM

Panel: Conflict Zones

Memorial Union Ballroom

In this audiovisual recording from Thursday, March 31, 2011, as part of the 42nd Annual UND Writers Conference: "(Inter)National Affairs," Matt Sienkiewicz, Loida Maritza Pérez, Jim Castellanos, and Sean Mclain Brown participate in a panel called "Conflict Zones." The panelists discuss the conference’s theme [Inter]National affairs, and Peréz explains why she chose the movie Witnesses, directed by Vinko Brešan, for her contribution to the conference’s film series, and she mentions a book she is currently working on – a memoir called In the Dark. In addition, the panelists discuss their own difficulty with conflict that arises from controversy of their work, how to avoid conflicts among different communities, the idea of courage when writing about difficult subjects, and how to deal with graphic content in their work. Peréz discusses the graphic nature of an assault that takes place in her book Geographies of Home.

Moderated by Dr. Lucian Stone, Department of Philosophy.

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/2011/day3/2