Category Archives: Media Literacy

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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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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Projection and Modulation: Media Art and Forms of Criticality

 Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier  Critical Pedagogies in Neoliberal Times Vol. 3 (2)  Holly Willis  University of Southern California   The “pedagogical turn” in contemporary art has received significant attention in the context of participatory art practices – thanks to the … Continue reading

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Local Truths, Tactical Pedagogies: Documentary, Ethics, and Service Learning

 Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier  Vol. 2(2) Spring 2014  Chuck Tryon  Fayetteville State University   This essay offers what was essentially a tactical response to both the devaluation of the liberal arts and the decline in funding for higher education. Specifically, … Continue reading

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Advertising and Propaganda: Critical Approaches

Here’s my syllabus an intermediate level undergrad class introducing critical media studies approaches to advertising and propaganda. This was the first time I taught this syllabus, and I will surely refine it in the future.  But I had a good … Continue reading

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