3pm NZT Tuesday 30th September (check your local time here: https://tinyurl.com/4ap3djep)
BURNS 4 and on Zoom (register below)
Regulatory approaches to sexual violence on screen: a trans-Tasman comparison
This seminar offers a comparative overview of how sexual violence on screen is regulated in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing on recent literature, policy frameworks, and diverse media examples, this presentation examines how each country navigates the challenges of regulating sexual violence in both legacy media and online content. By highlighting key similarities and divergences, the session invites reflection on how regulatory responses map to cultural and political contexts, and what the two countries can learn from each other in tackling emerging forms of screen-based sexual violence.
Claire Henry is an Associate Professor in Screen and Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow at Flinders University. She is the author of Revisionist Rape-Revenge: Redefining a Film Genre (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and Eraserhead (BFI Film Classics, Bloomsbury, 2023) and co-author of Screening the Posthuman (with Missy Molloy and Pansy Duncan, Oxford University Press, 2023). She has also published widely in journals including Cine-Excess, Continuum, Frames Cinema Journal, Journal of Digital Media & Policy, Porn Studies, and Senses of Cinema.
