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The Research Group “Television-Film: Memory, Representation, and Industry (TECMERIN)” was founded in 2006 at the Carlos III University of Madrid. includes professors and researchers from the Communication Department specialized in Film, TV and Media Studies.

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Researching lines

The approval of the LOSU, the active research policies promoted by the European Higher Education System, and the creation of new lists of fields of knowledge have brought about changes in the research parameters of university groups. No less important are the changes in the Spanish and global film and television ecosystem. Today, factors such as internationalization, transdisciplinarity, and the importance of gender create a framework that promotes the use of open science, the transfer of results to society, and citizen science. Furthermore, efforts are being made to strengthen collaboration with public, private, and social economy entities and companies.

TECMERIN wishes to be an active agent of these changes and has therefore established the group’s lines of research around a series of thematic areas in response to this new reality.

Film and television studies: theory, history, and memory

The line of research focused on television and film studies centers on analyzing new perspectives and methodologies in audiovisual history and notions of visual cultures: creation, processes, and audiences.

Postcolonial studies and geopolitics of audiovisual media

This approach to film and television studies is proposed within a political and social context in which the circulation of images is constantly changing and renewing itself in a highly globalized world.

Audiovisual media, society, and gender studies

This line of research focuses on the ways in which audiovisual media represent society as a whole and the diversity of social groups, with particular attention to gender identity representations and women’s studies.

Cultural Heritage

The crisis caused by the disappearance of analog film production, distribution, and exhibition has forced a complete rethinking of the work of film archives and the ways in which audiovisual heritage is preserved in general over the last two decades. All digitization processes are part of this new reality. This line of research investigates and promotes actions to preserve and fix film and other media from the past in the immediate audiovisual future. Among these, we highlight audiovisual technology, simulation, and mixed realities applicable to audiovisual heritage. Preserving and disseminating cultural heritage leads us to investigate systems and methods of capturing data from original assets, while also prompting reflection on ways to make the results available to professionals and the general public.

Image technologies and innovation. Media archaeology

The aim is to study the application of technologies as new tools for audiovisual production, AI systems, and accessibility for people with disabilities. Special emphasis is placed on educational innovation, with the use of video essays for contemporary training, an activity supported by the pioneering work in Spain of the TECMERIN Journal of Audiovisual Essays. In a second block, this axis is articulated around content generated in the web environment, transmedia narratives, video games, and archaeological practices in audiovisual media.

MEMBERS

PERMANENT RESEARCHERS UC3M
  • Palacio Arranz, Manuel (Profesor Catedrático, Director del grupo)
  • Carrera Álvarez, Pilar (Profesora Catedrática)
  • Cerdán Los Arcos, José Francisco (Profesor Catedrático)
  • Imbert Martí, Gerard (Profesor Catedrático)
  • Armenteros Gallardo, Manuel (Profesor Titular)
  • Beceiro Ribela, Sagrario (Profesora Titular)
  • Cascajosa Virino, Concepción (Profesora Titular)
  • Ciller Tenreiro, Carmen (Profesora Titular)
  • del Pino Romero, Cristina (Profesora Titular)
  • Fernández Labayen, Miguel (Profesor Titular)
  • Galán Fajardo, Elena (Profesora Titular)
  • Ibáñez Fernández, Juan Carlos (Profesor Titular)
  • Melero Salvador, José Alejandro (Profesor Titular)
  • Rodríguez Ortega, Vicente (Profesor Titular)
  • Utray Delgado, Francisco (Profesor Titular)
RESEARCHERS UC3M
  • Álvarez San Román, Mercedes
  • Calzada Prado, Fco. Javier
  • Cursino Menezes, Adriana María
  • Doménech González, Gabriel
  • Dueñas Mohedas, Sonia
  • Gil Vázquez, Asier
  • Martínez Pérez, Natalia
  • Meir, Christopher
  • Mejón Miranda, Ana María
  • Molina Cañabate, Juan Pedro
  • Moya Jorge, Tamara
  • Ortega Oroz, Elena
  • Prieto Souto, Xosé Antonio
  • Rodríguez García de Herreros, Lucía
  • Romero Santos, Rubén
  • Val Cubero, Alejandra
RESEARCHERS FROM OTHER INSTITUTIONS
  • Fernández Meneses, Jara (University of Southampton)
  • Gutiérrez Torres, Irene. Vrije University of Brussels
  • Martínez Expósito, Alfredo. (Cátedra de Excelencia UC3M 2018-2019) University of Melbourne
PHD CANDIDATES UC3M
  • Camáñez García, Gemma (Proyecto «Donantes de memoria»)
  • Cemillán Casis, Luis (FPU)
  • Díaz Saíz, Loreto (FPU)
  • García Medina, Tayri
  • Huertas Gutiérrez, Roberto (FPI)
  • Jiménez Alcarria, Francisco (FPU)
  • Martín de la Torre López, Patricia
  • Rivera Alnardos, Antonio (FPU)
  • Toledo Saura, Daniel (FPI)
SENIOR MEMBERS
  • Imbert Martí, Gerard
  • Torreiro Gómez, Casimiro

RESEARCH PROJECTS

ACTIVE PROJECTS

OLD PROJECTS

  • Proyecto “Memoria oral de las mujeres en el cine español”. IP: Ana Mejón. Concesión/periodo: 2022-2023. Entidad financiadora: Instituto de las Mujeres, Ministerio de Igualdad.
  • Proyecto I+D+i (PID2019-106459GB-I00) “Cine y televisión en España en la era del cambio digital y la globalización (1993-2008): identidades, consumo y formas de producción” IP: Manuel Palacio. Concesión/periodo: 2020-2023. Entidad Financiadora: Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
  • Proyecto I+D+i (CSO2017-85290-P) “Cartografías del cine de movilidad en el Atlántico hispánico” IP: José Francisco Cerdán Los Arcos y Miguel Fernández Rodríguez-Labayen. Concesión/periodo: 2018-2020. Entidad Financiadora: Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad. Sitio web: Culturas del cine.
  • Proyecto I+D+i (CSO ) “Cine y televisión 1986-1995: modernidad y emergencia de la cultura global”. IP: Manuel Palacio. Concesión/periodo: 2016-2020. Entidad Financiadora: Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.
  • Proyecto I+D+i (CSO2014-52750P) “Las relaciones transnacionales en el cine digital hispanoamericano. Los ejes de España, México y Argentina” IP: José Francisco Cerdán Los Arcos y Miguel Fernández Rodríguez-Labayen. Concesión/periodo: 2015-2018. Entidad Financiadora: Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad. Sitio web: Culturas del cine.
  • Proyecto I+D+i (CSO2009-09291) “Los medios audiovisuales en la Transición española (1975-1985): las imagenes del cambio democrático”. IP: Manuel Palacio. Concesión/periodo: 2010-2013. Entidad Financiadora: Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.