Please see the call for contributions below for an in-person and online event on visual ethics to be held in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Washington, 3-7 December 2014. Contact Sara Perry, sara.perry@york.ac.uk <mailto:sara.perry@york.ac.uk> , for more details. Deadline for proposals: 5 April 2014. DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE PRODUCTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY: A DISCUSSION ON VISUAL ETHICS Organizers: Sara Perry, Terry Wright & Jonathan Marion More than ten years ago Gross, Katz and Ruby published Image Ethics in the Digital Age, a pioneering volume whose topical concerns ­ privacy, authenticity, control, access and exposure, as related to the application of visual media ­ are arguably just as salient today, if not more so, than in 2003. The ethical dimensions of image use within digital cultures are necessarily fluid and complex, driven by practical needs, institutional frameworks, related regulatory requirements, specific research and intellectual circumstances, not to mention individual and collective moral tenets. The nature of visuality itself has also been extended via digital technologies, therein further complicating our interactions with and applications of visual media. Ethical practice here, then, tends to be necessarily situated, depending upon recursive reflection and constant questioning of one¹s research processes, objectives and modes of engagement. This session aims simultaneously to expose practitioners to, and build a resource base of, visual ethics Œin action¹ in digital contexts. It relies upon two streams: (1)an online forum hosted on the Society for Visual Anthropology¹s webpages where, prior to the AAA meetings, contributors will submit short descriptions of the ethical dimensions of their in-progress or recently-completed visual/digital research. These will provide fodder for more extensive debate in: (2)an open, live-streamed presentation and discussion session at the AAA meetings in Washington, DC in December where various contributors to the blog will present either on-site or via Google Hangouts, and contribute in real time to reflections/direct commentary on the online forum itself. The former will provide a stable space within which ethical debates can be added to and developed in the lead up to, during, and after the 2014 meetings. The latter offers a concentrated opportunity to channel the collective wisdom of participants (both at the meetings and online) into the negotiation and rethinking of ethical visual practice in the digital world. Deadline: For those interested in participating, please provide a brief description (max. 150 words) of the particular scenario or issue you wish to contribute to the session as soon as possible, and by 5 April 2014 at the latest. You will also need to indicate whether you plan on presenting in person or via Google Hangout at the AAA meetings in December. Decisions will be made by 10 April, and contributors will need to register for the conference via the AAA¹s web-based system by 15 April. All correspondence should be sent to Sara Perry <sara.perry@york.ac.uk>. The session will take the form of a series of brief, 10-minute presentations by participants, culminating in an extended period of group discussion and debate. Contributors will be expected to submit content for the webpages by the beginning of September 2014. Dr Sara Perry Director of Studies, Digital Heritage Director of Studies, Archaeological Information Systems Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Management Archaeology, University of York King¹s Manor, York, UK, YO1 7EP sara.perry@york.ac.uk http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/perry