un-caging the orphan: what intersectionality can teach us about the educational role of orphan works
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Presented at Place Orphan Films, an Orphans Midwest pre-conference.TRANSCRIPT
Un-Caging the Orphan: What Intersectionality Can Teach Us About the
Educational Role of Orphan Works
Ashley Blewer & Travis Wagner
University of South CarolinaMoving Image Research Collections
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Intersectionalityrace, gender, class, sex, sexual orientation, ability, religion, body, age, ethnicity, nationality, education
Orphanpublic domain materials, home movies, outtakes, unreleased films, industrial and educational movies, independent documentaries, ethnographic films, newsreels, censored material, underground works, experimental pieces, silent-era productions, stock footage, found footage, medical films, kinescopes, small- and unusual-gauge films, amateur productions, surveillance footage, test reels, government films, advertisements, sponsored films, student works, and sundry other ephemeral pieces of celluloid
CollectionsNews:Fox Movietone collectionSouth Carolina television newsTelevision and cinema commercials
Educational:Spartanburg Police Films collection
Personal/”home movies”:Lula Belle and Scotty WisemanLever-KarstWatson-CambreScott NixonPhelpsBuffington
BUTFIRST
GENDER
RACE
CLASS
LAYERS
DON’T FORGET:
...ability, religion, body, age, nationality, sexual
orientation…et cetera
Ability
Nationality
Age
Body
Religion
?
University of South CarolinaMoving Image Research Collections
{Available for research}
Thank you!
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