Essays about: "Documentary Film"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words Documentary Film.

1. 1. Documentary as a Medium to Advance a Public Apology to Comfort Women in a Transitional Justice Context

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Jenny Wang; [2023]
   Keywords : comfort women; cultural trauma; transitional justice reparations; communication for social change; carrier groups; documentary;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the documentary film The Apology (as a medium) and its filmmaker (as a carrier group) functions as connection points between cultural trauma and transitional justice reparations driving social change. Earlier approaches to bringing justice to comfort women have been based on legal frameworks which this thesis considers restrictive and instead examines justice and reparations from a victim-centred perspective. READ MORE

3. 2. A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
   Keywords : Keywords: Ayahuasca; Documentary film; Interdisciplinary; Western society; Sub-genre; Vine of the Soul; Aya-Awakenings; Culture; Consciousness; Ancient knowledge.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This master thesis invites the reader to acquire and examine new evidence about an emerging and growing sub-genre type of documentary film called Ayahuasca documentary. This study bases its definition of the Ayahuasca documentary sub-genre on a current work in the progress catalogue of over 50 documentary films, two of which were selected as case studies. READ MORE

4. 3. EXPLORING ECO-TRAUMA REPRESENTATIONS IN WESTERN SOCIETY’S AYAHUASCA DOCUMENTARY FILM

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Gwendoline Nalvarte Nunez; [2023]
   Keywords : Ayahuasca documentary films; Eco-Trauma; Physical eco-traumas; Psychological eco-traumas; Human-induced eco-traumas; Western filmmakers; World-System Theory; Globalisation; Eco-Criticism; Indigenous Communities; Case Studies: Shamans of the Amazon; Other Worlds; and Ayahuasca UN-Well docuseries Netflix; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Through this research, I intend to investigate the fascinating domain of Ayahuasca documentary films. This emerging subgenre showcases explorers and scientists reconnecting with nature and spirituality, which I introduced to the reader through my explorative one-year master's thesis, A Study of Ayahuasca Documentary Film (2020). READ MORE

5. 4. Building Bridges Through Visual Manifestations of Statelessness : Decolonial feminism and coalitional engagement against denial of genocide in the Dominican Republic

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle; Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle

   Author : Melike İşleyen; [2022]
   Keywords : Statelessness; Decolonial Feminism; Dominican Republic; Coalitional Engagement; Documentary; Stateless and Our Lives in Transit;

   Abstract : The work presented aims to show the complexity, causes, and challenges of being stateless in the Dominican Republic through the medium of documentaries. This thesis will also uncoverpossibilities of resistance and coalitional engagement. READ MORE

6. 5. Uncovering the Hidden Disease - Endometriosis Experiences Through the Documentary Lens

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Jana Raschdorf; [2022]
   Keywords : Endometriosis; troubling design; documentary film; co-design; health care;

   Abstract : This paper explores the use of documentary-style video to support and explore Troubling Design in the field of the gender biased health care system. Women have been neglected within the health care system for centuries and their physical concerns are often not taken seriously by a respective doctor. READ MORE