In Production Studies (2009) and Production Studies, The Sequel! (2016), Vicky Mayer, Miranda Banks, John Caldwell and Bridget Conor asked media scholars from different disciplines to discuss the concept of Production Culture. Media workers are seen as “cultural actors” (2009, 2) whose practices and discourses shape the film industry culture. This approach thus favours a focus on “the lived realities of people involved in the media production” (2009, 4) as well as specific case studies and “grounded data” (2016, x). The institutional context remains a key element to comprehend film realities since a production culture exists in the tension “between individuals’ agency and the social conditions within which agency is embedded.” (2016, x). Production Studies rest on two questions: “How do media producers represent themselves (…)? How do we, as researchers, then represent those varied and contested representations?” (2009, 4). … Continuer la lecture de « The Transcultural Production Studies Project »
Transcultural Production Studies Seminar Schedule
2021-2022
December 10
Transcultural Film and Television Producers Working Across the ‘Hispanic Atlantic’
Christopher MEIR & Miguel FERNANDEZ LABAYEN (Université Carlos III, Madrid)
Chair : Ana Vinuela (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle)
January 7
Regroupements d’émigrés à Hollywood dans les années 40
Claire DEMOULIN (Université Saint Denis- Paris 8),
Chair : Katalin Pór (Université de Lorraine)
March 18
The Curious Case of Creative Producers: Indian-European Co-production Model
Neha BAHTIA (Université de Calgary, Canada)
Chair : Joël Augros (Université Bordeaux Montaigne)
April 8
Les relations cinématographiques entre la France et la RDA
Perrine VAL (Université Paris 1)
Chairs : Christel Taillibert (Université Côté d’Azur) and Bérénice Bonhomme (Université de Toulouse-Jean Jaurès)
May 20
Film Co-productions in southeastern Europe and Europeanisation
Eleni SIDERI (Université de Macédoine)
Chairs : Cecilia Tirtaine (Université de Nantes) and Nolwenn Mingant (Université d’Angers)
The digital seminar will be held between 3 and 5 p.m. (Paris time) on Zoom. Please register at transcultural@cinecosa.com et nolwenn.mingant@univ-angers.fr.