Professor, Winfried Fluck, John F. Kennedy Institute,   Berlin

“Not everyone who chased the zebra caught it, but he who caught it chased it.” ~South African Proverb

This Weblog page is designed to briefly introduce and then direct to the various and related work activities of Dr. Alan Taylor (Oxon) in the specialist areas of Film Studies and Media Education as these have developed from the UK, to Germany, and Eastern Europe (banner pic, Dr. Diana A. Taylor).

In the light of his recent Autumn 2009 appointment to the Arts Faculty of the Tshwane University of Technology,  South Africa, there will be some tidying up here!

Theory Into Practice

I have focused my teaching on film & media since graduating from both the London Film School and then the Department of Education at Oxford University.

Through this time I have sought for both breadth and depth of teaching practice & pedagogic experience.

This has therefore extended from UK Secondary & Further Education to HE teaching in Europe.  At the core of my pedagogic practice is an abiding enagement with Media Literacy. Publications during this time have therefore included: `We, the media…` and `Jacobean Visions: Webster, Hitchcock & Google Culture`(2007).

My role in South Africa will combine teaching,  community outreach, research, publications & teacher training, beginning September 2009.

 As well as professional teacher, I am also a member of the International Federation of Journalists.

Recent 2008 – 2009 updates include:

• appointment to teach as Associate Professor at the Arts Faculty, Drama & Film, Tshwane University of Technology, South  Africa. For updates see dedicated page.

• 3-page 2008 review of `Jacobean Visions`by Leland Poague in Screening the Past (see sidebar)

• Guest Discussion Panel, JFK-I Nov 4th 2008 Election Night.

• Grading in-coming Research Papers by graduate students of the John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie University of Berlin

• Journalism & Commentary on the Berlinale, Apple Pro-Cut World Tour, the CNN Hologram, The Shakespeare Players (Berlin), & Verdi in Berlin

• Membership 2008 : European Network for Cinema and Media Studies;  prepared proposal for the Lund 2009 Conference with co-founder of the NECS Screenwriting Workgroup, Claus Tieber, Institut für Theater- Film- und Medienwissenschaft, Universität Wien.

• Contributed article for Praxis Englisch on Hollywood  (Winter 2008), Editor Daniella Aue.

Further updates and website additons will no doubt cover the move southwards to South Africa. I look forward to hearing from colleagues for future collaborations in publishing, community outreach & extending pedagogic practice in aspects of film production, media literacy & teacher training.

Thanks for visiting…

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ALAN TAYLOR

E: a.taylor@balliol.oxon.org

“Men perish when they are not able to join their beginning with their end” Alcmaeon, 500 B.C

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