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Reinventing

Expanding on a media-archaeological approach to film history, this book maps children’s playful and imaginative knowledge of contemporary media culture and explores their filmmaking practices that push the boundaries of forms and formats.

Children Reinventing Cinema

Snapshots from the Early 21st Century

Children today discover a new digital drawing tool, the camera-crayon, at a very young age. They appropriate devices such as compact cameras and mobile phones and make their own media artifacts in their play. Expanding on a media-archaeological approach to film history, this book maps children’s playful and imaginative knowledge of contemporary media culture and explores their filmmaking practices that push the boundaries of forms and formats.

June 2025

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Publishing Year
2025
Language
English
Pages
204
Series
Print Edition Price
€ 24.90 RRP
License
CC-BY-SA 4.0
ISBNs
978-3-95796-088-7 (Print)
978-3-95796-089-4 (PDF)
DOI
10.14619/0887
Available as
PDF, print

The Authors

Alexandra Schneider is Professor of Film and Media Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz and Principal Investigator at the DFG-funded Research Training Group “Configurations of Cinema.”

Alexandra Schneider's Author Profile

Wanda Strauven is Adjunct Professor in Film and Media Studies at Columbia University. She is also affiliated with the Institute of Theater, Film and Media Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt. Her research focuses on early and avant-garde cinema, media archaeology, tactile media, and children’s interaction with media.

Wanda Strauven's Author Profile

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