Audiovisual Practices and Production of the Commons

Estrello L.; Oviedo J.C.G. · Small Cinemas of the Andes: New Aesthetics, Practices and Platforms (2023) · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-32018-7_6

Resumen

This chapter analyzes audiovisual practices that are frequently associated with the term “community cinema.” The authors’ situate their approach to this concept within the debate on the production of the commons, a framework that emphasizes the social and material relations that make audiovisual practices possible, as well as the political and social networks that sustain them. The chapter first reviews the literature on community audiovisual practices and related film movements such as the Latin American popular, Indigenous video, and development communication. It then discusses the authors’ conceptual framework when analyzing community audiovisual practices. The chapter references case studies of collectives and organizations located in Peru that, like their collective Maizal, engage in audiovisual practice at the borders of hegemonic fields. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.