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CICLO: Science and documentaries in the Twentieth century
Presentación del ciclo: Science and documentaries in the Twentieth century
Fecha: 4 noviembre de 2020 a las 18 horas
Enlace
https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/365493d93b094e6da28ef2900e50910f
Este ciclo está formado por tres conferencias asincrónicas que estarán disponibles para todas las personas interesadas durante la primera semana de noviembre en la web www.uv.es/ihmc. Las conferencias pueden ser consultadas junto con los documentales mencionados por parte de los conferenciantes que participan conjuntamente en una mesa redonda que tendrá lugar el día 25 de noviembre de 2020 a las 18 horas.
“El hombre y la tierra [Man and the Earth, Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, 1974-1981], and the construction of the environment in 1970s Spain” de Carlos Tabernero
ENLACE la conferencia (VIDEO): https://cutt.ly/WgSN9Sm
Abstract
This seminar will offer a historical reading of the acclaimed TV series El Hombre y la Tierra (Man and the Earth, 1974-1981), produced and directed by Felix Rodríguez de la Fuente (1928-1980), a pioneering and highly influential naturalist, activist and natural history author and broadcaster, in the complex socio-political scene of the late Franco’s dictatorship and the changeover to the democratic administration. We will examine how, in this series, Rodríguez de la Fuente blended his very particular narratives about local wildlife with the depiction of scientific and media practices, all within a quite complex cross-platform storytelling strategy in which television was pivotal. It will also focus on how he played these narrative and technical elements together to create a quite successful feedback loop to actively engage audiences in naturalist-like practices in their everyday-life endeavors.
Situated in such a noticeably changing context regarding politics, science, media, and the perception of the environment, this case study will allow us to discuss historically how Rodríguez de la Fuente’s natural history narratives addressed the establishment’s concerns and strategies regarding the long-sought and promised modernization of Spain. Man and the Earth, while featuring the natural sciences as both focal point and main source of knowledge, arguably became a keystone of intensely negotiated strategies of transformation, both in television and society. By contextualizing this series in its specific social, political and cultural setting, as well as within a larger framework of science popularization, this seminar will thus contribute to the understanding of key features of contemporary, media-driven science communication.
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Carlos Tabernero Holgado
Es profesor de historia de la ciencia en el Centro de Historia de la Ciencia (CEHIC) de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Su investigación y docencia se han centrado en los medios de comunicación (sobretodo cine y televisión) y en los procesos de popularización y comunicación de la ciencia en el siglo XX. En 2016 se publicaba su libro Terapias de cine (UOC)
