Category Archives: Film and Television

Creative Encounters with Film History: Thomas Edison Then/Now

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2) Revisiting the Film History Survey Marsha Gordon, North Carolina State University I regularly teach a course on “Film History to 1940” at North Carolina State University. In the fall of 2015, I began incorporating … Continue reading

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Public education in cinema: Resistance pedagogies for student teachers

Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Against the Global Right Vol 5 (1)  Nisha Thapliyal, University of Newcastle, Australia   I teach at a four-year undergraduate teacher education program in a regional Australian university, close to Sydney. The mission of our teacher education … Continue reading

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A Conversation with Ranjani Mazumdar on the attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

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Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Against the Global Right Vol 5 (1) Ranjani Mazumdar, Jawaharlal Nehru University and  Priya Jaikumar, University of Southern California   1. Priya Jaikumar (Cinema Journal): The JNU Teachers Association (JNUTA) and the Students Union (JNUSU) have accused … Continue reading

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On the Edge Practice: Reflections on filmmaking pedagogy in the age of the Creative Industries

Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Against the Global Right Vol 5 (1) Dr. Yael Friedman and Mr. Steve Whitford, University of Portsmouth   This paper aims to reflect on film practice pedagogy and students’ political agency, drawing on our experience of teaching … Continue reading

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On the Private in Private Higher Education, and Pedagogical Interventions in the Context of the American University of Beirut

Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Against the Global Right Vol 5 (1) Ghalya Saadawi, American University of Beirut   In Lebanon, as elsewhere, the ‘turn’ to the right is the result of a systemic economic and ideological condition of state governance and … Continue reading

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Teaching Film and Media Against the Global Right

Teaching Film and Media Against the Global Right Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (1) Edited by Priya Jaikumar and Kay Dickinson Table of Contents Lebanon On the Private in Private Higher Education and Pedagogical Interventions in the Context of the … Continue reading

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Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier CFP:The integration of production and theory/history in Cinema and Media Studies courses

Call for Proposals:  The integration of production and theory/history in Cinema and Media Studies courses Deadline: December 15, 2015 Among the challenges confronting those of us teaching history/theory courses in Cinema and Media Studies is a relatively new set of … Continue reading

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“This is What I Was Trying to Say”: Challenging Outcome Led Documentary Filmmaking in Higher Education

 Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier  Critical Pedagogies in Neoliberal Times Vol. 3 (2)  Ross Adamson  University of Brighton   There is much to be learnt from and through documentary filmmaking across all levels of education: from learning the art and craft … Continue reading

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Critical Pedagogies & Film Education in Neoliberal Times: Notes for Educators who Haven’t Given Up

 Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier   Critical Pedagogies in Neoliberal Times Vol. 3 (2)  Matteo Stocchetti  Åbo Academy, Helsinki University, Arcada University    Introduction Cinema is an influential form of expression with both manipulative and critical potentials. Neoliberalism needs cinema for its … Continue reading

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Understandably Critical (of Neoliberalism)

   Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier  Vol. 2(2) Spring 2014  Maurizio Viano  Wellesley College     The paradox in the images evoked by the first two bullets in this dossier’s call for proposals is so striking as to bear scrutiny: on … Continue reading

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