Tomas Crowder-Taraborelli
Tomas Crowder-Taraborelli, PhD
TomĂĄs Crowder-Taraborrelli studied journalism and film at San Francisco State University, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990. In 1994 he received a masterâs degree in Comparative Literature from San Francisco State University. He then went into the Spanish and Portuguese doctoral program at the University of California, Irvine and received his PhD in 2001. Before coming to SUA, Dr. Crowder-Taraborrelli taught at the University of San Francisco, where he founded the film collective Cine Campesino and made two documentaries in Honduras (2002â2004). He then received a Fellowship in the Humanities at Stanford University, California, where he taught and did research on the role of cinema in the investigation of crimes against humanity. He also co-founded the Stanford Film Lab and ran it from 2004â2008. Dr. Crowder-Taraborrelli also studied scriptwriting, lighting, and direction at the Film Arts Foundation, San Francisco, California. He has given lectures and workshops on film and is one of the editors of the anthology Film and Genocide (University of Wisconsin Press, 2012).
Dr. Crowder-Taraborrelli currently teaches Latin American Studies at Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, where he is working on a manuscript entitled Documentary Film and the Condor Years. He is an associate producer of Community Cinema at Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ”, a documentary series produced by the Independent Television Services (ITVS). His articles on film have appeared in several journals and magazines. He is a member of the collective of coordinating editors at the journal Latin American Perspectives: A Journal of Capitalism and Socialism. He also serves as a book and film review editor for Latin American Perspectives.
- PhD, University of California-Irvine, Spanish and Portuguese with Critical Theory Emphasis, June 2003
- MA, San Francisco State University, World and Comparative Literature, July 1994
- BA, San Francisco State University, Journalism and Film, 1991
- Undergraduate Studies, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Philosophy, 1985-86
- Bachelor of Letters, Colegio NicolĂĄs Avellaneda, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1984
- Media and Democratization in Latin America
- Introduction to the Pacific Basin
- Introduction to Latin American Studies
- Latin American Literature
- Modes of Inquiry
- Enduring Questions of Humanity
- Documenting International Atrocities
- Latin American Film and Culture
- Human Rights in Latin America
- Learning Cluster: Sustainable Housing and Weatherization (taught in Argentina)
- Learning Cluster: Media and Democratization in Latin America (at SUA)
- Learning Cluster: Sustainable Housing and Urban Development II (taught in Argentina)
- Learning Cluster: Sustainable Housing and Urban Development in I (taught in Argentina)
- Learning Cluster: Human Rights in Argentina (taught in Argentina)
- Social Policy and Economic Development in San Diego/Tijuana Border (taught in San Diego/Tijuana)
- Japanese-Brazilian Transculturation: Documenting the experience of multiple generations (taught in Brazil )
- Capitalism and Globalization (Independent Study)
- Sustainable Energy in Orange County (Independent Study)
- The Cambodian Genocide (Independent Study)
- Latin American Documentary Film (Independent Study)
- Media; Media Literacy; Media Reform
- Film Studies; Global cinema; Latin American Film; Documentary Film; Film Production; Screenplay Writing
- Human Rights; Documentation of International Atrocities; Genocide Studies
- Latin American Literature
- Renewable Energy; Sustainability; Weatherization
- Immigration Studies
- Latin American and European Philosophy
Books
- Crowder-Taraborrelli, TomĂĄs. âDocumentary Film and Trauma in the Pacific Basin.â In The Pacific Basin: An Introduction, edited by Shane J. Barter and Michael Weiner, 204-12. New York: Routledge, 2017.
- Crowder-Taraborrelli, TomĂĄs and Kristi Wilson. âITVS (Independent Film and Video Service) Community-Cinema: State-sponsored Documentary Film Festivals, Community Engagement and Pedagogy.â In Activist Film Festivals, edited by Sonia TascĂłn and Tyson Wils, 59-78. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
- âExhumaciones y la doble desapariciĂłn: Fernando ha vuelto y ÂżFernando ha vuelto a desaparecer? de Silvio Caiozzi.â In El Documental PolĂtico en Argentina, Chile y Uruguay: De los Años Cincuenta a la DĂ©cada del Dos Mil, edited by Antonio Traverso and TomĂĄs Crowder-Taraborrelli. Santiago, Chile: Lom Ediciones, 2015.
- Crowder-Taraborrelli, TomĂĄs. âDocumentary.â In Directory of World Cinema. Argentina, edited by Beatriz Urraca and Gary M. Kramer, 213-217. Chicago: Intellect, 2014
- Crowder-Taraborrelli, TomĂĄs. âExhumations and Double Disappearance: Silvio Caiozziâs Fernando ha vuelto and ÂżFernando ha vuelto a desaparecer?â In Political Documentary Cinema in Latin America, edited by Kristi M. Wilson and Antonio Traverso, 112-28. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2014.
- Wilson, Kristi M., and TomĂĄs F. Crowder-Taraborrelli, eds. Film and Genocide. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2012.
Journal Issues
- Media, Politics and Democratization in Latin America (with Javier Campo, Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism, Imperialism, and Socialism
- Political Documentary Film and Video in the Southern Cone 1950âs-2000âs (with Antonio Traverso, Latin American Perspectives: A Journal on Capitalism, Imperialism, and Socialism, vol. 40, January 2013).
- Bakhtin and the Nation (with San Diego Bakhtin Circle, Bucknell Review, 1999).
Chapters and Articles
- âCine y rock: el registro de una rebeliĂłn social y sonora en el documental argentinoâ (with Javier Campo). In O cinema musical na AmĂ©rica Latina: ficção e documentĂĄrios, edited by Guilherme Mai
- âDocumentary Film and Trauma in the Pacific Basin.â In Introduction to the Pacific Basin, edited by Shane Barter and Michael Weiner (forthcoming, 2017).
- âLos problemas clĂĄsicos del cine documental no han muerto con la ârevoluciĂłn digitalâ: Entrevista a Jonathan Kahanaâ (with Javier Campo). In Revista Cine Documental
- âMirada documental: identidad, objeto y esencia en la investigaciĂłn antropolĂłgica. Entrevista a Alejandro FernĂĄndez MoujĂĄn -- Damiana Kryygy, 2015â (with Javier Campo). Revista Cine Documental. NĂșmero 13, Año 2016 ISSN 1852-4699.
- âExhumaciones y la doble desapariciĂłn: Fernando ha vuelto y ÂżFernando ha vuelto a desaparecer? de Silvio Caiozzi.â In El Documental PolĂtico en Argentina, Chile y Uruguay: De los Años Cincuenta a la DĂ©cada del Dos Mil, edited by Antonio Traverso and TomĂĄs Crowder-Taraborrelli: Lom Ediciones, 2016.
- âITVS (Independent Film and Video Service) Community Cinema: state-sponsored documentary film festivals, community engagement and pedagogy.â In Film Festivals and Activism: The Ethico-Political Spectator, edited by Sonia Tascon: Intellect, 2016.
- âExhumations and double disappearance: Silvio Caiozziâs Fernando ha vuelto and ÂżFernando ha vuelto a desaparecer?â In Political Documentary Cinema in Latin America, edited by Antonio Traverso and Kristi M. Wilson: Routledge, 2014.
- âEn el centro del infierno: Entrevista a Irek Dobrowolski, director de Portrecista.â In Revista Cine Documental, NĂșmero 8, ISSN 1852 â 4699 p. 97. 2013.
- âEntrevista a Bill Nichols.â In Bordocs y Fronteras: Cine Documental En El Norte de MĂ©xico, edited by Adriana Trujillo: MĂ©xico: Casa Editorial Abismos, 67-75: August, 2013.
- âDocumentary.â In Directory of World Cinema: Argentina, edited by Beatriz Urraca and Gary M. Kramer: Intellect Press, 2013.
- âExhumations and double disappearance: Silvio Caiozziâs Fernando ha vuelto and ÂżFernando ha vuelto a desaparecer?â Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation, and Culture. Vol. 19, nos. 3-4 (2013).
- âVerdades Honestas: Bill Nichols y la Ă©tica en el cine documental.â In Revista Cine Documental, vol 5: 1852-4699, 2012.
- âUna historia del cine polĂtico y social en Argentina: Formas, estilos y registros, volumen II (1969-2009).â In Revista Cine Documental, vol 4:1852-4699, 2011.
- âMidnight movies: Alejandro Jodorowskyâs El Topo and the return of the repressed.â In Cult Pop Culture, edited by Bob Batchelor: Praeger, vol 1: 2011.
- âQue suene la calle: video documental en Tijuana-âMexamĂ©ricaâ.â In Revista de Cine Documental, vol 2:1852-4699, 2010.
- âAn instant in a countryâs happiness: Peronism in wonderland.â In CineAction, no. 77: Summer, 2009.
- âMiracle in the Americas: Gabriel GarcĂa MĂĄrquez and Italian neo-realism.â In Radical Fantasy: Neorealismâs Afterlife in Global Cinema, edited by Laura Ruberto and Kristi Wilson: Wayne State University Press, 2007.
- âSarmiento and the American West.â In The Journal of the West: ABC CLIO, 2005.
- âEva PerĂłn.â In Encyclopedia of Nationalism, edited by Alexander J. Motyl: Academic Press, 2001.
- âDomingo F. Sarmiento and Juan Bautista Alberdi.â In Encyclopedia of Nationalism, edited by Alexander J. Motyl: Academic Press, 2001.
- âJosĂ© Enrique RodĂł.â In Encyclopedia of Nationalism, edited by Alexander J. Motyl: Academic Press, 2001.
- âCarmen Miranda.â In Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, edited by David William Foster and Cynthia Tompkins: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Film & Book Reviews
- âSolutions from Below: Pedagogical Documentaries and Praxisâ(with Kristi Wilson). In Latin American Perspectives, September 2015; vol. 42, 5: pp. 148-151.
- âMigration, Regional Traditions, and the Intricacy of Documentary Representations in Cuates de Australia and La chica del sur.â In Latin American Perspectives, January 2014; vol. 41, 1: pp. 172-176.
- âHomo artis, Homo Laborans, and Homo Politicus -- The Pursuit of Redemption in Three Recent Argentine Films.â In Latin American Perspectives, July 2013; vol. 40, 4: pp. 136-139.
- âA Neoliberal Vision for Retirement.â In Latin American Perspectives, January 2013; vol. 40, 1: pp. 202-204.
- Invited Talks and Workshops
- âWorkshop: Soka Education Today â Exploring Value Creation in Documentary Film,â 12th Annual Soka Education Conference,â Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, February 2015.
- âCommunity activism and documentary film in Argentina: documenting the disappearance of victims of state terrorism in street flagstones.â Visible Evidence XXI, New Delhi, India, and Documentary/Violence: Trauma, testimony, index, performance and memory, December 2014.
- âITVS (Independent Film and Video Service) Community Cinema: state-sponsored documentary film festivals, community engagement and pedagogyâ with Kristi Wilson, Saint Maryâs College of California, Teachers, Teaching and the Media Conference: Alternative Communities, Alternative Stories: Experimenting with Moocs, Community Television, and Cinema, October 2014.
- âBordocs y fronteras: Cine Documental en el Norte de MĂ©xico,â XXXII Feria del Libro de Tijuana, 2014.
- âA Walk Through Memory: urban interventions and the sensual battle against oblivion,â ISA International Sociological Association: Facing an unequal world: challenges for global sociology, Yokohama, Japan, July, 2014.
- âBanned Books and the Social Control of Knowledge,â with Ryan Caldwell, Aneil Rallin, Kristi Wilson, Esther Chang, 9th Annual Soka Education Conference, Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, 2014.
- âRemembering the past Toward Healing our Future,â Genocide Commemorative Film Festival, Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, April 2014.
- Symposium on Latin America Cinema Studies Today: Theory and Practice, University of California, Los Angeles, 2014.
- âPolitical Documentary and Film and Video in the Southern Cone (1950âs-2000âs),â Stanford University: Political Documentary Film, Special Issue Latin American Perspectives, 2013.
- âForensic anthropology and documentary film: genocide, material evidence and the work of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF),âLatin American Studies Conference: Democracy & Memory, Chicago, 2013.
- âState Interviews, Community Engagement, and Audiovisual Representations of a New Social Contract,â Latin America Studies Association Conference, Washington D.C., 2013.
- âOverview and Introduction: Political Documentary Cinema in the Southern Cone,â Conference at the Bolivar House, Stanford University, 2013.
- âLos espacios de la memoria: Memorias del porvenir,â Tercer Congreso Internacional Artes en Cruce: En el marco de la conmemoraciĂłn de los cincuenta años de la Carrera de Artes, Centro Cultural de la Memoria Haroldo Conti, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2013.
- âMigration, Cultural Tradition and the Unease of International Glamour in Two Recent Latin American Documentary Films,â Cultural Migrations in Linguistics and Literature, University of California Santa Barbara Conference, 2013.
- âDocumentary film as memory and evidence: The use of visual media in trials for crimes against humanity in Argentina,â Democratizing Futures, ISA, Sociology Forum, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012.
- âMedia Literacy or Media Without Literacy,â 10th Annual Soka Education Conference 2012.
- âSocial Movements, Human Rights, and Struggles for Justice,â Pacific Coast Council of Latin American Studies Conference on Oct. 28 and 29 at Cal State L.A., 2011.
- âFilm and genocide: An introductionâ 9th Biannual Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS, Truth, Memory, Justice, and Recovery, 9th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, Center for Genocide Studies, Universidad Nacional de Tres Febrero, Buenos Aires, 2011.
- âNicolĂĄs Prividera's M: the documentary filmmaker as a detective seeking out untruthful memories,â Challenging Genre and Traditional Visual Categories in the Southern Cone, SLAS (Society For Latin American Studies Conference), University of Saint Andrews, Scotland, April 2011.
- âDomingo F. Sarmiento and the New Latin American Cinema: Colonialism, Neocolonialism and Liberation in the Visual Arts,â CineLit, An International Conference on Hispanic Film and Fiction, Portland, OR, 2011.
- âIndustry and History in Latin American Cinema,â Workshop organizer, Latin American Studies Association, San Francisco, 2011.
- âSoka Education and International Studies,â 80th Anniversary of Soka Education, Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, 2010.
- âReel Injun: On The Trail Of The Hollywood Indian,â Panel discussion, Jim Rivera (Tribal Council Acjachemen Nation) and Dr. James Spady, ITVS Community Cinema, Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, 2010.
- âRecent Trends in Latin American Cinema,â Selected participant by Latin American Studies Association Secretariat, LASA 29th Congress, Toronto, Canada, 2010.
- âA Village Called Versailles,â Panel discussion, ITVS Community Cinema, Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, 2010.
- âThe Social Documentary: Narrative Strategies and New Formats in Non-Fiction,â Keynote speaker, BORDOCS, Documentary Film and Video Forum: A Conference for Non-Fiction on the Border, Tijuana, MĂ©xico, 2009.
- âRebirth and Extinction in Buscando a Reynols,â Hispanic Heritage Month, Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, 2009.
- âA Special Evening with Timothy âSpeedâ Levitch, star of The Cruise, a film by Oscar-nominated director, Bennett Miller,â Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, November 2009.
- âThe Nuremberg Trials and Documentary Film,â Conference on International Criminal Law, Stanford University, 2007.
- âCine Latinoamericano y Genocidio,â Lecture, University of California, Davis, 2007.
- Conference organizer and moderator: Conference On International Criminal Law, Stanford University. Speakers: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Chief Prosecutor International Criminal Court, and Carlos Castresana authored the formal complaint and subsequent reports in the Pinochet Case, 2007.
- Co-Chair of the Research Colloquium, Stanford University, 2007.
- âThe Ever-Changing Market for Independent Film in Latin America,â Stanford Film Lab, Stanford University, 2006.
- âThe Pinochet Case: The role of documentary film in the prosecution of crimes against humanity,â Panel discussion with Carlos Castresana, Conference on International Law, Stanford University, 2006.
- âCine Campesino and Cine Piquetero: the New Latin American Documentary,â Invited Lecure, Bates College, 2003.
- âAztlĂĄn and Viet Nam: Chicano and Chicana Experiences of the War,â Panel Presentation with George Mariscal, University of San Francisco, 2003.
- Interdisciplinary research seminars, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego, 1998.
- Conference organizer and moderator for Intersections: An Interdisciplinary Conference, UC San Diego. Co-sponsored by the Literature Department, Cross-Cultural Center and Womenâs Center, May 17-18, 1997
- âReading racism in a Border Patrol agentâs correspondence,â Warren Writing Program, University of California, San Diego 1995.
Conference Presentations
- âDocumentary film as memory and evidence: The use of visual media in trials for crimes against humanity in Argentina,â International Sociological Association, Sociology Forum, Buenos Aires, 2012.
- âThe 1985 Trials of the Juntas: Testimonies and Censorship,â Pacific Coast Council Latin American Studies Conference, California State University, Los Angeles, 2011.
- âThe 1985 Trials of the Juntas: Transitional Democracy and Clandestine Archives,â Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, 2011.
- âQue suene la calle: Video documental en Tijuana- âMexamĂ©rica,ââ Instituto de Cultura de Baja California, 2011.
- âFilm and Genocide: An Introduction,â Chair and presenter, Center for Genocide Studies - Universidad Nacional de Tres Febrero, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2011.
- âLabor and Migration in the San Diego/Tijuana Border,â Chair - Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” Graduate Student Round Table, University of California, San Bernardino, 2011.
- âInterdisciplinarity in concept and practice,â Stanford University Alumni Colloquium, 2011.
- âNicolĂĄs Prividera's M: the documentary filmmaker as a detective seeking out untruthful memories,â University of Saint Andrews, Scotland, 2011.
- âDomingo F. Sarmiento and the New Latin American Cinema: Colonialism, Neocolonialism, and Liberation in the Visual Arts,â Portland State University, 2011.
- "El documental latinoamericano y la antropologĂa forense en los años del Plan Condor,â Portland State University, 2011.
- âThe Filmic Investigation of the Heist: Neoliberalism and Post-neoliberalism in the Films of Fernando âPinoâ Solanas,â Chair and presenter, LASA Congress, Toronto, 2010.
- âJapanese-Brazilian Transculturation: Documenting the experience of multiple generations in Sao Paulo, Brazil,â XV Conference of Southern Brazilianists, University of California, Irvine, 2010.
- âUnburying the Past: Documentary Film and Forensic Investigations after the Condor Years,â Seminar, Cultural Studies Association Seminar on Documentary Film in Teaching and Scholarship, CSA Conference, University of California, Berkeley, 2010.
- âEl documental social: estrategias narrativas y nuevos formatos en la no ficciĂłn,â BorDocs, Tijuana, MĂ©xico, 2009.
- âBelonging to the Dead: Narrating Trauma in Film and Popular Culture,â Session chair and presenter, LASA Congress, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2009.
- âGenocide and Documentary Film: Alain Resnaisâ Night and Fogâ Stanford Film Lab, Stanford University, 2008.
- âThe Nuremberg Trials and Documentary Film,â IHUM Research Colloquium, Different Stories: Common Ends, Stanford University, 2007.
- âFilm Testifies: Documentary Film in the Nuremberg Trials,â Second International Meeting on Genocidal Social Practices, Centro Cultural Borges, Argentina, 2007.
- âNeo-realism and Global Cinema: GarcĂa MĂĄrquez y el Centro Esperimentale de Roma,â University of California, San Diego, 2007.
- âMostrando la hilacha: Sarmiento viajero y la figura del flaneur,â LASA Congress, Puerto Rico, 2006.
- âFilm, Memory and Justice,â Crossing Borders: U.S./Latin American Relations in the Early 21st Century, University of San Francisco, 2005.
- âA Quarry Workerâs Passion: Latin American Reality and Gabriel GarcĂa MĂĄrquezâs Cinematic Faith,â An International Conference on Hispanic Literature and Cinematographies, Portland State University, 2003.
- Cine Campesino Film Festival, El Pital, Honduras, 2003 and 2004.
- Writing Workshops, Bates College, 2001-2003.
- âLa locura poĂ©tica de Leopoldo Panero,â Poetic Discourses at Play, University of California, Irvine, 2000.
- âEl miedo a saltar: la sexualidad y el discurso fronterizo en La frontera de cristal,â Cultural Borders of Latin America and Spain, University of California, Riverside, 1999.
- âImmigration and national identity: Sarmiento, Bakhtin and literary criticism as a defense of human rights,â 8th International Bakhtin Conference, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1997.
- âArturo Arias y Gioconda Belli: la transformaciĂłn de la subjetividad centroamericana, la Conquista y el determinismo histĂłrico,â Intersections: An Interdisciplinary Conference, University of California, San Diego, 1997.
- âPrestamistas y deudores: agentes fronterizos y promotores de los derechos humanos en el discurso de la inmigraciĂłn,â Annual Latin American Literatures and Cultures Conference, University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo 1997.
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies, Copyright 2024 ÁńÁ«ÊÓÆ” of America, 2007-present.
- Fellow in the Humanities, Introduction to the Humanities Program, Stanford University, 2005-2008.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages, University of San Francisco, 2000-2005.
- Foreign Language Writing Center Director, University of San Francisco 2002-2005.
- Teaching Assistant, Spanish & Portuguese Department, University of California, Irvine, 1995-1999.
- Teaching Assistant, Literature Department, University of California, San Diego, 1995-1997.
- Excellence in Service Award, Stanford University, for contributions to the Introduction to the Humanities Program, 2008
- âBuenos Aires no duerme,â Government of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Winner of the fiction contest, 1998
- Deanâs Fellowship, University of California, Irvine, 1996