Presented by the Centre for Cinema Studies and Cinema Thinks the World, the Critical Thinkers Series, features research talks by notable and emerging scholars in cinema and media studies. Second in the series is a talk by Gerrit Krueper, “The Dialectical Stream: A New Media Theory of Live Streaming and Its Political and Social Potentials”.
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About Gerrit Krueper:
Originally from Cologne, Germany, Gerrit Krueper is a Ph.D. Candidate in Cinema and Media Studies at UBC. Specializing in New Media Studies, his research interrogates the socio-political implications of live streaming platforms and media audiences, drawing upon Marxist frameworks to critique paradigms of audience engagement and agency. His work extends to the study of video games, focusing on themes of play, leisure, and anti-work as ideological constructs in capitalism.