Shell Hanna Rose, Mitman Gregg
Technol Cult. 2017;58(3):846-855. doi: 10.1353/tech.2017.0084.
This article has two interconnected goals. It is, first of all, a review of the film The Land Beneath Our Feet, an exemplary documentary that combines the history of technology, science and technology studies, and environmental history in its exploration of the social, cultural, and natural consequences of the rubber industry's expansion in Liberia. The essay's larger purpose, however, is to explore the powerful role documentary film-making practices have to play in the development of new approaches in the history of technology. Here, an interview with historian and film co-director Gregg Mitman provides the framework for an expansive conversation about both the "documentary impulse" that he explores in his film and related written works, and also the growing role of audiovisual practice in scholarly work.
本文有两个相互关联的目标。首先，它是对电影《我们脚下的土地》的评论，这是一部具有典范性的纪录片，在探索利比里亚橡胶产业扩张的社会、文化和自然影响时，融合了技术史、科学技术研究和环境史。然而，本文更宏大的目的是探讨纪录片制作实践在技术史新方法发展中所起的重要作用。在这里，对历史学家兼电影联合导演格雷格·米特曼的采访为一场广泛的对话提供了框架，这场对话既涉及他在电影及相关著作中探讨的“纪录片冲动”，也涉及视听实践在学术研究中日益重要的作用。
