Messy Knowledge-Making with Korsakow

This paper explores interactive documentary production's power dynamics and knowledge-making practices through the ethnographic case study of Christoph, a white media scientist trained film editor from Western European country. Christoph's research project, conducted as part an international multidisciplinary team, dealt with discourses surrounding specific restitution in African The focuses on use Korsakow software to create documentary, examining complexities he encountered field his efforts represent them powercritical manner. Throughout production process, Christoph attempted address relations by making himself visible ensuring that authorial influence remained minimal during film's assembly. He employed two-fold strategy included acquiring shaky footage without tripod utilizing materials might be deemed unusable traditional environments. tool for assembling served found field. Despite aspirations, acknowledged potential bias inherent keywording stressing importance actively pursuing powercritique practice. Korsakow, nonlinear tool, offered experimental environment which could explore alternative ways filmmaking knowledge-making. facilitated development open, complex, messy practices, challenging conventional norms. raises questions about documentaries how they can inform visual methodologies. Further may delve into methodological implications these findings serve laboratory practices. By navigate creating this contributes broader understanding non-linear