visualising redundancy: reflections on collaborating with filmmakers on ‘watermark’
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Visualising Redundancy: Reflections on collaborating with filmmakers on ‘Watermark’. Tim Strangleman . Visualising Redundancy: Reflections on collaborating with filmmakers on ‘Watermark’. Introduction to Watermark Film Reflection on themes of the film - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Visualising Redundancy: Reflections on collaborating with filmmakers on
‘Watermark’
Tim Strangleman
Visualising Redundancy: Reflections on collaborating with filmmakers on ‘Watermark’
• Introduction to Watermark Film
• Reflection on themes of the film
• Reflection on what film adds to the sociological imagination
• Watermark
Introduction to the Watermark Film Project
• 300 years of paper production in Dover, Kent
• Buckland Mill closes in 2000
• Watermark film aimed to reflect on closure
Reflection on Themes of the FilmMethodological Challenges
• Work meaning & identity
• Workplace culture• Community in & around
work• How industry & labour
are remembered after closure
• Smokestack nostalgia?
Reflection on what film adds to the Sociological Imagination
• Methodological problems of:– Understanding and
capturing identity– Capturing and
articulating emotion– Understanding
attachment to work– Problematising nostalgia