The Projection of Development : Cinematic Representation as A(nother) Source of Authoritative Knowledge?

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The Projection of Development : Cinematic Representation as A(nother) Source of Authoritative Knowledge?

dc.contributor.author	Lewis, David
dc.contributor.author	Rodgers, Dennis
dc.contributor.author	Woolcock, Michael
dc.date.accessioned	2013-05-13T15:16:12Z
dc.date.available	2013-05-13T15:16:12Z
dc.date.issued	2012-12-07
dc.description.abstract	Popular representations of development need to be taken seriously (though not uncritically) as sources of authoritative knowledge, not least because this is how most people in the global North (and elsewhere) ‘encounter’ development issues. To this end, and building on the broader agenda presented in a previous article exploring the usefulness of literary representations of development, we consider three different types of cinematic representations of development: films providing uniquely instructive insights, those unhelpfully eliding and simplifying complex processes, and those that, with the benefit of historical hindsight, usefully convey a sense of the prevailing assumptions that guided and interpreted the efficacy of development-related interventions at a particular time and place. We argue that the commercial and technical imperatives governing the production of contemporary films, and ‘popular’ films in particular, generate a highly variable capacity to ‘accurately’ render key issues in development, and thereby heighten their potential to both illuminate and obscure those issues.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Development Studies
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/13385
dc.identifier.issn	0022-0388
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/13385
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of Development Studies;49(3)
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	films
dc.subject	plays
dc.title	The Projection of Development : Cinematic Representation as A(nother) Source of Authoritative Knowledge?	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2013-01-07
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-06T11:21:10.271064Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.journal.nbpages	383-397
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.relation.associatedurl	http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2012.724167
okr.topic	Culture and Development::Arts & Music
okr.volume	49(3)
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