The poetics and politics of polyphony: towards a research method for interactive documentary

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dc.contributor.authorAston, Judith
dc.contributor.authorOdorico, Stefano
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-13T11:30:26Z
dc.date.available2018-11-13T11:30:26Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThis article stems from a panel we jointly convened at the i-Docs 2018 Symposium, where we presented a series of provocations with a view to generating a new theoretical framework for i-docs. These provocations were inspired by all aspects of Mikhail Bakthin’s concept of polyphony, from both a theoretical and a practical point of view. This article presents these provocations and reflects further on them. A number of key issues are documented, expanded and commented upon, as a potential framework for further research, including multiplicity, the chronotope, dialogism and interaction. We propose that these lead to new ways of approaching complexity. With the aim of using juxtaposition, nonlinearity and layering to break down binaries, the article demonstrates how complexity can be embraced and, crucially, how the simplicity within it can be revealed. In other words, a key proposition here is that we should accept and celebrate complexity as the natural order of things, without needing to deny simplicity. By investigating several theoretical aspects of Bakthin’s wider idea of polyphony, this article identifies some areas for potential development and offers input for further research, particularly in relation to the concepts of heteroglossia, carnival and aestheticsen
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationAston, J. and Odorico, S. (2018) ‘The poetics and politics of polyphony: towards a research method for interactive documentary’, Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, 15, pp. 63-93. https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.15.05en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.15.05
dc.identifier.endpage93
dc.identifier.issn2009-4078
dc.identifier.issued15
dc.identifier.journalabbrevAlphaville
dc.identifier.journaltitleAlphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Mediaen
dc.identifier.startpage63
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7094
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFilm and Screen Media, University College Corken
dc.relation.urihttp://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue15/ArticleAstonOdorico.pdf
dc.rights© 2018, the Author(s)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectPolyphonyen
dc.subjectI-docsen
dc.subjectComplexityen
dc.subjectMultiplicityen
dc.subjectHeteroglossiaen
dc.subjectCarnivalen
dc.subjectIntertwingleden
dc.titleThe poetics and politics of polyphony: towards a research method for interactive documentaryen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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