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.
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
Comments
Restricted content, digitization planned.