I am putting together my reading list / working bibliography for my “Atelier de Recherche” course (Research Workshop …) which is essentially a prep course for my comprehensive exam and thesis proposal. I am looking for suggestions in film theory – on spectatorship, actor/role relationships … hmm what else… Well, I am opening to any suggestionsContinue reading “Working Bibliography”
Category Archives: Reading
Some Thoughts on Gadamer and Zizek
I am trying to put together my bibliography as I head into a summer and fall of thesis proposal writing and comprehensive exam preparation. Moving from Sociology to Film Studies has been a logical step in terms of my research on some levels, but perhaps not on others. I am trying to marry my workContinue reading “Some Thoughts on Gadamer and Zizek”
Quick Update
Cannot believe that we are already mid-May … I have been scurrying around tying up all my loose ends from the winter semester. The dates are later at UdeM (I would have already had all my grades back by now). Nonetheless, I have two more little things for tomorrow then I get to dive intoContinue reading “Quick Update”
Reading; Narrative, Film Analysis & Dead Links
As anyone who has read this blog over the last few months, or know me at all really, know that I have been lamenting over my inability (or mental block) to do film analysis. In so many ways, it is not very different than the analysis of a text, image or game even. One bookContinue reading “Reading; Narrative, Film Analysis & Dead Links”
More Reading
No matter how many times I sit down to try and write, I end up with more reading on my plate. Looking for literature on semio-pragmatics in film theory, I ended up at Warren Buckland’s The Cognitive Semiotics of Film. The first chapter is available as a viewable (and downloadable but not printable) pdf. IContinue reading “More Reading”
Reading Commentaries and/or Justifications
In my “reading” section, I have had the same three books up for quite some time. In my attempt to justify this lenghty reading time frame, I figured I would chat out some of the reasons why it’s going so slow. I started reading The Virtual Window in October on the plane home from AoIR.Continue reading “Reading Commentaries and/or Justifications”
Thinking About Space
I am reading Edward Casey’s Giving a Face to Place in the Present: Bachelard, Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari, Irigaray (from The Fate of Place: A Philosophical History) and so far, I am impressed with a few of the ideas he sews together – something I wish I had read before I wrote my MA thesis,Continue reading “Thinking About Space”
Summer Project
I was very happy when a yellow package arrived in my mailbox this morning containing the book Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture by Alexander R. Galloway that I will be reviewing for the Research Center for Cyberculture Studies. I am quite excited, as this is my first formal book review for an item within my ‘field’. Continue reading “Summer Project”
Skipping Out
After reading the first few pages of Gibson’s Virtual Light, I am sad to say that I have to abandon the book for now. Reading (fiction) is a finicky ordeal for me. I have many books sitting on my shelves that looked interesting, but after reading the first chapter, I wasn’t pulled in enough toContinue reading “Skipping Out”
Grrr Fiction, Onto the Next Book
I remember one of the reasons why I stopped reading fiction – besides having my time almost completely consumed by school work and theory. As I finished James Flint’s Habitus last night, I was left with this puzzled, nagging, unfinished feeling. I read through almost 600 pages of rich descriptions and complex ideas only toContinue reading “Grrr Fiction, Onto the Next Book”
kellyboudreauphd.ca 