Janine Prins
Anthropologist-filmmaker, operating both practically and theoretically on the intersections between film, art and anthropology.
‘…challenging habitual ways of perceiving through innovative approaches…’
Currently investigating art installation politics and expanded cinema practices with stichting docuprins building on a multi-screen heritage project ‘Legacy of Silence’ developed in Brussels with SIC (SoundImageCulture), described in Anthrovision.
Janine is mainly self-employed, based in the Netherlands and as visiting scholar affiliated with Leiden University.
SHORT BIO
Janine Prins graduated at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK as documentary producer-director (1990-94) and at Leiden University as Drs in Visual Anthropology (1986).
She worked for television companies in various capacities and is registered with CRKBO as independent educational professional.
During 2013-2016 Janine Prins was engaged in museum practices and co-creation processes for RICHES (ERC Seventh Framework Programme) at Waag Society as research fellow.
In 2007 the Erasmus Euromedia Sponsorship Award was received for 'Expeditie Europa’, an at the time considered to be innovative crossmedia project for NRC Handelsblad, co-authored with her partner Hans Beerekamp.