{"id":1498,"date":"2025-05-20T20:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:59:27","slug":"new-film-essay-project-launched-within-medemap-wp2-trailer-and-website-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/?p=1498","title":{"rendered":"New Film Essay Project Launched within MeDeMAP WP2: Trailer and Website Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Agon-trailer-1024x680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1499\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Agon-trailer-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Agon-trailer-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Agon-trailer-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Agon-trailer-1536x1020.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Agon-trailer-2048x1360.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\">\u00a9 Nico Carpentier\/ Vimeo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of <strong>Work Package 2<\/strong> of the MeDeMAP project, a film essay dissemination initiative has been developed, drawing upon the theoretical framework and insights presented in the recent volume <em>Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach<\/em>, authored by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This creative endeavour has resulted in the production of a <strong>26-minute film essay<\/strong>, currently titled <em>Agon<\/em>, which reflects on the meaning of democracy and its ongoing contests. The <strong>official trailer<\/strong> of the film is now available, alongside the launch of a dedicated <strong>project website<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1083254168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Trailer on Vimeo<br><\/a>\ud83c\udf10<a href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionsofdemocracy.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Project Website \u2013 <em>Constructions of Democracy<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set in the city of Prague, <em>Agon<\/em> interweaves the urban aesthetics of the Czech capital with intercultural dialogues, particularly featuring the Indonesian community and other cultural groups residing in the city. The film merges elements of political and cultural theory with fiction and performative expression, including dance, in order to open up new spaces for democratic inquiry and reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A screening will be organised during the forthcoming <strong>MeDeMAP consortium meeting in Vienna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project exemplifies MeDeMAP\u2019s commitment to innovative and interdisciplinary approaches in mapping the evolving role of media in the future of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Nico Carpentier\/ Vimeo As part of Work Package 2 of the MeDeMAP project, a film essay dissemination initiative has been developed, drawing upon the theoretical framework and insights presented in the recent volume Democracy and Media in Europe: A Discursive-Material Approach, authored by Nico Carpentier and Jeffrey Wimmer. This creative endeavour has resulted in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.medemap.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}