Mountain Festivals

Our session consists of presentations that take a deeper look at various aspects of mountain festivals. The conveners will introduce a planned edited volume on mountain festivals and discuss questions pertaining to representation and inclusion / exclusion in mountain film festivals around the world. Other presentations address the history of the Banff Mountain Festival (Katie Ives), the representation of gender in festival-driven mountaineering documentaries (Julie Rak), the role of translation at mountain festivals (Anna Saroldi), and diversity, inclusion, and gender at bouldering festivals (Charlotte Bösling).  We welcome additional presentations that focus on issues such as diversity, counterculture, Indigenous rights, or other perspectives.