Essays about: "documentary film and social change"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words documentary film and social change.

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. 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

4. 3. The Experience of Environmental Documentary Films. A qualitative study examining millennials values, mindsets and experiences.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

   Author : Frida Bäckman; Annemari Nieminen; [2021]
   Keywords : sustainability; global challenges; climate change; environment; CCI’s; culture and creative industries; documentary films; values; reinforcing values; sustainability mindset; experiences; transformative experiences; the experience economy; cultural products; value-in-use; value creation; flow; the experience realms; millennials; learning; feelings; emotions; Seaspiracy; Cowspiracy; David Attenborough; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to investigate millennials' experience of environmental documentary films and the experiences relation to the millennials values and mindsets connected to sustainability. The environmental documentary films are considered as cultural products, thus contributing and positioning itself within the field of culture and creative industries and service management. READ MORE

5. 4. Using crowdsourcing as a production method in filmmaking – a case study

   University essay from KTH/Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID

   Author : Johan Lundh Heinstedt; [2017]
   Keywords : Filmmaking; Participatory culture; Crowdsourcing; New media technologies; Social media; Online communities.;

   Abstract : As our consumption behaviours of media and entertainment change in the age of new media technologies, the means of production change with them. Filmmaking usually follows a set procedure (often with clear hierarchy and specialised roles in the crew) and the flow of the narration has traditionally followed a one-way direction, from the producing part (the producer/director) to the receiving part (the audience). READ MORE

6. 5. Saving cetaceans : documentary films, animal activism and power

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Caroline Blomqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : Keywords: Animal activism; Cetaceans in captivity; Animal rights; Animal welfare; Civic culture; Civic engagement; Political participation; Documentary film; Internet; Moral emotions; Empathy; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In modern times, the world has experienced the rise of a range of different large, well-coordinated social movements with the goal to make the world a better place for oppressed societal groups. One of these movements is the animal activist movement, with the objective to change the societal norms regarding facilitating and exploiting cetaceans through captivity at zoos- and marine mammal parks etc. READ MORE