{"id":9182,"date":"2025-09-11T10:15:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/?page_id=9182"},"modified":"2025-09-11T10:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:46:13","slug":"2024-2025-annual-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/2024-2025-annual-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"2024-2025 Annual Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-090311b04dd4abd58cbc4ce06d66033b\" style=\"color:#79bde8\"><strong>2024-2025 Annual Symposium<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-9182_87f10b-b8 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-9182_87f10b-b8 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#082e58;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-9182_87f10b-b8\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image9182_c6674b-75 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;border-top-left-radius:134px;border-top-right-radius:110px;border-bottom-right-radius:110px;border-bottom-left-radius:110px;}.kb-image9182_c6674b-75 img.kb-img, .kb-image9182_c6674b-75 .kb-img img{border-top-left-radius:134px;border-top-right-radius:110px;border-bottom-right-radius:110px;border-bottom-left-radius:110px;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image9182_c6674b-75 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-1024x703.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-7876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-1024x703.png 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-768x527.png 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-105x72.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-317x218.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-423x290.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-634x435.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-846x581.png 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2-951x653.png 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mhc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2024\/09\/TV_From-Talkies-to-TikTok2.png 1186w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-9182_2d5c78-8b .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-9182_2d5c78-8b .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#082e58;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-9182_2d5c78-8b\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>From Talkies to TikTok: 100 Years of Audiovisual Storytelling<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium theme focuses on the myriad ways in which combinations of audio and video can carry a narrative. Whether on a screen, on a stage, in an art installation, or as part of an enhanced lecture, the ways we share art and information have changed drastically in the last century.&nbsp; We expect multidimensional presentations in a way that would be unfamiliar to those living before \u201ctalking pictures.\u201d However, our expectations can be related to pre-20th century ways of combining audio, visual, and other elements, including historical religious ceremonies of many kinds, staged musical performances, and community celebrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With guest curators, filmmakers, and humanities scholars both on and off campus, the Center will explore how audio-visual culture has influenced the stories we tell and the art of storytelling itself.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-9182_0084f3-21 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-9182_0084f3-21 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#082e58;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-9182_0084f3-21\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\" \/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024-2025 Annual Symposium From Talkies to TikTok: 100 Years of Audiovisual Storytelling This year\u2019s McGillicuddy Humanities Center Symposium theme focuses on the myriad ways in which combinations of audio and video can carry a narrative. 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