Decolonising Film Pedagogy from an Indian Classroom

Abstract

This article is a critical introduction to a roundtable discussion on the question of pedagogy in Film and Media Studies. Occasioned by a discussion of a film studies textbook produced in India, which focused on the questions of decolonisation of pedagogic resources as well as a consideration of how film studies is taught in different parts of the world. Participated in by scholars based in the US, the UAE and India, the roundtable also highlighted histories of Film Studies in the Indian education system. The roundtable speakers included Ranjani Mazumdar (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), Neepa Majumdar (University of Pittsburgh), Debashree Mukherjee (Columbia University, New York), Dale Hudson (New York University, Abu Dhabi) and Uma Bhrugubanda (English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad).

Keywords

Decolonising pedagogy Film and Media Studies decolonising cinema studies vernacular classrooms

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