SIF 4th Cohort Fellows - Ben Scott, CY Cergy Paris University

Curriculum Vitae

• Education

PhD / Nottingham Trent University (UK) / May 2024 / Film studies
MA / University of Manchester (UK) / October 2018 / Modern and Contemporary Literature
BA / University of Manchester (UK) / August 2016 / English Literature and French

 

• Experience

January 2021-September 2024 / Lecturer / Nottingham Trent University / Development and delivery of lectures, seminars and workshops on a range of media/film/cultural studies subjects. Other duties included module leadership, MA dissertation supervision and personal tutoring.

July 2024-August 2024 / Research Assistant / University of Nottingham / Literature review work on an empirical project investigating the paid work of students.

November 2023-July 2024 / Research Associate / University of Nottingham / Development and implementation of a qualitative research project investigating the use of spoken language in education and workplaces.

May 2023-June 2023 / Research Associate / University of Nottingham / Organisation and administration of an academic symposium on ethical impact and KE practices.
 

• Publications/Research achievements

Research Project:

The workplace has undergone profound transformations in the neoliberal era, many of which penetrate deeply into people’s everyday lives. By extension, workplace developments are at the foundations of some of the most significant socio-economic problems of neoliberalism. The positioning of the workplace at the crux of the powerful socio-economic forces of neoliberalism is one reason that it has been a key focus of politically orientated documentary filmmakers in the contemporary era, to the extent that workplace documentary represents a substantial body of work within the broader filmmaking landscape. However, the relationship between workplace documentary and its broader contexts has often remained under-examined by scholars. This study makes a significant intervention, interrogating the politics of French-language workplace documentary through an interdisciplinary analysis which considers three interrelated strands: the economic and cultural conditions within which documentary acts and attempts to act upon; the creative labour of filmmakers and their participants; and the narrative and aesthetic strategies of the films themselves. In drawing connections between these different forms of analysis, the project promises to open up broad-reaching insights on the potentialities, limitations, and broader political ramifications of Francophone workplace documentary in the neoliberal conjuncture.