Faculty of Arts Events Calendar
Research Seminar: IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Jennifer Vanderburgh (Saint Mary's University), 鈥楾hinking Television Through the City: The City (Not the Nation) as a Framework for Television Studies鈥�
Location: A0.28 (Millburn House)
Research Seminar: IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Jennifer Vanderburgh (Saint Mary's University), 鈥楾hinking Television Through the City: The City (Not the Nation) as a Framework for Television Studies鈥�
Date: 4/7/2019
Time: 5pm (followed by drinks reception)
Venue: A0.28 (Millburn House)
All welcome.
About: We know that television is experienced and produced unevenly in nations, so why does "the nation" continue to persist as a default framework for discussing and doing research on television? In this talk, Dr. Jennifer VanderBurgh suggests that thinking television through cities can help us better understand how television's representations and engagements negotiate local, national, transnational registers. Using case studies of TV shows and TV encounters dating back to the 1930s in Toronto, Canada, Dr. VanderBurgh argues that much can be gained from "thinking television through the city."