Can a research film be considered a stand-alone academic publication? An assessment of the film Climate Change, Voices of the Vulnerable: The Fishers' Plight.
While widely used as a form of data collection, the use of film as a stand-alone medium for the dissemination of research has not been fully realized in the social sciences. The hesitation on the part of many scholars to produce video is based on the lack of criteria for what constitutes a research-...
| Publicado en: | Area (0004-0894) Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 463 - 471 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=119335839&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 119335839 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00040894 D7Y jtl: Area (0004-0894) issn: 00040894 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Dec2016 vid: 48 iid: 4 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell artinfo: ui: 119335839 10.1111/area.12194 ppf: 463 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Can a research film be considered a stand-alone academic publication? An assessment of the film Climate Change, Voices of the Vulnerable: The Fishers' Plight. aug: au: Baptiste, April Karen affil: Environmental Studies Program, Colgate University, Hamilton NY, 13346, USA su: West Indies Trinidad & Tobago Climate change Economic history Research films University research sug: subj: Climate change Economic history West Indies Trinidad & Tobago Research films University research keyword: academic publication Caribbean climate change perceptions film research‐film research-film Trinidad and Tobago academic publication Caribbean climate change perceptions film research‐film research-film Trinidad and Tobago ab: While widely used as a form of data collection, the use of film as a stand-alone medium for the dissemination of research has not been fully realized in the social sciences. The hesitation on the part of many scholars to produce video is based on the lack of criteria for what constitutes a research-film. Each academic publication has underlying research-reporting characteristics. If these characteristics are evident then the medium of dissemination should not matter. This article argues that a research-film can serve as an academic publication because it reflects the reporting of research that contributes to new knowledge or theories in a particular discipline(s). Taking a reflective approach, this article uses the film Climate Change, Voices of the Vulnerable: The Fishers' Plight, which advances knowledge in the fields of Environmental Studies and Geography, to critically assess the research-reporting characteristics of research films. The film, based on fishers' perceptions to climate change in Trinidad and Tobago, meets some of the characteristics of research-reporting through the representation of the theoretical framework and demographic sample data, a clear representation of the findings and analysis through thematic transition slides, and presentation of a conclusion. However it falls short through a lack of systematic representation of the sampling process and a well-grounded theoretical frame with cited studies. The findings suggest that research-films can stand-alone as an output for academic research-reporting as the short-falls can be easily remedied in order to satisfy the characteristics of research-reporting. The article concludes by raising the opportunities and challenges for social researchers who use this method for disseminating academic research, including the lack of outlets to provide peer-reviews of research-films in the published literature. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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