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Students participate in the 12th International Student Film & Video Festival of the Beijing Film Academy

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Communication student film "Erica," produced in the Gateway video workshop, screened as part of the 12th International Student Film & Video Festival. The festival, run by the Beijing Film Academy, features student work from around the world. Director Scarlet Un, Director of Photography Allen Sun, Title designer Moon Lei and Producer Crystal Mak all

Workshop on Tourist Utopias

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In April 2013 the Department of Communication hosted a workshop on the topic of “Tourist Utopias.” The workshop was organized by Tim Simpson and participants included Keller Easterling (Yale School of Architecture), Pal Nyiri (Anthropology, VU Univ., Amsterdam), Panivong Norindr (Comparative Literature, USC), Angela Ndalianis (Media Studies, Univ. of Melbourne), Veronica Della Dora