YARN Decolonial Lunch Series - GLOBAL SOUTH ARCHIVES: Learning by Doing in the Experimental Media Archeology Studio Archive at the University of Johannesburg
In 2022, Landi Raubenheimer and Bongani J. Khoza, founded the Experimental Media Archaeology Studio (EMA Studio), a media archive in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. More than a collection of analogue media objects, this working archive is a maker space and teaching resource for Experimental Media Archaeology, centred on photography and other lens-based media of the pre-digital era.
In this talk, Dr. Raubenheimer and Dr Khoza outline how they conceptualised and developed the EMA Studio and reflect on how they have used it in collaborative, cross-disciplinary teaching across media theory and photography. They consider the potential that such collections and spaces harbour for learning by doing, redressing skewed media histories, and constructing alternative narratives and understandings of South African and Global South media history.
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Landi Raubenheimer is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa. She completed a joint PhD in Film Studies and Art History at the at the University of Groningen and the University of Johannesburg, focusing on representations of Johannesburg in popular media. She is the author of a monograph on the film “District 9”.
Bongani Khoza is an experimental video artist, animator, and photographer. He engages with a wide range of photographic and art practices, including stop-frame animation and experimental video installations. His current focus is on using photography and video installations to re-contextualize public and private structures within the public space, capturing the occupation, usage, contestation, and physical detail of these structures. Khoas is Lecturer in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg.