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Dr Pansy Duncan
Senior Lecturer
Doctoral Supervisor School of Humanities Media and Creative CommMy work broadly concerns the politics of film and media aesthetics. My essays have been published in a number of venues, including Screen, JCMS, PMLA, Feminist Media Studies and Cultural Critique, and my 2018 essay in Screen, “Exploded Views,” won the 2020 Katherine Singer Kovács Essay Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. I am the author of three books: The Emotional Life of Postmodern Film (Routledge, 2016); Screening the Posthuman, co-written with Missy Molloy and Claire Henry (OUP, 2023); and The Natural History of Film Form (Edinburgh University Press, 2025 - forthcoming), for which I received Marsden funding from the Royal Society Te Aparangi New Zealand. My current work focuses on the aesthetic categories - the sultry, smart, dainty and charming - that shaped the construction and reception of women film stars in studio-era Hollywood. I serve on the editorial board of Movie: A Journal of Film Criticism and as Vice-President (Aotearoa) of the Screen Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (SSAAANZ).
Professional
Certifications and Registrations
- Licence, Supervisor, Massey University
Research Expertise
Research Interests
Modern visual cultures; film and media history; the political aesthetics of cinema; eco-materialist approaches to film and media; the politics of affect; political economy of the media
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Art Theory (190103):
Art Theory and Criticism (190100):
Cinema Studies (190201):
Electronic Media Art (190203):
Film, Television and Digital Media (190200):
Studies In Creative Arts And Writing (190000):
Visual Cultures (190104)
Research Projects
Completed Projects
Project Title: The natural history of Film Form: Film Aesthetics through animal, vegetable and mineral matter
Date Range: 2019 - 2023
Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand
Project Team:
- Dr Pansy Duncan - Project Leader
Research Outputs
Journal
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
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[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
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[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P., Holm, N.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Journal article]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Book
[Authored Book]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Chapter]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Chapter]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Chapter]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Chapter]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Authored Book]Authored by: Duncan, P.
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Creative Work
[Exhibition]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Exhibition]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Thesis
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Conference
[Conference Paper]Authored by: Duncan, P.
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[Conference]Authored by: Duncan, P., Holm, N., Huffer, I., Taffel, S., Veale, K.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
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[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
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[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Other
[Other]Authored by: Duncan, P.
Teaching and Supervision
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
Position | Current | Completed |
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Main Supervisor | 2 | 0 |
Co-supervisor | 3 | 2 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Navid Masoudnia
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Doctor of Philosophy
Anthropocene Feminism and the Cinema of James Cameron -
Shuo Zhang
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Doctor of Philosophy
Make it Real? Digital Technology and Aesthetics in the Transition from Disney 2D-Animated Features to their “Live Action” Remakes
Co-supervisor of:
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Nipuni Ranaweera
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Doctor of Philosophy
Women, Happiness and the Domestic sphere- Focus on poetry by South Asian (and other) women dealing with Home -
Zhenxing Jiang
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Doctor of Philosophy
Re-mediated Utopia: Exploring The Dynamics of Chinese Dance Drama and the Audience -
Nikite Krishnamurthy
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Doctor of Philosophy
The Nation Imagined: A Critical Study of Nationhood and Identity through the Cover Art of Indian Speculative Literature.
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Co-supervisor of:
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2023
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April-Rose Geers
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Doctor of Philosophy
Transnational Creative Activism: Writing Activism Poetry in Response to an International Human Rights Crisis -
2019
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Bridget Herlihy
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Doctor of Philosophy
Re-Tuning the mind's ear: An anonymous history of acoustic prosthetic technologies for the ear