Gender and Screen Cultures
The Gender and Screen Cultures research theme delves into the dynamics of our interactions with screens, predominantly exploring television and cinema, alongside computer and mobile phone screens. It seeks to explore the implications of these interactions on individuals and our society.
- Film Aesthetics and Cultures: Examining topics like the representation of women in Middle Eastern and Western digital news media, the narrative space created by contemporary Chinese female documentary filmmakers for women's stories, the use of the supernatural in subversive screen portrayals of women and girls, and the analysis of recent female-led coming-of-age films to understand their negotiation of genre, feminism, and postfeminism in depicting girlhood.
- Film History: Examining topics like the interplay betwee neoliberal cultures and gender representations in post-2010s Asian diasporic cinema, focusing the nuanced historical trajectory of gender depictions within these cinematic landscapes.
- Environment on Screens: Focusing on the Australian moving image and its surrounding industry and cultures, this area of study analyses how resource extraction and land management has shaped the Australian moving image and its surrounding industry and cultures, focusing in particular on the regional film industry in Broken Hill, NSW.