Kerstin Knopf
Biographic Data
| ID | 457183 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kerstin Knopf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kerstin |
| FAMILY NAME | Knopf |
| SIGNATURE | KNOPF K |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Greifswald, Germany |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8999-8396 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction – Writing Water in Classical American Literature
Ocean and Tides in John Steinbeck’s The Log from the Sea of Cortez
This article discusses how John Steinbeck’s The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951) represents marine biology research during Steinbeck and Ricketts’s expedition into the Gulf of California in 1940. It looks at their research methods, their understanding of ecology through marine biological systems, and their interrelation with the tides that structured their routine and influenced their thought and text. The article intertwines ecocritical and Blu…
Settler-Colonial Violence and Commodification of Indigenous Bodies: Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Marie Clements’ Play The Unnatural and Accidental Women and Carl Bessai’…
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) phenomenon has taken monstrous proportions in Canada, having become a national concern, with many organizations, institutions, communities, and individual groups dealing with missing loved ones in their midst. The state of Canada, academic studies, books, documentaries, short and feature films, art as well as theatre plays have taken on this phenomenon – all with the purpose of raising a…
Contradiction Studies – Exploring the Field
Contradiction Studies - Exploring the Field
Indigenous Knowledges in North America: An Introduction
Kangaroos, petrol, joints and sacred rocks: Australian cinema decolonized
This article takes issue with the colonial imaginary of Indigenous people in Australia that is deconstructed by contemporary Indigenous films. It briefly discusses the concept of ‘decolonizing the lens of power’ and ‘returning/reversing the colonial gaze’. Through a close analysis of the two films Stone Bros. and Samson & Delilah, both made in the spirit and context of Kevin Rudd's national apology to the Indigenous people of Australia, it will p…
"Sharing Our Stories with All Canadians": Decolonizing Aboriginal Media and Aboriginal Media Politics in Canada
“Sharing Our Stories with All Canadians” is the trumpeted motto of APTN, the world’s first Indigenous television station with a country-wide broadcast license and fully Aboriginal controlled. Their daily broadcast, and that of Aboriginal radio stations, is a daily act of decolonizing the mainstream media. This article will call attention to some aspects of the presentation of Aboriginal issues in Canada’s mainstream media and outline the concept …
Decolonizing the Lens of Power: Indigenous Films in North America
This is the first book that comprehensively examines Indigenous filmmaking in North America, as it analyzes in detail a variety of representative films by Canadian and US-American Indigenous filmmakers: two films that contextualize the oral tradition, three short films, and four dramatic films. The book explores how members of colonized groups use the medium of film as a means for cultural and political expression and thus enter the dominant colo…
Decolonizing the Lens of Power: Indigenous Films in North America
This is the first book that comprehensively examines Indigenous filmmaking in North America, as it analyzes in detail a variety of representative films by Canadian and US-American Indigenous filmmakers: two films that contextualize the oral tradition, three short films, and four dramatic films. The book explores how members of colonized groups use the medium of film as a means for cultural and political expression and thus enter the dominant colo…
Decolonizing the Lens of Power: Indigenous Films in North America
This is the first book that comprehensively examines Indigenous filmmaking in North America, as it analyzes in detail a variety of representative films by Canadian and US-American Indigenous filmmakers: two films that contextualize the oral tradition, three short films, and four dramatic films. The book explores how members of colonized groups use the medium of film as a means for cultural and political expression and thus enter the dominant colo…
"Sharing Our Stories with All Canadians": Decolonizing Aboriginal Media and Aboriginal Media Politics in Canada
“Sharing Our Stories with All Canadians” is the trumpeted motto of APTN, the world’s first Indigenous television station with a country-wide broadcast license and fully Aboriginal controlled. Their daily broadcast, and that of Aboriginal radio stations, is a daily act of decolonizing the mainstream media. This article will call attention to some aspects of the presentation of Aboriginal issues in Canada’s mainstream media and outline the concept …
Kangaroos, petrol, joints and sacred rocks: Australian cinema decolonized
This article takes issue with the colonial imaginary of Indigenous people in Australia that is deconstructed by contemporary Indigenous films. It briefly discusses the concept of ‘decolonizing the lens of power’ and ‘returning/reversing the colonial gaze’. Through a close analysis of the two films Stone Bros. and Samson & Delilah, both made in the spirit and context of Kevin Rudd's national apology to the Indigenous people of Australia, it will p…
Indigenous Knowledges in North America: An Introduction
Contradiction Studies - Exploring the Field
Contradiction Studies – Exploring the Field
Introduction – Writing Water in Classical American Literature
Ocean and Tides in John Steinbeck’s The Log from the Sea of Cortez
This article discusses how John Steinbeck’s The Log from the Sea of Cortez (1951) represents marine biology research during Steinbeck and Ricketts’s expedition into the Gulf of California in 1940. It looks at their research methods, their understanding of ecology through marine biological systems, and their interrelation with the tides that structured their routine and influenced their thought and text. The article intertwines ecocritical and Blu…
Settler-Colonial Violence and Commodification of Indigenous Bodies: Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Marie Clements’ Play The Unnatural and Accidental Women and Carl Bessai’…
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) phenomenon has taken monstrous proportions in Canada, having become a national concern, with many organizations, institutions, communities, and individual groups dealing with missing loved ones in their midst. The state of Canada, academic studies, books, documentaries, short and feature films, art as well as theatre plays have taken on this phenomenon – all with the purpose of raising a…
History (4 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)