Soviet Power and Media: 2006 Academic Collection Examines 1920s-1930s Media Transformations
In 2006, Akademicheskii proekt published an edited volume titled Sovietskaia vlast i media, which originated from an international conference held at Bielefeld University. The editors, Hans Günther and Sabine Hänsgen, curated a selection of articles that explore the influence of mass media—such as photography, cinema, and radio—on political communication in the Soviet Union during the 1920s and 1930s. This collection posits that media is not impartial but mirrors cultural values. It delves into the tension between avant-garde aesthetics and socialist realism, citing Vladimir Papernyj's Kultura 2 model. Featuring contributions from scholars across Russia, Germany, America, and France, the interdisciplinary work is divided into five sections, discussing topics like electrification, film sound, early Soviet radio, and notable figures like Walter Benjamin and Sergei Eisenstein.
Key facts
- Sovietskaia vlast i media was published in 2006 by Akademicheskii proekt in St. Petersburg
- The book is edited by Hans Günther and Sabine Hänsgen
- It originated from an international conference at Bielefeld University
- The collection focuses on media in the Soviet Union during the 1920s and 1930s
- Key media examined include photography, cinema, and radio
- The volume argues media are not neutral but follow their own developmental logic
- It explores the clash between avant-garde and socrealist aesthetics
- Contributors include scholars from Russia, Germany, America, and France
Entities
Artists
- Hans Günther
- Sabine Hänsgen
- Vladimir Papernyj
- Walter Benjamin
- Mikhail Ryklin
- Sven Spieker
- Marshall McLuhan
- Tatiana Goriaeva
- Vladimir Koljada
- Anna Novikova
- Alexandr Sherel
- Vsevolod Meyerkhold
- Erwin Piscator
- Elena Petrushanskaia
- Julia Kursell
- N.A. Bernstein
- Rosalinde Sartorti
- Evgenii Dobrenko
- Galina Orlova
- Ekaterina Degot
- Boris Groys
- Vadim Zacharov
- Boris Michajlov
- Maya Turovskaya
- Dirk Uffelmann
- Nikolai Ostrovsky
- Oleg Aronson
- Igor Chubarov
- Nikolai Evreinov
- Oksana Bulgakowa
- Nikolai Izvolov
- Evgenii Margolit
- Aleksandr Derjabin
- Valérie Posener
- Ilya Kukuj
- Lev Lunts
- Anke Hennig
- Barbara Wurm
- Emma Widdis
- Nadezhda Grigorieva
- Shamma Schahadat
- Anna Bohn
- Wolfgang Beilenhoff
- Sergei Eisenstein
- Alexander Dovzhenko
- Sergei Kapterev
- Gudrun Heidemann
- Natascha Drubek-Meyer
- Rick Altman
- Dziga Vertov
- Vsevolod Pudovkin
- Konstantin Stanislavsky
- Yuri Tynianov
- Vladimir Mayakovsky
Institutions
- Akademicheskii proekt
- Bielefeld University
- Moscow State Institute of Musical Studies (GIMN)
- Kollektivnyje dejstvija (Collective Actions)
- Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung
- Ogonek
Locations
- St. Petersburg
- Russia
- Soviet Union
- Berlin
- Germany
- Moscow
- United States
- France
- Prague
- Czech Republic