Presenter: Sanja Garic-Komnenic, BCIT School of Computing and Academic Studies

The presenter will examine various sources that are used in film and theatre studies, share the experience about the challenges in retrieving archival material, and reflect on the shift in academia from strictly academic sources to all kinds of digital material, such as YouTube clips, blogs, and other previously considered non-academic sources..

Bio

Sanja Garic-Komnenic teaches in the Liberal studies program. She holds a PhD in film and theatre semiotics. Sanja has taught courses in academic writing, film, theatre, and urban studies. Her research articles have been published in the American Journal of Semiotics and the Pacific Rim Review of Books. Sanja is a member of the NECS – the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies and has been presenting papers at NESC conferences. Sanja translated two books into English, Footprints: Poetry and Threads of Poetical Impression (2008 Trafford Publishing, Ed. George Payerle) and the novel Chernovs’ Toil and Peace (2010 Publish America. Baltimore, Ed. George Payerle).  In addition to research in film and theatre, Sanja has written several feature-length screenplays. Her script for a children’s puppet play was produced for stage in 2004. She is currently working on a book on film and theatre adaptations, which will be published by Palgrave Macmillan later this year.