Campus Directory

Division Arts Division

Department/College/Unit Film and Digital Media Department

Title Master of Fine Arts in Social Documentation

Graduate Major Social Documentation

Affiliation Graduate

Web Site

Primary Office Location Communications Building

Mail Stop Film and Digital Media

Biography, Education and Training

Catalina Jeanneret Calderón is from Santiago, Chile. She holds a degree in History and a certificate in Anthropology and Audiovisual Creation, both from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

With a special interest in combining archival materials and ethnographic methods, she explores photography and film as mediums for memory activation and social interaction. Since 2024, she is an associate member of the International Federation of Television Archives (FIAT/IFTA). 

Research Interests

- Recent History of Chile 

- Visual Culture and Politics in Latin America

- Memory, Affection and Intimacy

- Affections and Intimacy in Archives

- Photography and Film in Archives

Teaching Interests

 History and Film Studies

- Chilean History

- Latin American Culture and History

- American Film (1930-1960)

- International Cinema (1930-1960)

- Introduction to Film Studies 

- Special Topics in Film and Digital Media: Enviromental Media

Awards, Honors and Grants

Individual

Seminario Simon Collier - Historia UC (2020)

Florence French Fellowship - Film and Digital Media UCSC (2024)

The Arts Dean's Fund for Excellence and Equity (2025)

Collective

Counter Histories Fellowship - Magnum Foundation (2022)

Selected Presentations

“Intimate Frames: A Case for Home Movies in Constructing Alternative Histories in Santiago, Chile (1950’s to 1980’s)” Media Fields IX Conference - University of California Santa Barbara (March 2025)