INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS STUDIES PROGRAM 2006-07 SPEAKER SERIES

1. INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS STUDIES PROGRAM 2006-07 SPEAKER SERIES “TEACHING” AND LEARNING INDIGENOUS FILM with Dr. Jennifer Kelly (International Indigenous Studies Program) and Dr. Aruna Srivastava (Department of English) What is Indigenous Film? What is filmic realism? Given the history and influence of stereotypical representations of Indigenous peoples in Hollywood film, to what extent can and do Indigenous filmmakers utilize the forms and technologies of mainstream film and to what effects? How are Indigenous filmmakers transforming the medium, in both mainstream and independent filmmaking? Does Indigenous film engage in and enact a politics of decolonization? (Should it be expected to?) What is the role of the spectator/reader of film in this politics? And how does one ‘teach’ Indigenous film, and explore such questions, effectively, in 13 weeks or less? TUESDAY, November 28, 200612:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Red Lodge, Native Centre, MSC 390 Jennifer Kelly and Aruna Srivastava have mounted several courses on Indigenous film, some co-taught, some international in focus and others focusing on film production on Turtle Island. Our courses in various ways follow an inquiry-based/blended learning model, and have been taught on two campuses in Alberta (University of Calgary and Red Deer College).