Research

In my academic production, I have been exploring the meaning of media representations and the history of cinemas (African and European), as well as the concepts of identity and interculturality through the lens of films and festivals.

At the same time, my journalism training and my professional projects have also informed my research on international human development, cultural industries, political thought and social change. 

Publications

Conferences and Guest Lectures

  • “Short Films and Creative Processes Lab: the Cortadito program in Puerto Rico”. Online training in the Filming Lab 2: Women in film pre-production and research, Gender Media Lab of the University of Granada (Spain): May 24, 2023
  • “Preserving the memory: The importance of keeping the African cinematographic heritage alive”. Moderator (in French) of the round table in the framework of the Palaver Tree Forum at the 20th edition of the African Film Festival of Tarifa (Spain): May 1, 2023 
  • ” Historia de los Cines Africanos: historias decolonizadoras desde las pantallas”. Talk (in Spanish) as part of the program of the Afrodescendency Week at University Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico: 21st March 2023
  • “Festivales de Cine Africano, con-textos para otras miradas: la decolonialidad y el cine de las mujeres africanas en el caso del FCAT”. Online presentation and seminar during the 1st Filming Lab – University of Granada (Spain): 24th May 2022
  • “El Slum Film Festival de Nairobi, Kenia: cine digital desde los márgenes urbanos”. Conference and presentation of short films at Cinemateca de la Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colombia): 15th March 2019
  • “Cines de África: textos, pretextos y contextos para la interculturalidad”. Seminar and guest lecture for the onthly doctoral group class on Colombian Narratives at the Facultad de Humanidades, Universided del Valle (Cali, Colombia): 27th March 2019
  • “Reflecting on (the Slum) Film Festivals: curating con-texts”. Guest lecture at Brandeis University, course ‘Documenting the Immigrant Experience’: 4 April 2017. 
  • “Muestras y festivales de cine (africano): islas para el encuentro y el diálogo” [(African) Film Showcases and Festivals: islands for dialogue and encounters]. Round-table presentation at the 1st African Film Showcase of Las Palmas de Gran Canarias (Canary Islands, Spain): 27 November 2015.
  • “Cine y nuevas identidades africanas” [Cinema and new African identities]. Summer School of University Complutense in El Escorial (Madrid, Spain): 6 July 2015. 
  • “III Jornadas sobre Cine y Africa” [Content coordinator and main speaker at the “Third Conference on Cinema and Africa”], School of Communication, University of Seville, Seville (Spain): 27 – 28 May 2015.
  • “Cine africano: textos y pretextos para la interculturalidad”. Paper presented at the III International Conference on Media Ethics, School of Communication, University of Seville, Seville (Spain): 24-26 March 2015.
  • “La Representación de la mujer y el Cine africano”. Conference in the 2nd International Summer School: ‘Mujeres Malditas, Malditas Mujeres’ of the University of Seville and Huelva: 11th July 2014, Alájar (Huelva).
  • “II Jornadas sobre Cine y Africa: Diversidad Cultural, Diálogo y Desarrollo” [Main speaker at the “2ndConference on Cinema and Africa: Cultural diversity, dialogue and development”], School of Communication, University of Seville, Seville (Spain): 21 and 22 May 2014.
  • “Connecting (Re)Presentations, Women media voices and African cinema: Exploring contemporary East African gender identities through filmmaking and networked dialogue”. Paper presented with Marian del Moral at the II International Conference on Gender and Communication, University of Seville, Seville (Spain): 1-3 April 2014.
  • “Jornadas sobre Cine y Africa” [Organizer and main speaker at the “First Conference on Cinema and Africa”], School of Communication, University of Seville, Seville (Spain): 29 – 31 October 2013.
  • “Digital cinema in Kenya and new urban identities: empowering the global urban ‘others’”. International Conference on MediaEthics. University of Seville, Seville (Spain): 5 April 2013.
  • “Digital cinema and urban identities in Nairobi: the Slum Film Festival”. Paper first presented at CIEA8 (8º African Studies Iberian Congress): Culture, Media and African Cinema. Madrid (Spain): 14-16 June 2012
  • “The Local and the Global: Dialectical Tensions in Contemporary Cultures and Identities”. Guest lectures at United States International University of Nairobi, Nairobi (Kenya): 18 July 2011 and 8 February 2012
  • “Postcolonialism through film. Introduction to the history and aspects of African cinema”. Seminars at the United States International University of Nairobi, Nairobi (Kenya): 8-9 March 2011 and 22-23 March 2012
  • “Within their Vision: The Tarifa African Film Festival (FCAT) as Heterotopia”. Co-authored paper presentation with Dr. Lindiwe Dovey (SOAS) presented at NECS (Network of European Cinema Scholars), Istanbul (Turkey): 21 June 2010
  • “Encuentros en el Estrecho [Encounters on the Strait]: Images of Africa at Tarifa’s film festival”. Hispanic Research Centre Seminars. Roehampton University, London (UK): 2 Feb. 2010
  •  “The immigrant: images and stereotypes about ‘the other’ on mainstream media”. Conference paper presented at 3rd International Conference on Pedagogy: “Intercultural Schools for a Diverse Society”. Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cordoba, Cordoba (Spain): 9 May 2009

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Academia.edu/FedericoOlivieri

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