[Commlist] CFP: Decolonising filmic experience - two workshops at University of Hertfordshire

Decolonising filmic experience: decentring learning across culture, 
community and institutions
Wednesday 8th May and Wednesday 26th June, School of Creative Arts, 
University of Hertfordshire



James Harvey is writing to invite you to two workshops on the topic of 
film and decolonisation, organised and hosted by the School of Creative 
Arts at University of Hertfordshire. The events are devoted to notions 
of Decolonising Filmic Experience and are an attempt to bring together 
interested parties around the topic of decolonisation, as it pertains to 
accessing film viewing, making, exhibition, distribution and education. 
Each workshop intends to inquire: to what extent does decolonisation as 
a discourse penetrate the social worlds in which film circulates? How is 
filmic experience being utilised or reconfigured to frame such 
encounters? And, what is the relationship between decolonising 
discourses and anti-colonial movements, internationally?
The first workshop is concerned with decolonisation in film exhibition 
and distribution and will feature a keynote presentation by T A P E 
Collective, a film programming, distribution and education group, doing 
vital work in and around this area. T A P E was founded in 2015 by 
Angela Moneke and Isra Al Kassi as a response to the 
under-representation of minority groups on screen and in the film 
industries. Since its launch, T A P E has gone on to commission 
cutting-edge writing, provide consultation services to industry leaders 
and launch its own streaming platform.

Workshop 1 will take place on Wednesday 8th May 2024. I am interested in 
hearing from researchers and practitioners whose work broaches related 
areas of decolonisation in film exhibition, distribution, curation and 
programming. I invite 300-word proposals for short presentations, which 
extend our workshop discussions into related areas. Please submit your 
proposal (and a short bio) to (j.harvey4 /at/ herts.ac.uk) by Friday 8th March 
2024.

Workshop 2 turns to the subject of decolonisation and film education, 
with a particular concern for notions of decentred learning and the 
interconnection between Film Studies and communities. While 
anti-colonial Film Studies can be traced to canonical works on Third 
Cinema in the 1980s (Gabriel, 1982; Burton, 1985; Pines and Willemen, 
1989), decolonisation discourse is today providing important new 
frameworks to approach the social and political dimensions of film 
histories and futures. Professor Lindiwe Dovey’s work has been 
pathbreaking in this regard. As a film festival founder, director and 
curator, Dovey has been instrumental in raising the profile and 
visibility of African film in the UK. In her scholarly work, she has 
combined in-depth research into the exhibition, circulation, and 
curation of film with reflections on her own experiences. And from 2019 
to 2024, Dovey is the Principal Investigator of the European Research 
Council project, "African Screen Worlds: Decolonising Film and Screen 
Studies".

Workshop II will take place on Wednesday 26th June 2024. If you are 
working in related areas of decolonial film education, I invite you to 
submit a 300-word proposal for a short presentation on related topics to 
(j.harvey4 /at/ herts.ac.uk) by Wednesday 1st May 2024. Please make clear in 
the subject heading whether you are applying for Workshop I or II. Do 
also feel free to get in touch with any other related queries.

Both events will take place at the College Lane campus in Hatfield. 
Directions to the campus can be found, here: 
https://www.herts.ac.uk/contact-us/where-to-find-us/college-lane-maps-and-directions 


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