Beyond the frame: Use of augmented screenings as a visual methodology in critical event studies.

Disrupt is an ongoing project exploring methodologies appropriate to critical perspectives in event studies, suitable for researching activism, protest, and events of dissent. This paper considers the use of augmented film screenings, which combine cinematic presentation with non-film/live elements and panel-led discussions, as one of the approaches trialled as part of the project. Rooted in techniques based in photo and video elicitation, whilst incorporating aspects of the use of film to educate, stimulate and provoke radical debate, employed by Latin American activists since the 1960s, the augmented screening approach explored in this paper formulates an innovative approach in evental visual research methodology. Going further than photo and video elicitation, it combined film with live disruptive elements in the attendee experience to legitimise participant engagement with narratives that challenge the dominant hegemonic discourses in which we act and interact. In conclusion we consider some of the limitations and opportunities of evental research methods that use film as a key element within a framework anchored in a visual elicitation approach. Key words Photo-elicitation; Video-elicitation; Evental research; Protest; Critical event studies.