Kyiv - A City Symphony (Practice based PhD)

As if, the film constitutes a new form of cognitive mapping, the city becomes its first natural subject. As if you had to be able to find a way of expressing the space of lived experience. (Chanan 2007, p.84)

This practice based research examines the conventions of poetic documentary and aims to understand how this experimental approach to filmmaking contributes to representations and themes of place. This theoretical and artistic practice is undertaken as a PhD programme at Bournemouth University, and is employed to communicate academic research and analysis, with Kyiv, Ukraine as a chosen cultural site of interest.

Thank you for your time in responding or contributing to this research and please do not hesitate to contact me regarding the academic research or to simply see how the film is progressing. This research is to share with contributors and your opinions and responses are much appreciated and valid as part of this critical engagement. My blog will track the research and any recent and exciting developments.

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