THE AUDIOVISUAL ETHNOGRAPHY SUMMER SCHOOL
Costantino Albanese (PZ, Italy), July 21 – August 2, 2025
Practice-based Masterclass: immersion, inspiration and collaboration
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Get immersed in the rich ethnographic reality of San Costantino Albanese, a rural town nestled in the breathtaking scenery of the Pollino National Park in Italy. Get inspired by film directors and sound artists working in the intersections between documentary, art and fiction. Collaborate on an original audiovisual ethnographic project to co-create a multimedia installation open to the local community and its visitors.
The applicants:
The summer school is aimed at people with a basic knowledge of media-making, who are recent graduates (within 2 years) or current MA, PhD and Postdocs in human geography, anthropology, ethnomusicology, sound studies, and similar disciplines. Registration is open to a maximum of 12 participants. The places will be equally shared between Italian nationals and international applicants.
Attendance, accommodation and food are provided by the school free of charge. Participants will have to make their own travel arrangements and bring the equipment they usually work with, be it video or audio, and a computer. Some specialised equipment will be available on loan from the school, so a lack of gear should not discourage any applicant.
The school will offer an allowance to support travel expenses for applicants from Global South countries for whom participation would otherwise be impossible for financial reasons. The awardees will be chosen by the School’s organizing team on the basis of a letter of motivation explaining in detail the financial reasons for such application (max 200 words).
Further informations here: https://leavlab.com/the-audiovisual-ethnography-summer-school/
Application procedure
Submit to alexandra.donofrio@manchester.ac.uk:
- a letter briefly outlining a current or planned research project, explaining how it speaks to the course (350 words)
- CV
- links to samples of previous audiovisual work (max 3)
- letter in case of application for travel support (200 words)
Deadline: 28th February. Decisions by 21 March.