September Project 2005
What is the UW Tacoma Library doing for September 11, 2005?
This fall, the University of Washington Tacoma Library will participate in the September Project, a grassroots effort to bring people together in libraries around the world in recognition of September 11 to talk about democracy, citizenship and freedom. Library staff persons have collaborated with UW Tacoma faculty, staff and students to offer displays and events with the goal of inspiring reflection and sparking discussion on important issues.
Beginning September 11, the Library will exhibit the following works:
- From the Homefront to the Frontlines: 100 Years of Woman and Warfare
Compiled by a Reference Assistant, this display explores the complex relationship between women and the military in light of the current questions surrounding female soldiers and combat.
- We are not the enemy
In this interactive video display, recorded by UW Tacoma students, six enlisted personnel stationed at Fort Lewis share their thoughts, feelings and experiences of freedom and democracy.
- Questions Without Answers.
In a subversive video-text display, a staff person from Media Services combines ambiguous imagery and raises questions about paradoxical themes, including creation and destruction.
- Peace. If not now, when?
This display, created by a librarian, inquires about peace and who is responsible for change in the world. A whiteboard nearby gives viewers the opportunity to respond to the display and the September Project in general
The Library will host a film series called "The Uncertain Eye" about the role of media in wartime in the Carwein Audtiorium of the Keystone Building. Following each film, a UW Tacoma faculty will facilitate a discussion. Dates and times are listed below.
- Seeing is Believing : Handicams, Human Rights and the News.
This film explores the growing influence of the camcorder and other consumer electronics in the hands of activists.
Facilitator: Dr. Michael Forman. Date & Time: Wednesday, October 5, 12:00 pm
- Breaking the Silence: Truth and Lies in the War on Terror.
Journalist John Pilger juxtaposes the Bush/Blair administrations' official analysis of the situations in Afghanistan and Iraq versus the view from ground level.
Facilitator: Dr. Bill Kunz. Date & Time: Tuesday, October 11, 12:00 pm
- Al Jazeera: Voice of Arabia.
Go behind the scenes at Al Jazeera, the first 24-hour news channel in the Arab world in this documentary and explore the role of journalistic freedom in a culture which does not encourage dialogue.
Facilitator: Dr. Guido Preparata. Date & Time: Tuesday, October 18, 12:00 pm
- Stranger with a Camera.
This documentary seeks to answer why, in eastern Kentucky in 1967, a local resident shot and killed a Canadian filmmaker who was documenting poverty in Appalachia.
Dr. Chris Demaske. Date & Time: Wedneday, October 26, 12:00 pm
Justin Wadland, a reference librarian, is coordinating the displays and events at UW Tacoma Library and can be contacted at jwadland@u.washington.edu.
