[im]PossibleConstella0ons:Publishinginthedigitalage

Saturday31October2015,UniversityofLincoln

MONOGRAPHIC?VIDEOGRAPHIC?PLURIGRAPHIC?TOWARDS(AN)

ENRICHEDMEDIASTUDIES

CatherineGrantUniversityofSussex

ABSTRACT:Iwillexaminecurrentmul,modalapproachestoresearchanddigitalpublishinginfilmandmediastudies.Iwillfocusontworecentexamplesofaudiovisualessayspublishedonlinealongsidewri?entextstoarguethatnotonlywouldfilmandmediastudiesbenefitfrommoving“BeyondtheBook”asapresenta,onalmode,butalsofromembracingthenewnetworkedanddigitallyenrichedresearchmethodsandprocessesthatleadtotheseenrichedscholarlymediaforms,too.

MONOGRAPHIC(OFTHEACADEMICBOOK)

+VIDEOGRAPHIC(OFAUDIOVISUALMETHODOLOGIES&

TECHNOLOGIES)=

PLURIGRAPHIC(MULTIMODALRESEARCH&PUBLISHING)

ENRICHEDMEDIA+MEDIASTUDIES=ENRICHEDMEDIASTUDIES

Digital/networked/audiovisual/experimentalchallengestono0onsoftheacademicbookas1.  Rela0vely(or,technologically)standalonecontainers/

conveyorsoflinearlong-formargumenta0on;2.  Purelyorlargelyapresenta0onal/exposi0onalobject,

ratherthanasthecontainerforprocessesthatmightgeneratediscoveries;

3.  Booksassta0candsilent,mostlyword-basedtexts.

h?p://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com

KathleenFitzpatrick,PlannedObsolescence:Publishing,Technology,andtheFutureoftheAcademy(�NYUPress,2011�),83(1)

KathleenFitzpatrick,PlannedObsolescence:Publishing,Technology,andtheFutureoftheAcademy(�NYUPress,2011�),86(2)

KathleenFitzpatrick,PlannedObsolescence:Publishing,Technology,andtheFutureoftheAcademy(�NYUPress,2011�),87-8(3)

h_p://mediacommons.futureofhebook.org

…A"collabora6ve,interac6ve,mul6mediated,networked,nonlinear,and

mul6-accented”onlinepublishingenvironment

h_p://mediacommons.futureo`hebook.org/intransi,on/

…“thefirstpeer-reviewedacademicjournalofvideographicfilmandmoving

imagestudies.”

h_p://scalar.usc.edu

…“Scalarisafree,opensourceauthoringandpublishingpladormthat’sdesignedtomakeiteasyforauthorstowritelong-form,born-digital

scholarshiponline.Scalarenablesuserstoassemblemediafrommul0plesourcesandjuxtaposethemwiththeirownwri0nginavarietyofways,with

minimaltechnicalexper0serequired..”

h?p://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/reframebooks/archive2015/the-tablet-book/

h?p://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3_When-Sally-Met-Harry_FINAL.pdf

h?p://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/3_When-Sally-Met-Harry_FINAL.pdf

h?ps://vimeo.com/117263108

h?p://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/newpathways/

h?p://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/audiovisualessay/

h?p://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/audiovisualessay/frankfurt-papers/catherine-grant/

TheVideographicasaPresenta,onalMode

VOLUMETRICCINEMA,AvideoessaybyKevinL.Ferguson,Firstpublishedat[in]Transi?on:JournalofVideographicFilmandMovingImageStudies,2.1,2015,alongsidepeer-reviewsbySteveAndersonandVirginiaKuhn.Onlineat:

hHp://mediacommons.futureoMhebook.org/intransi6on/2015/03/10/volumetric-cinema

h?p://mediacommons.futureofhebook.org/intransi,on/2015/03/10/volumetric-cinema

h?p://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/audiovisualessay/reflec,ons/reflec,ons-on-av-essays/kevin-ferguson-on-volumetric-cinema/

BeyondthePresenta,onalMode

CatherineGrantandChris0anKeathley,‘TheUseofanIllusion:Childhoodcinephilia,objectrela0ons,andvideographicfilmstudies’,Photogénie,0,June2014.Co-authoredintroduc0on/individuallyauthoredtextsandvideos.Onlineat:

h_p://www.photogenie.be/photogenie_blog/ar0cle/use-illusion.

h?p://www.photogenie.be/photogenie_blog/ar,cle/use-illusion

AUDIOVISUALFILMSTUDIES:VIDEOGRAPHICAPPROACHESTOMOVINGIMAGEAND

SOUND

ByCatherineGrant

(Mul0plePlacesofPublica0on:Mul0plePublishers,2012-2016)

Aplurigraph?

Adisboundanddispersedmul0modalmonograph?

INTRODUCTION:Howlongisapieceofstring?OnthePrac0ce,ScopeandValueofVideographicFilmStudiesandCri0cism

I.MATERIALANDIMMATERIALTHINKING

i.TheShudderofaCinephiliacIdeaii.DissolvesofPassion:Materiallythinkingthroughedi0ng

iii.Childhoodcinephilia,objectrela0ons,andvideographicfilmstudies(withChris0anKeathley)II.

“THEMAKINGOF”OR,VIDEOGRAPHICAUTO-ETHNOGRAPHIESi.BonusTracks:Themakingof‘Touchingthefilmobject’and‘SkippingROPE(throughHitchcock’sjoins)’

ii.Déjàviewing?:videographicexperimentsinintertextualfilmiii.TheMarriagesofLaurelDallas.Or,TheMaternalMelodramaoftheUnknownFeministFilmSpectatorIiv.TheRemixThatKnewTooMuch?OnRebecca,RetrospectatorshipandtheMakingofRitesofPassage

III.SENSUOUSMETHODOLOGIES

i.Filmstudiesinthegroove?Rhythmisingpercep0onii.Turningupthevolume?FilmSound,MusicandListeninginAudiovisualEssays

iii.Thevideographicportrait-homageiv.Intersec0on:TeachingandLearningaudiovisuallyandvideographically

CONCLUSION:BeyondTautology.Or,TheAudiovisualEssay:MyFavouriteThings

Thechallengesofthevideographic/plurigraphic?•  ‘BeyondtheBook’meansnewformsofcontentcon0guityanddispersalthrough

hypertextandothernetworktechnologiesandso`ware,not(only)replacingorsupplan0ngthebookbutleadingtonewdigitalconstella?ons

•  Possiblyentailingamoveawayfromlogo-oratleastlexis-centrism;–  Thisincludesaninteres0ngchallengetoscholarlyeditorialconven0onsandprocedures:thepublica0oneditorcan't

change/editvideointhesamewaytheycanwithtext(hencethevalueofjuxtaposingworkwithopenpeerreview,orprocessdescriptors);

•  Videos/audiovisualessayscanbeharnessedtoconveylongformsofargument(obviously!LikeKevinL.Ferguson’swork)andtheycanalsopunctuate,populateandcontributeintegrallytomixedmedia/mul0modalandserialorcollabora0veformsofargument,orothercrea0veand/orcri0calmodes;

•  Alloftheaboveimplylegalchallenges(ownership,DRM,rights,sharing)andnewopportuni0es:openaccess,newformsofsearchability,knowledgeexchangeandconnectedness/rela0onality;

•  Theyalsoinvolvechangingphenomenologies,technologiesandeconomiesforreaders,viewers,andeditors/publishers,aswellasauthors/producers:willwe/theywantthem?