We are very excited to announce an A/CA Summer Institute graduate seminar course that is being coordinated alongside the upcoming GAVA: Global Audiovisual Archiving conference (July 12-14).
This course is run through York University’s Graduate Program in Cinema & Media Studies/Film but is also open to graduate students from other Canadian and international universities as well. If you are interested in registering for this course, please reach out to zryd@yorku.ca and kmo@counterarchive.ca with “FILM 5700 SICI enrollment” in the subject line before June 14th.
GAVA Summer Institute 2024
Graduate Program in Cinema & Media Studies/Film
School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD), York University
GS/FILM 5700 A 3.0 SICI course
GAVA: Global Audiovisual Archiving: Building Alliances, Curating Difference
Course Directors: Drs. Janine Marchessault (A/CA Primary Investigator), Andrew Bailey (A/CA Knowledge Mobilization Officer), and Michael Zryd (A/CA Co-Director)
Contact: zryd@yorku.ca and kmo@counterarchive.ca
Meeting times: Tues & Thurs 2:30 PM-5:30 PM on June 25, 27, July 2, 4, 9, 18, 23, 25, 30, and Aug 1. Students are expected to attend as much of the GAVA: Global Audiovisual Archiving conference as possible, Friday to Sunday July 12-14 (9:00am - 6:00pm + evening screenings)
Location: Classes will take place online via Zoom. GAVA Conference is in-person with online hybrid access available
Outline: Focusing on new theoretical models of the archive, digital experiments with audio-visual archives along diverse curatorial approaches to archiving, students will develop scholarly and curatorial projects that help to imagine and enact new ways of curating and presenting audiovisual archives in public and/or community spaces. Such approaches might be defined through site-specific exhibitions, projections, and other forms of media activation that recast history to encompass diverse community perspectives and needs: Indigenous, LGBTQ2S+, diasporic, differently abled, and feminist.
Guest curators, archivists, artists, and scholars associated with Archive/Counter-Archive counterarchive.ca will present their work and specific case studies. The class will also revolve around the Global Audiovisual Archiving Conference, which will be held at the TIFF Lightbox on July 12, 13, and 14. The conference will be live-streamed, so students can attend virtually or in person.
Assessment: In this course, students will be assessed primarily on a major research essay or archival/curatorial project that they will be developing throughout the course. Students are also expected to attend all classes and consistently engage in discussions.
Enrollment: This course is run through York University’s Graduate Program in Cinema & Media Studies/Film but is also open to graduate students from other Canadian and international universities as well. If you are interested in enrolling in this course, please contact zryd@yorku.ca with “FILM 5700 SICI enrollment” in the email subject line.
Students from other universities wishing to enroll will be responsible for registering for the course as an independent/self-directed study with their own departments/universities. If you are a non-York student who is interested in taking this course, please reach out to kmo@counterarchive.ca to express your interest as soon as possible.