Embracing collaborations between festivals and higher education: A case study of the ‘Decolonising film festivals and curating African cinemas’ networking event at King’s College London

TY - JOUR

T1 - Embracing collaborations between festivals and higher education

T2 - Decolonising Film Festivals and Curating African Cinemas

AU - Sendra, Estrella

N1 - Funding Information: The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Small Grant Scheme at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in King's College London. It builds upon reserach supported by the New Frontiers in Research Fund, from the Government of Canada (grant number NFRFR-2021-00161). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2023.

PY - 2024/2

Y1 - 2024/2

N2 - In recent years, there has been an increasing awareness of the social responsibility of Higher Education, encouraging knowledge exchange initiatives and impact. This often involves the collaboration with the industry, embracing a curatorial turn in the pedagogic approach. This self-reflexive case study shares the learning, challenges, and opportunities offered by the organisation of a networking event named ‘Decolonising Film Festivals and Curating African Cinemas.’ In so doing, it seeks to offer insights into one such forms of collaboration between Higher Education and the Industry. Through an analysis of the feedback by participants and the discussions at a round-table on decolonising, it highlights the horizontalism and distended environment of the experience, fostering a safe and fruitful discussion that engages in a call to action towards to sought change. In public facing events hosted at the university, the classroom becomes a brainstorming exercise in collaboration. The curatorial turn adopted through collaboration bridges theory and practice. Itlurifies voices in the learning and teaching experience, and collaboratively rehearses potential creative solutions to real life scenarios. It promotes social justice, engaging all participants in the process.

AB - In recent years, there has been an increasing awareness of the social responsibility of Higher Education, encouraging knowledge exchange initiatives and impact. This often involves the collaboration with the industry, embracing a curatorial turn in the pedagogic approach. This self-reflexive case study shares the learning, challenges, and opportunities offered by the organisation of a networking event named ‘Decolonising Film Festivals and Curating African Cinemas.’ In so doing, it seeks to offer insights into one such forms of collaboration between Higher Education and the Industry. Through an analysis of the feedback by participants and the discussions at a round-table on decolonising, it highlights the horizontalism and distended environment of the experience, fostering a safe and fruitful discussion that engages in a call to action towards to sought change. In public facing events hosted at the university, the classroom becomes a brainstorming exercise in collaboration. The curatorial turn adopted through collaboration bridges theory and practice. Itlurifies voices in the learning and teaching experience, and collaboratively rehearses potential creative solutions to real life scenarios. It promotes social justice, engaging all participants in the process.

KW - Industry

KW - Higher Education

KW - Public

KW - Engagement

KW - Decolonisation

KW - Collaboration

KW - Curation

KW - Africa

KW - Cinema

KW - Film

KW - Festival

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85179965292&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/09504222231222257

DO - 10.1177/09504222231222257

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85179965292

SN - 0950-4222

VL - 38

SP - 97

EP - 103

JO - Industry and Higher Education

JF - Industry and Higher Education

IS - 1

Y2 - 6 March 2023 through 7 March 2023

ER -