WEEK 13/JAN 12TH ROUNDTABLE SESSION: The Space Of Politics & The Politics Of Space In The Era Of Globalization—Through The Lens Of Cinema

Required Readings

Butler, Judith. “Bodies In Alliance And The Politics Of The Street”, Sensible Politics: The Visual Culture of Nongovernmental Activism. Meg McLagan and Yates McKee. MIT Press. November 2012, p117-137

【distributed in class】

Yoshimoto, Mitsuhiro. “Cinematic Space and Time in the Age of Neoliberalism”.

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Chee Lilian & Lim Edna. 2015. “Asian Films and The Potential Of Cinematic Space”, in Asian Cinema and the Use of Space: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Chee Lilian & Lim Edna, Routledge

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[NOTE: uploaded is the anthology; you should only turn to the first chapter; since it's KINDLE transferred, there is no page number, so sorry! will be expire by Jan 10th]

This workshop uses no specific film text(s) while playing with many layers of theories (it also serves as a short summary of this semester’s agenda in looking at city/urban space and cinema), so the roundtable participants would be required to prepare,

1)   An outline used to summarize what you have read, and to raise questions based on the 3 readings; you could focus on any one of them;

2)   A film, preferably an Asian film, that you think could be used to illustrate your ideas;

3)   Work with your outline and your film to generate your own argument, responding to or challenging our authors;

4)   Present your ideas in front of the audience (could be in any format; no visuals is fine); time-limit 10 min/ respondent would be assigned on site;

5)   Share with the lecturer and your classmates beforehand the information and sources of your chosen film (around Jan 8-10, 2017, ideally); email me so I could update the blog.