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FILM 402 Diasporic Media Units: 3.00
This course examines the role of contemporary diasporic media (from art and activist media, to film, television, and digital born modalities) and the emergence of the variety of communities, networks, media practices, modes of circulation, performance, and production that take place within, across and beyond national borders.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 48 Practicum)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan.
Course Equivalencies: FILM 402, FILM 402B
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate critical understanding of the role of diaspora in the creation and circulation of media and emergent aesthetic forms.
- Develop advanced and fluent practice of media literacy skills.
- Evaluate economies and policies related to access to media making for those in the diaspora.
- Identify the tensions and intersections between models of identity in media institutions, industries, and creative practices.