Ephemeral Cinema Spaces: Stories of Reinvention, Resistance and Community

Author:   Maria Vélez-Serna
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Pages:   228
Publication Date:   01 December 2025
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Ephemeral Cinema Spaces: Stories of Reinvention, Resistance and Community


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Author:   Maria Vélez-Serna
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.420kg
ISBN:  

9781041178842


ISBN 10:   1041178840
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   01 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures, Introduction, The structure of the book, 1 Unstable constellations: Recognizing cinema out of place, 1.1 Configurations, 1.2 Protocols, 1.3 Conclusion, 2 Relocations: Mapping the non-theatrical field in Scotland, 2.1 The fieldwork sample, 2.2 Non-theatrical, 2.3 Ephemeral, 2.4 Pop-up, 2.5 Improvised and insterstitial, 2.6 Early ephemeral cinemas, 2.7 Conclusion, 3 A desire for the civic: Community cinemas and volunteer work, 3.1 Social value, 3.2 Public hall cinema, 3.3 Community cinema, 3.4 Case studies, 3.5 Conclusion, 4 Film clubs and subcultural cinephile spaces, 4.1 Film cultures, 4.2 Alternative exhibition in Glasgow, 4.3 Glasgow film clubs, 4.4 Producing spaces of cinephilia, 4.5 Negotiating abundance and obsolescence, 4.6 Conclusion, 5 On the ground: Participatory screenings in everyday spaces, 5.1 Archive film and local audiences, 5.2 Spaces for action, 5.3 Pop-up cinema as a site for public discussion, 5.4 Conclusion, 6 Crafting the extraordinary: site-specificity and liveness, 6.1 An unrepeatable experience, 6.2 Enhanced cinema: the pleasures of space, 6.3 Site-specific programming, 6.4 Expanded and expansionist cinema, 6.5 Liveness, 6.6 Conclusion, 7 Against enclosure: DIY exhibition as prefigurative action, 7.1 Tactical urbanism, 7.2 Publicness and commoning, 7.3 DIY and disalienated work, 7.4 Home Cinema, 7.5 Networks, 7.6 Conclusion, 8 Coda, 9 Acknowledgements, References, Index.

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Maria Antonia Vélez-Serna teaches Film and Media at the University of Stirling. She studied at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and the University of Glasgow. She co-edited >Early Cinema in Scotland> (Edinburgh University Press, 2018) and has also published on Colombian cinema history.

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