dr. T. (Tom) Slootweg

Changing Platforms of Ritualized Memory Practices: The Cultural Dynamics of Home Movies (2012-2016)

NWO heeft in het kader van de Vrije Competitie Geesteswetenschappen een subsidie toegekend aan dr. Susan Aasman, universitair docent Eigentijdse Geschiedenis aan Faculteit der Letteren, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, in samenwerking met hoofdaanvrager dr. Andreas Fickers van de Universiteit van Maastricht. Het betreft een 4-jarig onderzoeksprogramma met als titel ‘Changing platforms of ritualized memory practices: the cultural dynamics of home movies’. 

CLARIAH research pilot project M&M (2017-2018)

Me and Myself: Tracing first person in documentary history in AV-collections

This research wants to explore a specific gradual change within Dutch documentary filmmaking: it wants to trace a transformation from the traditional objective documentary as fair and fact minded genre towards one with an appreciation for a more personal and subjective style. 

But, how to trace the emergence of a genre before it is a well constituted and recognized as such?

This project aims to address the challenges of doing historical research in large audiovisual collections by making use of a video annotation tool.
Additionally, this research aims to use contextual sources, like the program guides available in the CoMeRDa tool, to gain more insights. It will offer a method of reconstructing the development of a genre based on analysing oral and visual cues related to a set of genre conventions: a common theme or subject matter, manner of presentation and associated emotions.