Sinophone Imaginaries in Contemporary Asian Visual Cultures

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K12263
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 01070:Theory of art practice-related
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: Ma Ran 名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (80623446)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: Sinophone studies / Chinese-language cinema / diasporic cinema / translocalism / independent cinema / inter-Asian studies

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Despite that my project was extended for another half a year due to the slow progress of my translation plan, overall the last year of this project also saw some satisfactory progress. Not only I was able to work on translating my book into Japanese (expected to be published with Japanese publisher), but also this project was smoothly bridged with the new JSPS project that I work on. Over the 4 years' span, I consider my project a successful one. With the Kakenhi, I was able to participate conferences and conduct many field trips abroad and in Japan, which laid solid basis for my research work and the final publication of my monograph, Independent Filmmaking across Border in Contemporary Asia. Besides, I was also able to hold both online and offline screening and talk events related to my research, which contributed to a wider range of publics and transnational community of film lovers and researchers.

Free Research Field

Cinema and media studies

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

My project has facilitated a deeper understanding of critical transnational cinema studies.The events I participated and organized contributed to a wider range of publics, fostering greater awareness and appreciation of independent filmmaking across borders in contemporary Asia.