Category Archives: Teaching Dossiers and Collections

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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Unsettling the Canadian Film History Classroom through Sound

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2) Revisiting the Film History Survey Randolph Jordan, Ryerson University Chronology is the death of the survey course in Canadian film history. We simply do not harbor the necessary richness of early cinema to sustain … Continue reading

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Teaching Film History to Production Students

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2)Revisiting the Film History SurveyChad Newsom, Savannah College of Art and Design How does teaching the film history survey change when instructing production students? When I first began to teach history surveys to undergraduate and … Continue reading

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Review: Katarzyna Marciniak and Bruce Bennett, eds. Teaching Transnational Cinema: Politics and Pedagogy

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2)Revisiting the Film History SurveyLisa Patti, Hobart and William Smith Colleges Reviewing the recent edited collection Teaching Transnational Cinema: Politics and Pedagogy provides an opportunity to consider both the potential impact of media studies pedagogy … Continue reading

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The Perks of an Heirloom Armoire: The Film History Survey as a Vehicle to Introduce Diversity to Undergraduate Students

JCMS Teaching Dossier Vol 5 (2)Revisiting the Film History SurveyDiana W. Anselmo, Georgia State University As someone who only entered the US educational system as a graduate student, I have found that conversations about the razing or the revamping of … Continue reading

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Experiments with Pedagogy’s Forms

Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Against the Global Right Vol 5 (1) Tara McPherson, University of Southern California   “The educator also has the duty of not being neutral”  (Paulo Freire and Horton, 1990: 180).  I have never understood teaching to … Continue reading

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Our networks will be anti-racist and our pedagogy critical

Cinema Journal Teaching Dossier Against the Global Right Vol 5 (1) Mihaela Brebenel, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton Introductions I write this in the time of historical repetitions: once more, the rise of ethno-nationalisms and racism in Central and … 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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