(De)colonial Ecologies in 21st-century insular Hispanic Caribbean film

这项研究的问题是：对21世纪古巴、波多黎各和多米尼加电影的分析有助于我们理解殖民主义和生态之间的关系；电影可以在多大程度上、以什么方式建立非殖民主义生态？这个项目旨在表明，电影是唯一能够传达当代生态是如何被殖民主义的持久影响塑造的，作为形式和实践，电影可以构建一个非殖民主义生态：一个在建设平等和解放的同时解决环境退化和灾难的生态。它将通过关注21世纪的古巴、多米尼加共和国和波多黎各来实现这一目标：这些岛屿的背景具有相当大的历史、政治和经济差异，但具有某些共同的地理条件。因此，该项目还旨在确定拉美裔加勒比岛国的价值，以完善我们对殖民生态的理解，以便公正地应对全球生态危机。这项研究包括四个方面。前3部使用比较近距离的分析和视频批评的创造性方法，重点关注古巴、多米尼加和波多黎各电影如何在空间和地点、时间和(Im)迁徙方面传达不同殖民生态的复杂性。他们分析了电影制作人使用的美学和叙事选择以及创作技巧，以揭露和批评殖民遗产与当代生态的重叠。他们还展示了比较电影分析如何揭示不同的(后)殖民、政治、社会经济和文化背景如何塑造当代生态退化和危机的经历。这些线条强调电影是如何--而不是简单地表现某种东西--讲述故事的，产生一种纠缠的感觉，传达生活经验的复杂性，同时也投机性地揭示另一种现实。最后一条线索通过波多黎各飓风玛丽亚后的案例研究--受环境灾难影响的殖民背景--考察了这些投机可能性如何在紧急的集体实践中实现。通过电影分析、参与者观察、访谈和参与性行动研究，它考察了个人和社区如何使用电影在当代波多黎各建立非殖民主义生态。因此，它试图说明该区域如何利用电影制作和放映来应对生态挑战，同时也解决(后)殖民不平等和不公正问题。因此，这项研究的所有四个方面都探索了电影可以重新配置与人类和非人类世界的关系的方式和程度，从而在该地区和更远的地方努力实现非殖民主义生态。研究目标将通过以下产出来解决：1.一本涉及四个研究方向的开放获取专著。这是一篇由PDRA撰写、同行评议的期刊文章，分析了一系列电影如何代表和干预飓风玛丽亚暴露的殖民地生态。这是一篇视频短文，探索在殖民主义、环境退化和灾难的交汇处产生的时间的生活经历。4.一份咨询文件，作为有效创建社区电影制作项目的蓝图，这些项目追求加勒比地区的非殖民主义生态。这是Casa Pueblo研讨会的两个联合制作成果之一，该研讨会将召集全岛参与此类项目的电影制作人和社区组织。5.关于研讨会的短片，由Casa Pueblo社区电影制片人制作，由国际和平协会联合制作。6.在圣多明各全球电影节上与电影制作人、社区活动家和电影组织举行一系列公开电影放映和圆桌会议。一个在线平台，以咨询文件、短片、视频短文、关于实地工作的博客和邀请对产出的答复为特色。

This study asks: what does an analysis of 21st-century Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Dominican film contribute to our understanding of the relationship between coloniality and ecology; and to what extent, and in what ways, can film build decolonial ecologies? This project aims to show that film is uniquely capable of conveying how contemporary ecologies are shaped by the enduring effects of colonialism, and that film, as both form and practice, can construct a decolonial ecology: one that addresses environmental degradation and disaster while building equality and emancipation. It will do so by focussing on 21st-century Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico: island contexts that have considerable historical, political, and economic differences but share certain geographical conditions. The project thus also aims to establish the value of the insular Hispanic Caribbean to refining our understanding of colonial ecologies, in order to respond justly to global ecological crisis. The research comprises four strands. The first 3 use comparative close analysis and the creative methodology of videographic criticism to focus on how Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican films communicate the complexity of different colonial ecologies in relation to space and place, time, and (im)mobilities. They analyse the aesthetic and narrative choices and creative techniques used by filmmakers to expose and critique the imbrication of colonial legacies with contemporary ecologies. They also show how comparative film analysis can shed light on how contemporary experiences of ecological degradation and crisis are shaped by different (post)colonial, political, socio-economic, and cultural contexts. These strands emphasise how-more than simply representing something-film 'storiates', producing a sense of entanglement that conveys the complexity of lived experience, whilst also speculatively revealing alternative realities. The final strand examines how these speculative possibilities are actualised in emergent, collective practices through the case study of Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria: a colonial context affected by environmental disaster. Through film analysis, participant observation, interviews, and participatory action research, it examines how individuals and communities are using film to build decolonial ecologies in contemporary Puerto Rico. It thus seeks to illuminate how film production and exhibition are and can be used in the region to respond to ecological challenges in a way that also addresses (post)colonial inequalities and injustices. Thus, all four strands of the research explore the ways in and extents to which film can reconfigure relationships to the human and non-human world, and thus work towards a decolonial ecology, in the region and beyond. The research aims will be addressed by the following outputs:1. An open-access monograph that addresses the four research strands.2. A PDRA-authored, peer-reviewed journal article analysing how a selection of films represent and intervene in the colonial ecologies exposed by Hurricane Maria.3. A video essay that explores the lived experiences of time produced at the intersection of coloniality and environmental degradation and disaster. 4. An advisory document that serves as a blueprint for the effective creation of community filmmaking projects that pursue decolonial ecologies in the Caribbean. This is one of two co-produced outputs from the Casa Pueblo workshop that will convene filmmakers and community organisations engaged in such projects across the island. 5. A short film about the workshop, produced by Casa Pueblo community filmmakers and co-produced by the PI. 6. A series of public film screenings and roundtable with filmmakers, community activists, and film organisations held at the Festival de Cine Global de Santo Domingo.7. An online platform featuring the advisory document, short film, video essay, blogs on fieldwork, and invited responses to outputs.