2023 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Chinese Independent Cinema in Transformation: Visual Politics in Perspective
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22K00230
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
馬 然 名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (80623446)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2022-04-01 – 2026-03-31
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| Keywords | Chinese cinema / independent cinema / arthouse cinema / film festival studies / Sinophone studies / translocality / affect study / border studies |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I was able to publish a few research outputs, including English-language journal articles and book chapters. I also conducted field trips to Beijing in the summer of 2023, and to an international symposium Chinese Independent Cinema Archive at Newcastle University, the UK, which have greatly contributed to several of my ongoing research agendas on contemporary Chinese arthouse cinema and the transforming visual politics of Chinese independent films. My research has been further enhanced while I am staying at Cambridge under Harvard-Yenching Institute scholarship. Not only I went to give talks at New York University and Yale University. Also, part of the research output will be presented at a workshop held at Harvard in late April 2024.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Part of the research plans were successfully delivered, such as the already published journal articles and book chapters, and those that are scheduled to be published. The workshop that I organize at Harvard-Yenching Institute will also be the first step for me to consolidate my plan for publication, in the format of an edited volume, or a special journal issue. Meanwhile, my visiting scholarship at Harvard has benefited me in the sense that I have access to important research sources, including meeting film scholars and attending various research events. My research trips to Beijing and Newcastle also granted me crucial opportunities to meet and interview filmmakers and other professionals such as curators and producers, which would lay grounds for my current writing.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
Once I am back in Asia in mid June, 2024, I plan to visit China (to cities such as Xining and Beijing) and attend important film festivals and events there to catch up with the recent developments in contemporary art film culture. A second direction will be my publication plan for an edited volume or special issue on Sinophone cinema and media, which is related to the Harvard-Yenching Institute Workshop that I am organizing. Thirdly, I will also push forward several of my own writing projects and hopefully that I could publish them within financial year 2024.
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| Causes of Carryover |
First, I will need to conduct a few research trips in China during my sabbatical leave in the summer of 2024. Second, a few papers and book chapters need to be proofread; and I will also need to rely on the funding to hire research assistants to help me collect materials and compile the research database. Third, the funding will be used to facilitating Chinese independent cinema related events and research activities, including small-scale international forum and workshops.
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