Article | With Nitin Bathla
This article reflects on the legacy and future of the ‘ethnographic film’ through a critical analysis of two contested housing and urban redevelopment projects in London and the films that seek to portray them.
The article compares the treatment of representation and audience to assess the significance of the ‘ethnographic’ approach, arguing that filmmakers and researchers probing contested cities can benefit from a closer engagement with such approaches.
This article appears on a special issue on Housing Documentaries and Podcasts by the International Journal of Housing Policy, Special Issue.
This article reflects on the legacy and future of the ‘ethnographic film’ through a critical analysis of two contested housing and urban redevelopment projects in London and the films that seek to portray them.
The article compares the treatment of representation and audience to assess the significance of the ‘ethnographic’ approach, arguing that filmmakers and researchers probing contested cities can benefit from a closer engagement with such approaches.
This article appears on a special issue on Housing Documentaries and Podcasts by the International Journal of Housing Policy, Special Issue.
‘Reframing the contested city through ethnographic film: beyond the expository on housing and the urban’
Authors Nitin Bathla | Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Year 2021
Journal International Journal of Housing Policy, Special Issue on Housing Documentaries and Podcasts
Editors Dallas Rogers
Publisher Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Authors Nitin Bathla | Klearjos Eduardo Papanicolaou
Year 2021
Journal International Journal of Housing Policy, Special Issue on Housing Documentaries and Podcasts
Editors Dallas Rogers
Publisher Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
