• myGriffith
    • Staff portal
    • Contact Us⌄
      • Future student enquiries 1800 677 728
      • Current student enquiries 1800 154 055
      • International enquiries +61 7 3735 6425
      • General enquiries 07 3735 7111
      • Online enquiries
      • Staff phonebook
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Conference outputs
    • View Item
    • Home
    • Griffith Research Online
    • Conference outputs
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Browse

  • All of Griffith Research Online
    • Communities & Collections
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • This Collection
    • Authors
    • By Issue Date
    • Titles
  • Statistics

  • Most Popular Items
  • Statistics by Country
  • Most Popular Authors
  • Support

  • Contact us
  • FAQs
  • Admin login

  • Login
  • Bend, Break or Defend?

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    53957_1.pdf (54.40Kb)
    Author(s)
    Wain, Veronica
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Wain, Veronica
    Year published
    2008
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    The autobiographical documentary film 18q - a valuable life, is a practice-based research project within Griffith University's Queensland College of Arts and furnishes another important chapter in challenging mainstream media's representation of persons identified as disabled. My work, the very action of taking the camera into our private domestic space, and indeed our emotional space, in portraying the "normal, everyday, lived experience" of my and my family's lives since the birth of my youngest child Allycia in 1995, endeavours to offer an alternate reading of disability as "other". The viewing of a version of my ...
    View more >
    The autobiographical documentary film 18q - a valuable life, is a practice-based research project within Griffith University's Queensland College of Arts and furnishes another important chapter in challenging mainstream media's representation of persons identified as disabled. My work, the very action of taking the camera into our private domestic space, and indeed our emotional space, in portraying the "normal, everyday, lived experience" of my and my family's lives since the birth of my youngest child Allycia in 1995, endeavours to offer an alternate reading of disability as "other". The viewing of a version of my life, re-framed by the experience of living with a child labeled disabled, and to critically assess the piece via an academic discussion, has provided a unique opportunity to explore the editing process and its intrinsic role in re-framing and re-visioning the representation of the disabled "other". The project has also prompted a re-examination of self and the ethical framework I used in determining how some boundaries needed to be broached and how some, out of respect for family members and other members of our community, remained in tact and in some instances, has resulted in footage being discarded.
    View less >
    Conference Title
    Sites of activity / On the edge
    Publisher URI
    http://www.acuads.com.au/
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2008. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this conference please refer to the publisher's website or contact the author.
    Subject
    Film and Television
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/23931
    Collection
    • Conference outputs

    Footer

    Disclaimer

    • Privacy policy
    • Copyright matters
    • CRICOS Provider - 00233E

    Tagline

    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander