What do we say to those who only encountered the discipline of geography as the rote memorisation of countries' capitals, rivers, and topographies? We study them, yes, but we also study, teach and research on political ecologies, urban transformations, fictive realms, and films.
Yes, films.
What then is a geographical film? What makes a film geographical? We can devote a whole semester for these queries, but if you have time from 5:30-7:00PM on Thursday, 8th of June 2023, in Pavilion room 2248, UP Diliman, do come by to watch what we think, classify, and curate as 'geographical films'.
Like most things in our lifeworlds, a 'geographical film' is not just one thing but a pluriverse of stories, or in the words of geographer Doreen Massey a 'pin cushion of possibilities'.
We will watch short films on river ecologies, place-based holiday romances, biking as a feminist positioning, spontaneous basketball, and various assortments of love. Yes, geography also studies love.
Drop by and see short documentaries, fiction features, and a few films-in-progress that were shot and edited a day before the screening. We've got snacks too - what's not to love?
This event is presented by Film Geographies in association with the UP Department of Geography and Queen Mary University of London, and co-sponsored by the Junior Philippine Geographical Society - UP Diliman, Geographic Society of the University of the Philippines ❨UP GeogSoc❩, and the Philippine Geographical Society.
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