December 3, 2008
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Speakers:
Grace Christ,
Donna DeCesare,
Jack Saul,
Bruce Shapiro"Unlike social workers or therapists—the witnesses of the helping professions—journalists and photographers function mainly to inform, interpret, and bridge rather than to help directly. Documentary photographers can inspire understanding and compassion with their images and can contribute to opening paths to assistance.
Yet, there are pitfalls and ethical challenges when documenting stories about communities or individuals who have been through traumatic experiences. This panel will explore ways to strengthen the impact of documentary practice, sharing knowledge and practices of inclusion across disciplines.
Panelists
• Bruce Shapiro, Executive Director, the
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma (moderator)
• Grace Christ, Professor,
Columbia University School of Social Work• Donna DeCesare, Photographer and Associate Professor,
University of Texas School of Journalism• Jack Saul, Assistant Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health,
Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthThis event is jointly sponsored by the
Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project, the
Columbia University School of Social Work, and the
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.
DeCesare's exhibition Sharing Secrets: Children's Portraits Exposing Stigma is part of the
Moving Walls 12 photography exhibition organized by the Open Society Institute and is currently on display at the Columbia School of Social Work. For more information about the Moving Walls exhibition, please visit
www.movingwalls.org."
Location
Columbia University School of Social Work
1255 Amsterdam Avenue
(between 121st and 122nd Streets)
Concourse Level, Room C03
New York, NY
Contact:
Quito Ziegler
docphoto@sorosny.org1-212-547-6909
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