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Stefano Locati

Temporary researcher
Stefano Locati

Department of Communication, Arts and Media
Faculty of Communication
Stefano Locati

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He is a fixed-term researcher in Cinema, Photography and Television (L-Art/06) at IULM University, where he was a research fellow and where he obtained his PhD in Literature and Media: Narrativity and Languages. He has a Bachelor degree in Philosophy (Philosophy of Science) and a Master degree in Scientific Communication, obtained at the University of Milan.
He has been member of the interdepartmental research project "I confini della recensione" (The boundaries of reviewing) and he is in the scientific committee of Ca'Foscari Short Film Festival of the University Ca'Foscari of Venice. He has been vice-director of Asian Film Festival in Rome and creator and artistic director of Oltre lo specchio - Festival dell'immaginario fantastico e di fantascienza in Milan. He is a freelance journalist, enrolled in the Order of Journalists.
His studies focus on East Asian cinema (especially Japan, China, South Korea), in particular film history, animation, seriality, relations between industry and fans, relations between media and society. He also works on film languages, transmediality, adaptations and remakes, reviewing and history of periodicals in relation to cinema. He is interested in the relationships between cinema, science and popular imagination.

 

 

MAIN AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

Asian cinema (history of Japanese cinema; history of Chinese cinema; history of Korean cinema)
Languages of cinema
Transmediality and relationships between cinema and other media
Adaptation studies
Periodical studies (in relation to cinema)
Cinema and science (relationship between cinema, science, technology and popular imagination)

 

 

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    Monographs and curatorships

    - System media mix. Cinema and youth subcultures in contemporary Japan, Mimesis, Milan-Udine 2022.
    - (with Dario Boemia, ed.) Book Reviews and Beyond. Critical Authority, Cultural Industry, and Society in Periodicals Between the 18th and the 21st Century, Biblion Edizioni, Milan 2021.
    - The Sword of Destiny. The Samurai in Japanese Cinema from Origins to Today, Luni Editrice, Milan 2018.
    - (with Emanuele Sacchi) The New Cinema of Hong Kong. Voices and looks beyond the handover, Bietti, Milan 2014.
    - (with Elena Canadelli) Evolution. Darwin and cinema, Le Mani, Recco 2009.

    Articles in scientific journals

    - "Youthful Apocalypses: Repetitions and Loops in the Transmedia Universe of Higurashi When They Cry," Testo a fronte, no. 59, 2019, pp. 113-126.
    - "Parallel Worlds and Playful Realism: Sion Sono's Tag," Fata Morgana, no. 33, 2018, pp. 337-344.
    - "K-drama Conquering Southeast Asia and the World," Link. Ideas for Television, no. 21, 2017, pp. 118-129.
    - "Troubled Youth. The fictional universes of Murakami Ryū and Iwai Shunji between literature and cinema," Elephant & Castle, no. 15, 2016, pp. 6-31.
    - "In the ether: All About Lily Chou-Chou between transmediality and the new status of cinema," Cinergie, no. 9, 2016, pp. 128-139.
    - "Tea in the Cinema of Greater China," Asian Notebooks, no. 111, September 2015, pp. 115-128.
    - "Identities at the Margins. Hong Kong cinema between post-colonialism and nationalism," Cinergie, no. 7, March 2015, pp. 128-136.
    - "The rediscovery of desire. Female gazes and the representation of women in Chinese cinema," Asian Notebooks, no. 108, December 2014, pp. 85-109.

    Essays in volume

    - "Inside Sadako's Digital Panopticon: The Transition from Analog to Digital Media in the Ringu Franchise," in Luca Malavasi, Sara Tongiani (eds.), Technophobia and Technophilia in the Media, Art and Visual Culture, Aracne, Rome 2020, pp. 85-101.
    - "Food and imposture: Hitchcock and the act of eating," in Gianni Canova (ed.), Alfred Hitchcock. Il cinema ai bordi del nulla, Skira, Milan 2019, pp. 27-32.
    - "A complex relationship: Hitchcock and Universal Pictures," in Gianni Canova (ed.), Alfred Hitchcock. Il cinema ai bordi del nulla, Skira, Milan 2019, pp. 54-55.
    - "All Around Us," in Maria Roberta Novielli and Eugenio De Angelis (eds.), J-Movie. Japanese cinema from 2005 to 2015, Simple, Macerata 2016, pp. 97-108.
    - "Not only Godzilla. New Japanese science fiction," in Renato Venturelli (ed.), Cinema e generi 2012, Le Mani, Recco 2012, pp. 78-85.
    - "Korea increasingly in black", in Renato Venturelli (ed.), Cinema e generi 2011, Le Mani, Recco 2011, pp. 86-92.
    - "In the shadow of the 38th parallel. Korean cinema between 'han' and reunification", in Antonetta L. Bruno (ed.), Conoscere la Corea - Viaggio attraverso la cultura, la lingua, la storia e l'economia, Le Lettere, Firenze 2011, pp. 85-106.
    - "The Gaze and the Norm. David Lynch's The Elephant Man ," in Gabriele Mina (ed.), Elephant Man, the Hero of Diversity. From the Victorian freak show to Lynch's cinema, Le Mani, Recco 2010, pp. 77-106.
    - "In Praise of Struggle. Il Giappone degli studenti in guerra contro l'autorità", in Renato Venturelli (ed.), Cinema e generi 2010, Le Mani, Recco 2010, pp. 69-76.
    - "Challenging Origins. Wuxia e tradizioni", in Matteo Di Giulio and Fabio Zanello (eds.), Non è tempo d'eroi - Il cinema di Johnnie To, Il Foglio Letterario, Piombino 2008, pp. 87-101.
    - "Elective Practices. Politics and triads in Hong Kong", in Matteo Di Giulio and Fabio Zanello (eds.), Non è tempo d'eroi - Il cinema di Johnnie To, Il Foglio Letterario, Piombino 2008, pp. 171-179.
    - "The Sword (1980)", in Alberto Pezzotta (edited by), Patrick Tam - Nel cuore della New Wave, Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, Udine 2007, pp. 78-87.

     

     

     

    Although IULM University takes all necessary care to ensure the publication of correct, updated and complete information, it is not responsible for the contents of the curricula published online on the Portal www.iulm.it. The holder of this curriculum vitae is the exclusive guarantor and responsible for the correctness and truthfulness of the information contained therein.