Centre for Media Research
- Film, TV, Photography
This strand of the CMR's research is exploring the history of film, television and photography, in neglected areas of Irish and British visual and media culture. It is assessing the social and cultural importance of these media and how their histories have impacted upon the present.
A network of PhD students from across the UK are showcasing their work in a unique exhibition at the stunning P3 gallery space at the University of Westminster. Drawing from cultural studies, fine art, anthropology and new media, there are displays of videos, films, audio-visual installations and their written theses.
The students, who are part of the AVPhD network, come from a wide range of institutions across the UK but the audio-visual nature of their research links them all together. The event showcases over a dozen successfully examined installations and films that have met and exceeded their potential. Together with their written thesis, they present a critical and persuasive mass of practice-led doctoral work.
AVPhD is an AHRC funded training and support network for all those doing, supervising and examining audio-visual practice based doctorates. The practice research projects it covers centre on audio-visual time based media, inclusive but not restricted to documentary, fiction, narrative/non-narrative film, and non-linear/new media.
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Film, Media and Popular Culture in Ireland is published by Irish Academic Press and looks the various media culture through the filter of three major cultural movements: economic prosperity in the South, the cultural impact of the Peace Process in the North and a general rise in Ireland of 'diasporan awareness'. Chapters include: 'Secularisation and Recent Irish Cinema'; 'The Haunted Landscapes of Irish Cinema'; 'Maureen O'Hara: The Political Implications of the Feisty Colleen' and 'Van Morrison's Belfast'.
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Irish Films, Global Cinemas is published by Four Courts Press and is jointly edited with Kevin Rockett (Trinity College, Dublin). This is the fourth volume in the series 'Studies in Irish Film' that grew out of the Irish Postgraduate Seminar, a research collaboration between the University of Ulster and Trinity College, Dublin.
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Furthermore, Martin McLoone will also give the keynote address at the forthcoming conference Contemporary Irish Cinema, to be held at the University of Limoges in France on Nov. 22-23, 2007.
This net art project has been created by Dr Sarah Edge and is an online gallery experience through which the user can explore the time and the places(in London) where Arthur J Munby collected photos and to unravel some of the mystery surrounding his particular choices.
This new and exciting project was funded under the AHRC Small Grants in the Creative and Performing Arts Scheme and is one of the first such projects in the area of Net Art. The project is a timely example of research through creative practice. This interactive website grew from the exhibition MemoryMythPhotography Context Galleries, Londonderry, January 2005. The research and construction of this website was funded by the AHRC and the CMR. The website was constructed through consultation with Justine Scoltock from the Nerve Centre, Londonderry.
Photographs from the Arthur J Munby Collection are reproduced with kind permission from the Masters and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge.