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- Title
Journeying and Researching Ghanaian/Diaspora Women's Filmmaking Practices.
- Authors
Owusu, Joyce Osei
- Abstract
African women have had a long history of diasporic, exilic, and transnational filmmaking dating back to the earliest African cinematic activities, and for many years there has been an interconnected heritage of African and African diaspora women's perspectives in film criticism and inquiry. I locate my journey as an academic within this tradition. A Ghanaian-born researcher of women in film, I studied in Ghana before relocating to several diasporic spaces for graduate and doctoral studies and research and returning to teach. I obtained my bachelor's degree at the University of Ghana. I completed my master's degree in Denmark and doctorate degree at the Swinburne University of Technology, in Australia. Hence, I recognize the need to capitalize on my own Ghanaian diaspora knowledge to offer visibility, document the cinematic experiences of women, and bring Ghanaian perspectives and insights on the work of women filmmakers both in Ghana and locations in the Ghanaian diaspora. What does it mean as a Ghanaian to study and research from within and outside, about Ghanaian/diaspora women filmmakers? How have my ideas and work been shaped by the academic institutions and program I pursued? How have Ghanaian women engaged in diasporic and transnational filmmaking practices? What have been my experiences in African diaspora communities of my host countries? How has it been for me to teach African diaspora women's film in a Ghanaian context? In this piece, I address these questions with the aim of drawing from my own "journey" to contribute to the ongoing conversation on the evolution of African women's transnational film practices and critical inquiry.
- Subjects
GHANA; MOTION pictures for women; GHANAIANS; AFRICAN diaspora; SWINBURNE University of Technology; UNIVERSITY of Ghana; DIASPORA; FILMMAKING; FILM criticism
- Publication
Black Camera: The New Series, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 2, p301
- ISSN
1536-3155
- Publication type
Article