Below I have summarized my thoughts on our three-hour session at ASLE. I hope that those of you who read it will recognize it for what it is, a summary and a first draft of what I think we learned and not a statement set in stone. I welcome comments and thoughts: agreements, disagreements, additions, […]
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What I think we learned
Posted in Uncategorized on June 30, 2011 | Comments Off on What I think we learned
Thoughts on emerging themes
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2011 | Comments Off on Thoughts on emerging themes
I’ve had a chance to read all your papers and am greatly anticipating our workshop this coming Tuesday. In the meantime, I thought I would just very briefly outline some of the common themes I see emerging in these papers, which might give us thought on where to focus our attentions, or how to include […]
narrative structure
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ecology, fragmentation, health on June 16, 2011 | Comments Off on narrative structure
i have been questioning narrative structure as a whole recently; my work in landscape architecture and ecology-inspired processes cannot support a linear narrative structure. There is something that holds stronger for me when films let there be gaps, fragmentation, and not explaining or trying to fix narrative incongruities that make a stronger narrative and perhaps […]
Play Again
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2011 | Comments Off on Play Again
Hi, all. I’m very much enjoying reading your position papers and am looking forward to discussing them with you. As I’m reading, I came across this documentary, which I hhave not seen, but the preview suggests it might be of interest to our discussions. www.playagainfilm.com Sid
Penguins and Predators
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2011 | Comments Off on Penguins and Predators
I’d like to offer some comments regarding Jennifer Ladino’s argument in “For the Love of Nature” that if we can see ourselves in the penguins adult, who are protecting future penguin generations from demise, then perhaps we can also see ourselves in the predators, the threat to the film’s much heralded ‘new life’. The predator […]
Affective modes; and other overlaps in film and ecocritical theory
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2011 | Comments Off on Affective modes; and other overlaps in film and ecocritical theory
Nicole, your focus on the “less serious affective modes–and lack therefore–in ecocinema,” I think is a timely and valuable one that ecocinema will definitely benefit from. I say this specifically having just re-read Garrard’s “Ecocritical Theory” and During and Levitt’s “Film Theory” recaps (on reading list). Garrard’s tone endorses a lighter mode, and Levitt’s section […]
Beginning conversations
Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2011 | Comments Off on Beginning conversations
We are looking forward to Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in Bloomington for a great workshop about the intersections between ecocriticism and media, specifically ecocinema. There is a description of this workshop on the ASLE conference website, and in this blog’s About page. and we currently have a full seminar with fifteen participants. In anticipation of […]