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This is a call for 3-5 panelists for a panel session on the rise of filmmaking as an academic form of enquiry. While other disciplines have been using filmmaking for some time, the practice of filmmaking in geography has only recently developed into a more significant body of work. When Film Geographies was created in 2016, as an online space for geographers to screen and discuss their films it only received a handful of films. Today it has collected and curated over 150 films and also offers filmmaking workshops in addition to organising two annual calls for films (annual AAG Shorts at the AAG and since 2020 with the RGS-IBG). Academic filmmaking endeavours in geography, and other disciplines, are now beginning to draw the attention of media and cinema departments around the world. There is a growing realization of the potential of digital networked film as a form of academic practice that can be used for pedagogy, research and creation of informative and artistic works for geographical knowledge production. Whether for media literacy, moving-image research as visual method or as a teaching companion, this panel will initiate a practical but critical discussion of the strategies, opportunities, and challenges to pursuing film as a method and tool of engagement.

This panel will reflect on the impact of Film Geographies, and examine how filmmaking in geography is now evolving, with a focus on the different forms of film as a means of publication, films for teaching, and community led filmmaking. It will ask what further support the discipline can offer to this new and exciting field of enquiry.

If you wish to join, email either one of us at Jessica Jacobs (j.jacobs@qmul.ac.uk), Joseph Palis (jepalis@up.edu.ph) on or before November 5th, 2022. Send us a brief description of your work and your PIN#.

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