Devemos apelidá-los de estudos cine-culturais? O cine-mundificar da música popular e dos estudos juvenis

Abstract

This article explorescinematic research-creation, or what I call cine-worlding. Indeed, ccine-worlding has the potential to contribute to a research practice unique to popular music and youth studies, areas of cultural life characterised by their openness and innovation with new media. Being aware of these opportunities means taking advantage of the technologies currently available. But there is an obstacle. Cinematic production must come together with research. Traditional cinematic research methods, due to their costs, difficulties with peer review and lack of institutional support, have not been accepted by academia. It has been anthropology that has done the most to develop cinematic research through ethnographic film. New developments in the digital cinema ecosystem have been little explored so far. The digital cinema ecosystem, emerging since 2009, consists of relatively cheap digital cameras and smartphones, free professional-grade digital platforms, a worldwide network of film festivals and the transformation of most art-house cinemas into digital screenings. This means that digital cinema made on a laptop can be shown anywhere. We are at the best possible moment for academic filmmaking, but then why do academics do so little of it?