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Dr Pansy Duncan
Senior Lecturer
Doctoral Supervisor School of Humanities Media and Creative CommI work at the intersection of film aesthetics, media history, political economy and eco-materialist media studies, with an emphasis on early cinema.
My articles on film aesthetics and film history have been published in a number of venues, including Screen, JCMS, PMLA, and Cultural Critique, and my 2018 essay in Screen, “Exploded Views,” won the 2020 Katherine Singer Kovács Essay Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. I am the author of two books: The Emotional Life of Postmodern Film (Routledge, 2016) and Screening the Posthuman, co-written with Missy Molloy and Claire Henry (OUP, 2023). My current project is an eco-materialist counter-history of early Euro-American film aesthetics, funded by a Marsden grant from the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Professional
Certifications and Registrations
- Licence, Supervisor, Massey University
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Modern visual cultures; film and media history; the political aesthetics of cinema; eco-materialist approaches to film and media; the politics of affect; political economy of the media
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Art Theory (190103):
Art Theory and Criticism (190100):
Cinema Studies (190201):
Electronic Media Art (190203):
Film, Television and Digital Media (190200):
Studies In Creative Arts And Writing (190000):
Visual Cultures (190104)
Research Projects
Summary of Research Projects
Position | Current | Completed |
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Project Leader | 1 | 5 |
Current Projects
Project Title: The natural history of Film Form: Film Aesthetics through animal, vegetable and mineral matter
Date Range: 2019 - 2023
Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand
Project Team:
- Dr Pansy Duncan - Project Leader
Research Outputs
Journal
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.

[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P., Holm, N.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Book
[Authored Book]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Chapter]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Chapter]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Chapter]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Chapter]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Authored Book]Authored by: Duncan, P.

Creative Work
[Exhibition]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Thesis
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Conference
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Duncan, P.

[Conference]Authored by: Duncan, P., Holm, N., Huffer, I., Taffel, S., Veale, K.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.

[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.

[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Other
[Other]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Teaching and Supervision
Courses Coordinated
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
Position | Current | Completed |
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Co-supervisor | 2 | 1 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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Nikite Krishnamurthy
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Doctor of Philosophy
A Critical Study of the Covers and Illustrations of Indian Speculative Fiction -
April Geers
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Doctor of Philosophy
Transnational Creative Activism: Writing Activism Poetry in Response to an International Human Rights Crisis
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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2019
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Bridget Herlihy
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Doctor of Philosophy
Re-Tuning the mind's ear: An anonymous history of acoustic prosthetic technologies for the ear