Beyond “toolness”: Korsakow documentary as a methodology for plurivocal interventions in complexity

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dc.contributor.authorWiehl, Anna
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-13T11:30:26Z
dc.date.available2018-11-13T11:30:26Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe hypothesis underlying this article is that new documentary practices potentially enable new forms of mediation allowing all interactors to experience complexity and deal with contingency in a world of polyvocality through multilayered configurations. An exploration of the Korsakow documentary Racing Home (Marianne McMahon and Phil Hoffman, 2014) brings into focus the epistemological and ontological status of these assemblages. A central issue is the question of how significantly specific modes of editing in Korsakow affect the overall experience for both the authoring instances and for the user-interactor: not only the authorship is shared between the interrelated agents, but also the heterogeneity of materials from various sources adds to the complexity of the assemblages. Central research questions include the role that polyvocality and algorithmic editing play in Korsakow, its specific embracement of contingency and its probing of nonlinear narratives. The answers provided through the analysis of the case study lead to the conclusion that Korsakow is more than just a tool to promote a special purpose and/or a platform to distribute material. Rather, Korsakow is best seen as a methodology to approach complex matters and provide multiple affective and cognitive ways to respond to them.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationWiehl, A. (2018) ‘Beyond “toolness”: Korsakow documentary as a methodology for plurivocal interventions in complexity’, Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 15, pp. 33-48. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.15.03en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.15.03
dc.identifier.endpage48
dc.identifier.issn2009-4078
dc.identifier.issued15
dc.identifier.journalabbrevAlphaville
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage33
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7092
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue15/ArticleWiehl.pdf
dc.rights© 2018, the Author(s)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectInteractive documentaryen
dc.subjectKorsakow documentaryen
dc.subjectPlurivocalityen
dc.subjectNon-linearityen
dc.subjectComplexityen
dc.titleBeyond “toolness”: Korsakow documentary as a methodology for plurivocal interventions in complexityen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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