Seeing the Trees: Conflict and Conservation in British Columbian Forestry Training Films is a SSHRC-funded research project led by Dr. Joceline Andersen at Thompson Rivers University that examines the history and culture of British Columbia’s forest products industry through the lens of films produced by and about B.C.’s forestry companies. Building on the Unearthing Forestry Films project funded by a TRU Internal Research Fund grant, the project has a specific focus on how forestry films produced in the 1980s and 1990s reflect changing dialogues around sustainability mobilized by government, corporations, First Nations and the public to address growing concerns about the role of industry in the forest.
The project also takes an interest in training films, which forestry companies have used for decades to transfer practical, job-specific knowledge to workers, and to communicate information on the political climate of the forest products industry. By examining how forestry training films reflect transformation within the industry, and how forestry films produced by the media reflect the transformation of public perception, Unearthing Forestry Films seeks to better understand BC’s forest products industry and the role that industrial films have played in its history.
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To assist and accommodate future research, we have compiled a bibliography of films and written works pertaining to the history of forestry in B.C., the role of industrial films, public perceptions of forestry, and the War of the Woods protest movement.
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Unearthing Forestry Films is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the TRU Internal Research Fund.
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