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Ishita Tiwary (Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal) will give a talk titled "Streaming and India’s Film-Centered Video Culture: Linguistic and Formal Diversity" as part of the Fall 2023 South Asia Seminar Series. The seminar theme is "Streaming South Asia:Media Platforms and Digital Cultures", convened by Shanti Kumar (Radio-Television-Film). All seminars take place on Thursdays in the Meyerson Conference Room (WCH 4.118) from 3:30 to 5:00 pm Central Time, with a reception beginning at 3pm.

This event is free and open to the UT and general public.

Abstract

In this presentation, I foreground the importance of the ‘cinematic’ as the most important vector of video cultures in India. The presentation identifies how the timeline of video culture disruption in India deviates from countries with stronger television-based cultures. The availability of videocassettes and their ability to make movies more widely available was consequently of greater consequence in India than other places, and a development that was still adjusting  as digital distribution arrived. Internet distribution and digital production technologies have also brought significant changes to India’s viewing culture, though again, the peculiarities of the Indian market make these changes distinctive. Where many countries have encountered greater access to foreign produced content and services, key digital changes in India tie to access to and interest in a broader range domestic cinema. The presentation analyses and flags key moments of disruption and explores discussions that coincided with streaming platform adoption in India.

About Speaker

Ishita Tiwary is Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University. She also directs the research lab Raah. Her research interests include video cultures, media infrastructures, migration, contraband media practices, and media aesthetics. She has published essays in Bioscope: South Asian Screen StudiesJumpCutPost Script: Essays in Film and HumanitiesCulture Machine, MARG: Journal of Indian Art, and in edited collections on topics of media piracy, video histories, and streaming platforms. 

 

Sponsored by: South Asia Institute,Moody College of Communication, Dept. of Radio-Television-Film,Global Media Industries Speaker Series,Center for Entertainment & Media Industries,Initiative for Digital Humanities

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