Global Circulations of Film Theory

电影理论的全球流通

• 批准号: AH/X003825/1
• 负责人: Sarah Cooper
• 金额: $ 4.28万
• 依托单位: King's College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX003825%2F1
• 关键词: Global; Circulations; Film; Theory

Film theory is about what we think film is, and this in turn shapes the story of cinema that we teach, the kinds of films people make, the kinds of choices that archives make about which films to restore, and the decisions that streaming services such as MUBI make about what films to include in their library. Film theory is therefore fundamental, not only to Film Studies as a discipline, but to film culture as such.Recent decades have witnessed a significant critical reassessment of film theory, which was conceived historically as emanating from the West. Rather than understand theory as a procession of major works by mainly European and North American authors, scholars have extended exploration beyond the Euro-American axis. This expanded understanding of film theory underpins our proposed research. Our network aims, however, to develop in a new and properly global direction a field that in our view still remains largely nationally or regionally bounded. The network brings together film scholars from around the world who share a common critique of film theory's western imperialist foundations. Western conceptions of theory have led to it being found historically only in western contexts associated with certain kinds of writing. Our response to this is to re-pose the question of what film theory is in relation to different objects of study, which include films as well as a variety of texts across a range of cultures. Our approach relies on the conjunction of film- and text-based research to chart the generation, translation, and circulation of theory throughout different locales. Our principal focus is on conversations across geographical boundaries at moments of geopolitical crisis. We will focus on interlocking historical moments in the post-1945 age of decolonisation which influenced each other without being reducible to one another. Asking what theory is at such historical moments will serve as a pivot relevant to the shared interests of participants across the network.The network includes colleagues from Algeria, Argentina, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Mexico, Singapore, the UK, and the USA, who are leading experts in African, Asian, European, Latin American, and Soviet film theory. By connecting these scholars, we will broaden through wide-scale collaborative research the understanding of what theory is and can do. We will also envisage how theory might continue to circulate in the light of our decolonising approach. Our network includes film practitioners, enabling us to pursue the expansion of film theory in conjunction with, rather than in opposition to, practice. While our research will be informed by academic discussion of the sites, practices, and circulations of theory (to be discussed at three online events), we will draw the general public into the discussion through workshops run in partnership with BFI Southbank. This collaboration recognises the crucial role non-academic audiences can play in the re-emergence of film theory that our network envisages. The workshops will also provide vital stepping-stones towards curricular innovation. Many film programme curricula in the UK and the USA still feature film theory as a procession of major works by mainly European and North American authors. The network will develop resources for the reorganisation of curricula to reflect the more expansive understanding of the global circulation of theory resulting from its research. These will be shared in the form of teaching toolkits by means of a network website, as well as a final conference and publications.We will document and disseminate our progress on the network website via blog conversations between network participants and more formal academic reflections. Our final event, a two-day international hybrid conference, will showcase our findings, which we will also present in an edited volume that will set the agenda for debates on future global circulations of film theory.

电影理论是关于我们认为的电影的，而这又塑造了我们所教的电影的故事，人们制作的电影种类，档案中有关恢复哪些电影的选择以及穆比（Mubi）等流媒体服务的决策，例如在他们的图书馆中包括哪些电影。因此，电影理论是基本的，不仅是作为一门学科的电影研究，而且要像这样的电影文化。几十年来，对电影理论进行了重大的批判性重新评估，这在历史上被认为是从西方散发出来的。学者们并没有将理论视为主要是欧洲和北美作家的主要作品的游行，而是将探索扩展到了欧美轴心之外。对电影理论的这种不断扩展的理解为我们提出的研究。但是，我们的网络旨在朝着一个新的且正确的全球方向发展，在我们看来，该领域仍然在全国或区域界定。该网络汇集了来自世界各地的电影学者，他们对电影理论的西方帝国主义基金会有共同的批评。西方的理论观念导致它仅在与某些类型的写作相关的西方环境中发现历史。我们对此的反应是重新提出与不同研究对象有关的电影理论的问题，这些问题包括电影以及各种文化的各种文本。我们的方法依赖于基于电影和文本的研究的结合来绘制不同地区理论的产生，翻译和循环。我们的主要重点是在地缘政治危机时刻进行地理边界的对话。我们将专注于在1945年后非殖民化时代的历史时刻进行互锁，这彼此之间的影响而彼此相互影响。在这样的历史时刻询问什么理论将成为与整个网络参与者的共同利益相关的枢纽。该网络包括来自阿尔及利亚，阿根廷，加拿大，法国，德国，香港，匈牙利，匈牙利，墨西哥，新加坡，英国和美国的同事，他们在非洲，欧洲，欧洲，欧洲，拉丁美洲和类似的电影。通过连接这些学者，我们将通过广泛的合作研究来扩展对理论是什么和可以做什么的理解。我们还将设想理论如何根据我们的非殖民化方法继续流通。我们的网络包括电影从业人员，使我们能够与电影理论的扩展相结合而不是反对实践。尽管我们的研究将通过对理论的站点，实践和流通的学术讨论（将在三个在线活动中进行讨论）来了解，但我们将通过与BFI Southbank合作开展的研讨会来吸引公众进行讨论。这种合作认识到非学术观众可以在我们的网络设想的电影理论的重新出现中发挥的至关重要的作用。这些研讨会还将为课程创新提供重要的垫脚石。英国和美国的许多电影节目课程仍然是欧洲和北美作家的主要作品的小作。该网络将开发资源，以重组课程，以反映出对其研究所产生的理论的全球循环的更广泛的理解。这些将以网络网站以及最终会议和出版物的方式以教学工具包的形式共享。我们将通过网络参与者与更正式的学术思考之间的博客对话记录和传播我们在网络网站上的进展。我们的最后一项活动是为期两天的国际混合动力会议，将展示我们的发现，我们还将在编辑的卷中提出，为未来的电影理论全球流通辩论制定议程。