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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
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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 • 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