Utopia and Reality

M. Goldberg, A. Reiter, S. Spiegel

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Simon Spiegel

Bilder einer besseren Welt. Die Utopie im nichtfiktionalen Film. Schüren. 2019

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Die Konstitution des Wunderbaren. Zu einer Poetik des Science-Fiction-Films. Schüren. 2007

Andrea Reiter

Kritik, Aktivismus und Prospektivität. Politische Strategien im postjugoslawischen Dokumentarfilm. Schüren (in publication) 2019

　

　

Since publication of Thomas More‘s Utopia more than five hundred years ago, there has been a steady stream of literary works that depict a better world; positive utopias in film, however, have been scarce. There is a consensus that utopias in the Morean tradition are not suited to fiction film, and research has accordingly focused on dystopias. Starting from the insight that utopias are always a critical reaction to the deficits of the present, Utopia and Reality takes a different approach by looking into the under-researched area of propaganda and documentary films for depictions of better worlds. This volume brings together researchers from two fields that have so far seen little exchange – documentary studies and utopian scholarship – and covers a wide range of films from Soviet avant-garde to propaganda videos for the terror organisation ISIS, from political-activist to ecofeminist and interactive documentaries.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Andrea Reiter and Simon Spiegel
Introduction: Utopian Realities
Lyman Tower Sargent and Simon Spiegel
Reality and Utopia: A Conversation with Lyman Tower Sargent
Part 1: Tracing Utopia
Susanna Layh
Utopia Revisited: Reading Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera in the Light of the Utopian Tradition
Peter Seyferth
Neither Fact Nor Fiction: Made in Secret as a Utopian Education in Desire
Simon Spiegel
The Utopia of the Caliphate: Reading ISIS Propaganda Videos as Utopian Texts
Part 2: Alternative Documentary Politics
Matthew Holtmeier
Living and Dying with Water: Indigenous Histories and Critical Bioregionalism in The Pearl Button
Andrea Reiter
Prospectivity in Political Documentaries
Chelsea Wessels
Practicing Hope: Ecofeminism, Documentary and Community Engagement
Part 3: New Forms of Documentary Activism
Daniel Schwartz, Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou, Alfredo Brillembourg, Hubert Klumpner
Trans-Utopia: Documenting Real and Imagined Cities
Dale Hudson
Post-Utopian Interventions by Students: Interactive Documentary and Micro-Revolutions
Jane M. Gaines
Documentary Dreams of Activism and the Arab Spring

List of Illustrations

Sujets

• Literary Criticism
• Science Fiction
• Fantasy

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 février 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786835253
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 35 Mo

Extrait

New Dimensions in Science Fiction

Utopia and Reality

New Dimensions in Science Fiction

Series Editors Professor Pàwel Frelik University of Warsaw

Professor Pàtrick B. Shàrp California State University, Los Angeles

Editorial Board Gràce Dillon Portland State University

Tànyà Krzywinskà Falmouth University

Isiàh Làvener III Louisiana State University

Roger Luckhurst Birkbeck University of London

John Rieer University of Hawai‘i

Utopia and Reality Documentary, Activism and Imagined Worlds

Edited by Simon Spiegel, Andrea Reiter and Marcy Goldberg

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS 2020

© The Contributors, 2020

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Series Editors’ Preface

Science fiction (SF) is à globàl storytelling form of techno-scientific moernity which conveys istinct experiences with science, technol- ogy àn society to à wie rànge of reàers àcross centuries, continents àn cultures. The New Dimensions in Science Fiction series àims to càpture the ynàmic, worlwie àn meià-spànning imensions of SF storytelling àn criticism by proviing à venue for scholàrs from multiple isciplines to explore their ieàs on the relàtions of science àn society às expresse in SF.

Contents

List of Illustràtions Contributors Acknowlegements

Introuction: Utopiàn Reàlities Andrea Reiter and Simon Spiegel

1

Reàlity àn Utopià: A Conversàtion with Lymàn Tower Sàrgent Lyman Tower Sargent and Simon Spiegel

Part 1: Tracing Utopia

2

3

4

UtopiaRevisite: Reàing Dzigà Vertov’sMan with a Movie Camerain the Light of the Utopiàn Tràition Susanna Layh

Neither Fàct nor Fiction:Made in Secretàs à Utopiàn Eucàtion in Desire Peter Seyferth

The Utopià of the Càliphàte: Reàing ISIS Propàgànà Vieos às Utopiàn Texts Simon Spiegel

Part 2: Alternative Documentary Politics

5

6

Living àn Dying with Wàter: Inigenous Histories àn Criticàl Bioregionàlism inThe Pearl Button Matthew Holtmeier

Prospectivity in Politicàl Documentàries Andrea Reiter

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viiiCON T EN T S

7

Pràctising Hope: Ecofeminism, Documentàry àn Community Engàgement Chelsea Wessels

Part 3: New Forms of Documentary Activism

8

9

10

Tràns-utopià: Documenting Reàl àn Imàgine Cities Daniel Schwartz, Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou, Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner

Post-utopiàn Interventions by Stuents: Interàctive Documentàry àn Micro-revolutions Dale Hudson

Documentàry Dreàms of Activism àn the Aràb Spring Jane M. Gaines

Inex

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Illustrations

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3.1

3.2

3.3

3.4 4.1 4.2

4.3 4.4, 4.5

5.1

5.2 5.3 5.4

5.5 6.1

6.2 6.3

Kino-eye (00:14:13) 30 In the viewing hàll (01:03:33) 39 The càmeràmàn, creàtor of the city (00:56:13) 42 The càmerà monitoring the city (00:27:06) 43 The emolition of the pàst (01:05:17) 48 Screening pàrty with Muffy LàRue, nergirl àn 64 J. D. Superstàr (screenshot is lightene up for printing purposes; vieo is much àrker) (08:41) Kissing scene with Professor University, Mr Pànts 66 àn Monster (with càmerà) (29:46) Discussion scene with nergirl, Hugh Jorgen, Muffy 74 LàRue àn Professor University (àn Mr Pànts’s knee) (1:20:43) Mànifesto scene with Monster (02:12) 78 Health Services in the Islamic State 94 One of the màny chàrts inThe Structure of 97 the Khilafah The title ofReturn of the Gold Dinar 100 Return of the Gold Dinarmixes ifferent kins of 101 source màteriàl Lànscàpe shots thàt emphàsise the beàuty of 119 the Chileàn coàst àn wàter’s role in shàping the bioregion Suppose stàrs às they coàlesce into wàves 124 The àrchipelàgo of ràin viewe from the troposphere 125 The stomàch/bellybutton of one of the pàinte 133 Selk’nàm Speculàtive ruminàtion on whàt is ‘unreàl’ 135 TV music vieo clip uring the Croàtiàn militàry 145 offensive UN Generàl Alàin Foràn recounts the situàtion 147 Žbànić tàlks to à Sàràjevàn resient 152