Activist Citizenship, Film and Peace-building: Acts and Transformative Practices
In this article I explore film as a socio-political and artistic-transformative cultural practice through which acts and activism are performed. I am interested in how film embeds acts of peacebuilding and how this scene of imagery/imaginary is transformed by those acts, with the filmmakers transfor...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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| In: |
Journal for religion, film and media
Year: 2016, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-89 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Film
/ Peace efforts
/ Activism (Motif)
/ Socio-cultural change
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy NCD Political ethics ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Activism
B Film B Religion B transformative practices B Acts |
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| Summary: | In this article I explore film as a socio-political and artistic-transformative cultural practice through which acts and activism are performed. I am interested in how film embeds acts of peacebuilding and how this scene of imagery/imaginary is transformed by those acts, with the filmmakers transformed into activist citizens whose activism questions ideologies that surround them. I argue that acts of citizenship and activism, as a creative practice, do not solely involve the analysis of how activism has been represented in films, but also the understanding of what is beyond these representations and narratives. I look at a) how film auteurs emerge as activists through the narratives and the created scenes in film; b) how these acts consequently represent the “answerability to Others” and c) the link between (cinematic) performativity and activism. |
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| ISSN: | 2617-3697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for religion, film and media
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.25364/05.2:2016.1.6 |
