CINEMA & DISRUPTIONS DEPARTMENT
Use of audiovisual language as a tool for training, ethical analysis, and the understanding of complex situations from a transdisciplinary perspective.
To promote reflection, training, and social change in the fields of Bioethics, Deontology, and Applied Ethics through the systematization and updating of cinematographic and audiovisual resources in coordination with international networks.
OBJECTIVES
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To drive contemporary ethical debate: Leverage the massive reach of cinema and digital technologies to foster moral and ethical reflection in both the academic sphere and society.
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To integrate science, technology, and human rights: Analyze the representations of scientific-technological development and Human Rights issues through audiovisual productions.
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To approach ethics from a dual perspective.
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To analyze works that explicitly bring current ethical dilemmas to light.
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To promote critical and interpretive reading among spectators and analysts regarding works of art for moral reflection.
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To systematize and update resources: Compile and update aesthetic and conceptual tools for their application in global academic and community projects.
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To strengthen international coordination: Coordinate actions with the Bioethics and Film Department of the International Chair in Bioethics to project and impact at a global level.
LINES OF WORK
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Teaching of a supervised Professional Practice on cinema resources in mental health institutional practice. Accredited by UBA and USAL and aimed at undergraduate students in Psychology, Psychopedagogy, Music Therapy, and Occupational Therapy.
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Teaching of postgraduate courses on Disaster Bioethics through cinema, aimed at an international Spanish-speaking audience.
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Research on the ethical-clinical method of reading films and series, accredited by the UBA Science and Technology Program.
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Development of an online platform for teaching the UNESCO Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights through cinema and other audiovisual resources: www.teachingbioethics.org
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Publication of a four-monthly indexed academic journal (Etica&Cine Journal) and organization of an annual Online Congress on Ethics and Cinema, in Spanish and Portuguese, in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto.
