María 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 is the author of Ephemeral Cinema Spaces (Amsterdam University Press, 2020), on non-theatrical film exhibition, and has also written on film festivals, early film distribution and showmanship, and on Colombian films and audiences. Her current work focuses on the uses of audiovisual media in facilitating and contesting extractivism.
 
Background reading
- Vélez-Serna, M. (2020) ‘Introduction’ and ‘Unstable constellations: Recognizing cinema out of place’, Ephemeral Cinema Spaces. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 11-38.
- Newsinger, J. and Serafini, P. (2021) ‘Performative resilience: How the arts and culture support austerity in post-crisis capitalism’, European Journal of Cultural Studies, 24(2), pp. 589–605. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549419886038.

The texts can be accessed here: https://surfdrive.surf.nl/files/index.php/s/dfy43f8LuExFnmN

Looking forward to seeing you all next Friday 19 April - all most welcome!