Rethinking Documentary: New Perspectives and Practices

Part 1: Critical perspectives on documentary forms and concepts <br>'Documentary studies': dimensions of continuity and transition by John Corner<br>The question of evidence, the power of rhetoric and documentary film by Bill Nichols<br>First-person films: some theses on self-inscription by Michael Renov <br>'To leave the confinements of his humanness': authorial voice, death and constructions of nature in Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man by Thomas Austin<br>Collective subjectivity in The Children of Golzow vs. alienation in 'western' interview documentary by Silke Panse<br>Documentary as critical and creative research by Mike WayneReframing ethnographic film by Paul Basu<br>Transcendental realism in documentary by Erik Knudsen<br>Filming the 'invisible' by Michael Chanan<br>Part 2: The changing faces of documentary productionDeveloping and producing a feature documentary: the case of Deep Water by Wilma de Jong <br>Filmmakers and their subjects by Jerry Rothwell<br>From eight-man crew to one-woman band: my life in television by Marilyn Gaunt'You want to know that, this is real, this is what happened': an interview with John Smithson by Wilma de Jong and Thomas Austin'The idea that there's a "truth" that you discover is like chasing the end of a rainbow': an interview with Ralph LeeWilma de Jong <br>Rice N Peas: alternative, independent and provocative byIshmahil Blagrove, Jr<br>'The importance of memory': an interview with Ai Xiaoming by Sue Thornham<br>Part 3: Contemporary documentary: borders, neighbours and disputed territories<br>Drama-documentary, ethics and notions of performance: the 'flight 93' films by Paul Ward<br>Mockumentary: a call to play by Craig Hight <br>Documentary modes of engagement by Annette Hill<br>'Ask the fastidious woman from Surbiton to hand-wash the underpants of the aging Oldham Skinhead...': Why not Wife Swap? by Su Holmes and Deborah Jermyn<br>Simulating the public sphere by Jon Dovey<br>The work of work: reality TV and the negotiation of neoliberal labour in The Apprentice by Nick Couldry and Jo Littler<br>Part 4: Digital and online documentaries: opportunities and limitations<br>Documentary viewing platforms by Ana Vicente<br>Online documentary by Danny Birchall<br>Public domains: engaging Iraq through experimental documentary digitalities by Patricia R. Zimmermann <br>Documentary on YouTube: the failure of the direct cinema of the slogan by Alexandra Juhasz