Postcolonial historiography and diasporic identity in the 'essay films' of John Akomfrah

约翰·阿孔弗拉“散文电影”中的后殖民史学和流散身份

• 批准号: 2429396
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Leeds
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2429396
• 关键词: Postcolonial; historiography; diasporic; identity; essay

This project presents John Akomfrah's audio-visual practice as a singular, sustained effort to think critically about the political potency of experimental filmmaking- specifically, its capacity for exploring British diasporic identity and staging postcolonial interventions. Studying his career with a focus on major works produced for television, cinema and museums, I explore how Akomfrah's essay films use the technique of montage to challenge dominant national narratives and interrogate the relationship between politics and aesthetics.

这个项目展示了约翰·阿科姆弗拉的视听实践，作为一个单一的，持续的努力，批判性地思考实验电影制作的政治潜力-特别是，它探索英国侨民身份和上演后殖民干预的能力。研究他的职业生涯，重点是为电视，电影和博物馆制作的主要作品，我探讨了Akomfrah的散文电影如何使用蒙太奇技术来挑战占主导地位的民族叙事，并询问政治与美学之间的关系。