INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS STUDIES PROGRAM 2006-07 SPEAKER SERIES

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INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS STUDIES PROGRAM 2006-07
SPEAKER SERIES
TEACHING AND LEARNING INDIGENOUS FILM
with Dr. Jennifer Kelly (International
Indigenous Studies Program) and Dr. Aruna
Srivastava (Department of English)
What is Indigenous Film? What is filmic realism?
Given the history and influence of stereotypical
representations of Indigenous peoples in
Hollywood film, to what extent can and do
Indigenous filmmakers utilize the forms and
technologies of mainstream film and to what
effects? How are Indigenous filmmakers
transforming the medium, in both mainstream and
independent filmmaking? Does Indigenous film
engage in and enact a politics of decolonization?
(Should it be expected to?) What is the role of
the spectator/reader of film in this
politics? And how does one teach Indigenous
film, and explore such questions, effectively, in
13 weeks or less?
TUESDAY, November 28, 20061200 noon 100
p.m. Red Lodge, Native Centre, MSC 390
Jennifer Kelly and Aruna Srivastava have mounted
several courses on Indigenous film, some
co-taught, some international in focus and others
focusing on film production on Turtle Island.
Our courses in various ways follow an
inquiry-based/blended learning model, and have
been taught on two campuses in Alberta
(University of Calgary and Red Deer College).