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Author

Name Hasebrink, Felix
Research field Medienwissenschaft
Career stage doctoral researcher
Home university/institution Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)
Department/Research unit at home university/institution Philology
Chair/Working group at home institution Professur für Filmwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Filmtheorie und Filmästhetik

International activity

Country United States
Location Madison, WI; Bloomington, IN; Cambridge, MA; New York City
University University of Wisconsin, University of Indiana, Harvard University, Museum of Modern Art
Fund Research School PR.INT
Type of activity research stay
Period starts 02-05-2022
ends 02-06-2022
Keywords Film archive; archival research; documentary film;
Report I examined rare, historical "making-of" documentaries at four different film archives across the US, gathering examples for a PhD project on media practices and aesthetics of "making-of" documentaries. All four archives boast rich collections of non-fictional films that were highly relevant for my topic, in particular in the areas of (short) documentary, advertising, and educational films (Madison/Harvard), experimental film (Bloomington), and early cinema (MoMA).
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