Critical Media Practices News

Espelie wins Grand Prize in international new media festival

Oct. 20, 2015

Erin Espelie, assistant professor of Critical Media Practices, won the $5,000 grand prize at the 15th Seoul International New Media Festival for her film The Lanthanide Series . The film examines the materiality of the digital world, combining approaches of nonfiction narrative essay, abstract visual and sound exploration and the...

Espelie Examines How Movies Change Our Expectations of Nature

Aug. 31, 2015

In an essay published Aug. 31 in High Country News , Erin Espelie examines how nature films and documentaries have colored our perceptions of wildlife and outdoor settings. "We demand to see the whale spout, the Komodo dragon spit, the booby dance, the monkey swoop, the African lion make the...

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