MIRACLE Research Centre Utrecht University
Moving Image Representations in Audio-visual, Cinematic and Light-emitting EnvironmentsPROJECTS
THE NATION AND ITS OTHER: THE EMERGENCE OF MODERN POPULAR IMAGERY AND REPRESENTATIONS
Supervisor: Prof. Frank Kessler
Duration: 1 April 2010 – 31 March 2014
Funding: NWO – Culturele Dynamiek
This project will analyse the emerging mass-medial production and dissemination of popular imagery and representations in the late 19th and early 20th century, looking specifically at cinematographic images of the Nation and its Other. Two case studies will investigate: (a) trans-nationally circulating popular images of the Netherlands of Dutch and foreign origins, and (b) representations of the Asian Other circulating in the Netherlands in the light of the Boxer Rebellion and the Russo-Japanese War, and with regard to the countries’ colonies in Asia.
The goal of the project is to contribute to our understanding of the modern globalized mediasphere and the cultural dynamics modern visual media have engendered by looking at the formative phase of modern popular mass-media imagery.
Linked to a far-ranging scholarly network discussing similar issues, the project will not only promote Dutch media historic research within the international community, but also, at the level of knowledge dissemination, provide input into institutions dealing with the audiovisual cultural heritage.
