This course will examine the various histories and methodologies applicable to screen cultures and curatorial studies. Drawing on a wide range of global media and the disciplines of film and media studies, curatorial studies, gender studies, and political and critical theory, the course helps students choose the best method(s) for their MA or PhD projects. The course addresses questions such as canonicity, globalization, alternative media practices, exhibition, and circulation histories, minoritarian cinemas, research-creation, and diverse production practices. The course also emphasizes how questions about the intersection between production, circulation, and exhibition inform historical and methodological approaches to screen cultures. Students will deploy these histories and methodologies to design the methodological chapter of their MA or PhD project. This is a core course for all graduate students in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies. Offered jointly with SCCS 814. Students who have completed SCCS 814, cannot take SCCS 914 unless the course content/instructor are different. (3.0 credit units)
This course will examine the various histories and methodologies applicable to screen cultures and curatorial studies. Drawing on a wide range of global media and the disciplines of film and media studies, curatorial studies, gender studies, and political and critical theory, the course helps students choose the best method(s) for their MA or PhD projects. The course addresses questions such as canonicity, globalization, alternative media practices, exhibition, and circulation histories, minoritarian cinemas, research-creation, and diverse production practices. The course also emphasizes how questions about the intersection between production, circulation, and exhibition inform historical and methodological approaches to screen cultures. Students will deploy these histories and methodologies to design the methodological chapter of their MA or PhD project. This is a core course for all graduate students in Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies. Offered jointly with SCCS 814. Students who have completed SCCS 814, cannot take SCCS 914 unless the course content/instructor are different. (3.0 credit units)
