I am Principal Lecturer in Film and TV at Bournemouth University and hold a doctorate in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths, University of London. My research aims for a pragmatic understanding of documentary spectatorship with regards to social cognition, stereotypes, experience, empathy and narrative comprehension. In a larger context my work also advocates for the filmmaker’s understanding of how audio-visual and narrative representation impacts on society’s understanding of stigmatised groups, such as disabled people and African cultures. I also engage in research-led documentary practice and offer documentary storytelling consultancy.
Research Areas
film spectatorship, documentary studies and practice, disability studies, cognitive film theory, phenomenology, ethnography, material culture, the everyday, representation, neo-formalism