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WEBINAR: Collaborative Filmmaking as Method and Care - with Yvonne Wallace and Jared Epp (May
Dear All,
Images of Care Collective invites you to the next webinar, this time with
Yvonne Wallace and Jared Epp. The talk is entitled Collaborative Filmmaking as
Method and Care.
Join us on Zoom, May 21st (Wednesday) at 18:00 19:30 CEST/ 17:00- 18:30 BST/
10:00 11:30 MDT/ 12:00-13:30 EDT. Don't forget to watch the 15 minute film
prior to the webinar! (More details, and link to the video below:)
https://ageneteasa.org/2025/04/24/collaborative-filmmaking-as-method-and-care
/
ABOUT THE TALK:
This webinar explores the research relationship afforded by a particular kind
of multimodal ethnography, the ethnographic B movie, which anthropologist
Jared Epp presents
as research method (2024). Against
professional aesthetic that is typically expected in images and film produced
through ethnographic research (Minh-ha
1991; Ruby
2000), Epp
argues for an open-ended, low expectation approach to collaborative
creativity. The most important element of the ethnographic B movie is not the
output or academic relatability but the kind of creative space that emerges
where all involved can express themselves as theyd like. In a setting of
intentional unprofessionalism, Epp argues that the ethnographic B movie allows
for both researcher and interlocutor (read: collaborator) to be themselves,
and part of being themselves is to take on the risk of vulnerability
(performing and creating in front of each other, in front of a camera, in
front of an audience).
How can this method be applied in aging research? Yvonne Wallace shares her
experience adopting the ethnographic B movie in the making of Seniorsville a
speculative, documentary of the future, co-written by and starring her
interlocutors from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Wallace explains how the
ethnographic B movie, as a more passive, deferential modality of co-creation,
served as an act of care within her research by centering the experiences,
contributions, and agency of her interlocutors. She and one of her primary
collaborators will talk about the process of making the film, and what the
ethnographic B movie method meant for the researcher and interlocutor
experience.
To conclude, Epp and Wallace argue that it is an act of care to invite
co-creativity in ethnographic research, allowing interlocutors to share their
stories on their own terms and through which researcher and interlocutor share
in mutual vulnerability.
To make the most of this webinar, we encourage the audience to watch this
15-minute clip in advance. For those who cannot make it, the speakers will be
including clips of our films within our presentation as well.
You can watch Seniorsville here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvOtt3ZT2bs
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Yvonne Wallace is a PhD Candidate in social anthropology at the University of
Toronto. Drawing on research with older adults living in a for-profit
retirement home in downtown Edmonton, Canada, her project explores
intersections of aging and urban revitalization, as well as impacts of the
financialization of seniors housing. More on Yvonne's work
here.
Jared Epp is a PhD Candidate in social anthropology from Carleton University
in Ottawa, Canada. His research engages with filmic research-creation to
understand the intersection of madness, imagination and precarity in a
Canadian urban context. His films have been screened at KISMIF (2024),
Freiburger Filmforum (2023) and the Canadian Anthropological Society annual
conference (2022). (see also
here)
ABOUT THE WEBINAR SERIES "IMAGES, AGEING AND CARE"
This webinar series free and open to all- gathers anthropologists and
image-makers interested in exploring the ontological and epistemological
connections between images, aging and care, treating the relationship and
these phenomena as requiring and inviting interrogation. It is sponsored by
the Images of Care
Collective, the
Association for Anthropology, Gerontology and the Life Course
(AAGE), EASAs Age and Generations
Network (AgeNet) and the Network for Visual
Anthropology of the European Association of Social Anthropologists
(VANEASA). You can see our past
webinars here.
To be informed about the next webinars, sign up for the mailing list by
clicking here.
Looking forward to seeing you there,
Barbara, Paolo and Martina
_______________________________________________
Vaneasa mailing list
Vaneasa@lists.easaonline.org
http://lists.easaonline.org/listinfo.cgi/vaneasa-easaonline.org
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Images of Care Collective invites you to the next webinar, this time with
Yvonne Wallace and Jared Epp. The talk is entitled Collaborative Filmmaking as
Method and Care.
Join us on Zoom, May 21st (Wednesday) at 18:00 19:30 CEST/ 17:00- 18:30 BST/
10:00 11:30 MDT/ 12:00-13:30 EDT. Don't forget to watch the 15 minute film
prior to the webinar! (More details, and link to the video below:)
https://ageneteasa.org/2025/04/24/collaborative-filmmaking-as-method-and-care
/
ABOUT THE TALK:
This webinar explores the research relationship afforded by a particular kind
of multimodal ethnography, the ethnographic B movie, which anthropologist
Jared Epp presents
as research method (2024). Against
professional aesthetic that is typically expected in images and film produced
through ethnographic research (Minh-ha
1991; Ruby
2000), Epp
argues for an open-ended, low expectation approach to collaborative
creativity. The most important element of the ethnographic B movie is not the
output or academic relatability but the kind of creative space that emerges
where all involved can express themselves as theyd like. In a setting of
intentional unprofessionalism, Epp argues that the ethnographic B movie allows
for both researcher and interlocutor (read: collaborator) to be themselves,
and part of being themselves is to take on the risk of vulnerability
(performing and creating in front of each other, in front of a camera, in
front of an audience).
How can this method be applied in aging research? Yvonne Wallace shares her
experience adopting the ethnographic B movie in the making of Seniorsville a
speculative, documentary of the future, co-written by and starring her
interlocutors from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Wallace explains how the
ethnographic B movie, as a more passive, deferential modality of co-creation,
served as an act of care within her research by centering the experiences,
contributions, and agency of her interlocutors. She and one of her primary
collaborators will talk about the process of making the film, and what the
ethnographic B movie method meant for the researcher and interlocutor
experience.
To conclude, Epp and Wallace argue that it is an act of care to invite
co-creativity in ethnographic research, allowing interlocutors to share their
stories on their own terms and through which researcher and interlocutor share
in mutual vulnerability.
To make the most of this webinar, we encourage the audience to watch this
15-minute clip in advance. For those who cannot make it, the speakers will be
including clips of our films within our presentation as well.
You can watch Seniorsville here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvOtt3ZT2bs
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS:
Yvonne Wallace is a PhD Candidate in social anthropology at the University of
Toronto. Drawing on research with older adults living in a for-profit
retirement home in downtown Edmonton, Canada, her project explores
intersections of aging and urban revitalization, as well as impacts of the
financialization of seniors housing. More on Yvonne's work
here.
Jared Epp is a PhD Candidate in social anthropology from Carleton University
in Ottawa, Canada. His research engages with filmic research-creation to
understand the intersection of madness, imagination and precarity in a
Canadian urban context. His films have been screened at KISMIF (2024),
Freiburger Filmforum (2023) and the Canadian Anthropological Society annual
conference (2022). (see also
here)
ABOUT THE WEBINAR SERIES "IMAGES, AGEING AND CARE"
This webinar series free and open to all- gathers anthropologists and
image-makers interested in exploring the ontological and epistemological
connections between images, aging and care, treating the relationship and
these phenomena as requiring and inviting interrogation. It is sponsored by
the Images of Care
Collective, the
Association for Anthropology, Gerontology and the Life Course
(AAGE), EASAs Age and Generations
Network (AgeNet) and the Network for Visual
Anthropology of the European Association of Social Anthropologists
(VANEASA). You can see our past
webinars here.
To be informed about the next webinars, sign up for the mailing list by
clicking here.
Looking forward to seeing you there,
Barbara, Paolo and Martina
_______________________________________________
Vaneasa mailing list
Vaneasa@lists.easaonline.org
http://lists.easaonline.org/listinfo.cgi/vaneasa-easaonline.org
