The Graphic Justice One-day Symposium, taking place on 11 September 2013, is now FULLY BOOKED! I have had an excellent level of interest, and I'm very excited to see everyone on the day.
In advance of the event, I have compiled a nice handy collection of the abstracts for all the papers being presented. So, you can get a flavour of the various panels and papers from the comfort of your own home/office well in advance of the Symposium.
The document can be found here.
Although there will be programmes in hard-copy on the day, this more detailed collection will not be available. So, you may want to print your own copy to bring with you if you don't have any portable means of accessing it electronically.
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5 August 2013
31 July 2013
GikII: Law, Technology and Popular Culture... and Comics?
Hello!
This post is not to do with the upcoming Graphic Justice One-Day Symposium, but is about a related project that some of you may be familiar with: GikII. It has been kindly pointed out to me that GikII focuses its interest on the intersections of law, technology, and popular culture, so there may be some fruitful overlap between the two projects. It certainly looks like a thoroughly exciting and engaging project! Check out the CFP for their upcoming September conference taking place in Bournemouth: http://www.gikii.org/?p=129
This post is not to do with the upcoming Graphic Justice One-Day Symposium, but is about a related project that some of you may be familiar with: GikII. It has been kindly pointed out to me that GikII focuses its interest on the intersections of law, technology, and popular culture, so there may be some fruitful overlap between the two projects. It certainly looks like a thoroughly exciting and engaging project! Check out the CFP for their upcoming September conference taking place in Bournemouth: http://www.gikii.org/?p=12911 July 2013
5 July 2013
Why don't we just kill 'em all?
This is just a quick post to give you all a link you may find interesting.
Ever thought about the deathworthiness of criminals? Well, Graphic Justice Research Alliance members Nickie Philips and Staci Strobl have. Here is a very interesting article which they have written for the Wall Street Journal.
Be warned: it contains spoilers for the latest Superman blockbuster Man of Steel.
As an aside, you can now find a link to Philips and Strobl's CrimCast blog on the links page.
Ever thought about the deathworthiness of criminals? Well, Graphic Justice Research Alliance members Nickie Philips and Staci Strobl have. Here is a very interesting article which they have written for the Wall Street Journal.
Be warned: it contains spoilers for the latest Superman blockbuster Man of Steel.
As an aside, you can now find a link to Philips and Strobl's CrimCast blog on the links page.
17 April 2013
Graphic Justice: One-Day Symposium draft programme
Below you will find a draft copy of the programme for the graphic justice symposium taking place 11 September 2013 in London. A fun-packed day indeed!
Coffee and registration: 0900–1000
Session 1: 1000–1130
Coffee: 1130–1200
Session 2: 1200–1300
Lunch: 1300–1400
Session 3: 1400–1530
Coffee: 1530–1600
Session 4: 1600–1700
End: 1700
Coffee and registration: 0900–1000
Session 1: 1000–1130
| Panel 1A: Law, meet comics | Panel 1B: Vigilantism |
| Mark Zaid, [effect of law on comics industry and content] | Fletch Williams and Kurtis Dobie, ‘Kingdom Come: Truth, Justice and the American Way?’ |
| Graham Ferris and Cleo Lunt, ‘Can A Good Guy be on the Side of the Bad Guy: The (Mis)Representation of the Ethics of the Lawyer for the Defence in Adversarial Criminal Proceedings in Comics and Graphic Fiction’ | Chris Comerford, ‘The Order Creates the Chaos: Batman and the Dichotomy of Justice’ |
| Kim Barker, ‘Copyright, Derivative Works & UGC: A Comic Inspiration?’ | Angus Nurse, ‘Extreme Restorative Justice: The Politics of Vigilantism in Vertigo’s 100 Bullets’ |
Coffee: 1130–1200
Session 2: 1200–1300
| Panel 2A: Race | Panel 2B: Talking through comics |
| David Keane, ‘Minority Rights and Racial Discrimination in Graphic Novels’ | Shawn Harmon, ‘Not Foresighting and Not Answering: Using Graphic Fiction to interrogate Social and Regulatory Issues in Biomedicine’ |
| Ian Rakoff, ‘Comics and the making of the American Identity’ | Richard Glancey, [Teaching constitutional law with comics] |
Session 3: 1400–1530
| Panel 3A: Comics vs reality | Panel 3B: Thinking about law and crime |
| Elaine Deering, ‘Themes of Justice in Superhero Comic Book Stories’ | Chris Boge, ‘Crimes against (Super)Humanity: Forms of Justice and Governance in Alex Ross's Justice and Dan Jurgen's Justice League International’ |
| Nancy Silberkleit, [Comics as a means of tackling bullying] | Chris Lloyd, ‘Judge, Jury, and Executioner: Obama’s Drones, Judge Dredd and Benjaminian Violence’ |
| Nic Groombridge, ‘Stepping off the Page: Superhero Crime and Victimisation’ | Darren Parker, ‘Rick Grimes’ Lament: Reimaging Lawfulness in a World of the Undead' |
Coffee: 1530–1600
Session 4: 1600–1700
| Panel 4A: Truth, justice, and Tintin | Panel 4B: Violence |
| David Marrani, ‘Tintin, (Anti?) Hero of Justice’ | Nickie Phillips and Staci Strobl, ‘Deathworthiness: Red Team and Cry for Justice in Retributive Context’ |
| Jérémie Gilbert, ‘Graphic Reporting: Human Rights Violations through the Lens of Graphic Novels’ | James Petty, ‘Violence, Justice and Ideology in Watchmen’ |
End: 1700
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