@selminimal.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Film and Documentary Media @ UCSC. Interested in eco-cinema, environmental humanities, migration, and sound. Lover of birds, pollinator gardens, and rewilding.
Agreed. I want to see the insect inspiration boards for each of Elizabethβs costumes.
10.11.2025 14:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Finally a win (ah-hem, after the Jays heartbreak)!
05.11.2025 05:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Make it happen Carney!
04.11.2025 22:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0E hadi insallah. Evrenden umut kesilmez diyelim.
04.11.2025 17:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Bulmuyorlar bacim. Ulkede kimse ettigini bulmamis, bunlar da bulmayacaklar gibi gorunuyor.
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Do you find yourself at the intersection of performance, games, and design? Do you want to work with world class artists in research, pedagogy, and games? Then maybe apply to work with me at UCSC! We're hiring a Assistant Professor of Interactive Art, Performance & Games
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01998
Deleted my account. What an outrageous move from academia.edu.
20.09.2025 17:26 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Made my reservations at last. See you Houston between October 23-26!
12.09.2025 20:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Who is attending ASAP Conference? Trying to decide on travel dates. It's tricky to find flights from Santa Cruz with the added complexity of shuttle arrangements and transport time to nearby airports.
10.09.2025 23:36 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The undergrad went well last year! We'll see how the grad one goes. So far only 2 students are enrolled. :)
10.09.2025 06:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Worked a full day on my new course on media in the Anthropocene and it's slowly coming together. I imagine that I'm quite lucky to be assigned two eco-media courses (one undergrad and one grad) in a year.
10.09.2025 06:43 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Yay, time for celebration!
15.05.2025 22:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Emailed!
01.05.2025 17:22 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You can teach it better! Btw, Steve Shaviro taught a vampire class. I can send you his list of films (posted on fb) if you are thinking of putting together a course.
01.05.2025 17:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I can take the quarter that features animals or animalistic creatures as monsters in that rotation.
01.05.2025 17:05 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Malcolm X and Deja Vu (I might be partial to the audiovisual aesthetic of Tony Scott).
01.05.2025 16:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Waiting for the Canadian election results in anticipation. Strange to be in the diaspora of both of my countries of citizenship at times like this.
28.04.2025 23:36 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wowsa!
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Those of you at UCSC or around Santa Cruz, please feel free to join us for a great book talk on May 6th:
17.04.2025 00:00 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We are so excited about your upcoming visit, Ben!
16.04.2025 23:55 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A film that takes place where youβre from...
Two iconic ones that I can think of:
Yes, let's!
17.02.2025 20:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Great idea! That would be an incredible resource and we could feature that on the Vis Ev website too.
17.02.2025 20:24 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Oh, you just reminded me to order Brian's book and I just did!
17.02.2025 20:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I like all the tangents myself, even if they might not be immediately relevant to the students. Thanks for the suggestion, Ben!
17.02.2025 17:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Jason; documentary scholarship needs more video essays for sure!
17.02.2025 17:04 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Academic hive-mind, does anyone have any suggestions for cool articles or video essays on tracking/following shots (mostly interested in documentary but fiction works too), that would be much appreciated! Asking for a student.
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