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Michael Noonan is an Australian filmmaker and academic. He is a five-time〔Tropfest, (''Tropfest Finalists 2014'' ). Retrieved 26 December 2014.〕 finalist at Tropfest, the world's biggest short film festival,〔Strachan, Alex, (''Carina filmmaker chases final dream" )'', South-East Advertiser, 17 February 2012〕 a two-time AWGIE nominee,〔Australian Film Commission, (''Cate Shortland’s Somersault takes out major awards at the AWGIES'' ). Retrieved 29 May 2012.〕〔Australian Television Information Archive (''Australian Writers' Guild Awards'' ). Retrieved 30 May 2012.〕 and winner of Best Documentary at the Inside Film Awards.〔Australian Film Commission (), ''2007 IF Awards Winners''. Retrieved 31 May 2012.〕 His PhD in film and television production, titled ''Laughing & Disability: Comedy, Collaborative Authorship and ‘Down Under Mystery Tour’'',〔Queensland University of Technology. "Laughing & disability : comedy, collaborative authorship and Down Under Mystery Tour", ''QUT eprints''. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/48647/ Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 was the subject of significant international controversy,〔Livingstone, T. (), "Who's Laughing Now?", ''The Courier-Mail'', 16 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2011.〕 some calling it "misanthropic and amoral trash",〔MacLennan, G. and Hookham, J. (), ''Philistines of relativism at the gates'', The Australian, 7 April 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2012.〕 and others celebrating it as an "important contribution" to the representation of disability.〔Goggin, G. "Laughing at or with the disabled: the cultural politics of disability in Australian universities", ''Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education'', 17 September 2010.〕 ==PhD controversy== Noonan began his PhD at Queensland University of Technology in 2007, having previously completed a Master of Arts (Research)〔Queensland University of Technology. "Baggage: unpacked – analysing the short film and its place in the world", ''QUT eprints''. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15969/ Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 and a Bachelor of Arts (Film and Television Production).〔Crompton, H. "The best medicine?", ''West Australian – Weekend Magazine'', 24 November 2007.〕 The research project, then titled ''Laughing at the Disabled: Creating Comedy that Confronts, Offends and Entertains'' involved the production of a TV show starring two men with intellectual disabilities.〔Livingstone, T. (), "Who's Laughing Now?", ''The Courier-Mail'', 16 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2011.〕 At the one-year mark of his candidature on 20 March 2007, Noonan presented his thesis-in-progress to staff and students at QUT as part of his Confirmation Seminar.〔Fraser, A. "Dissenting dons out in the cold", ''The Australian'', 16 June 2007.〕 The material presented at the seminar "had been screened and approved by an ethics audit committee, an external psychologist and representatives of a disability group."〔Crompton, H. "The best medicine?", ''West Australian – Weekend Magazine'', 24 November 2007.〕 Two senior academics at the university, Gary MacLennan and John Hookham, took exception to the subject matter Noonan presented, which included clips from the unfinished TV show.〔McLeish, K. "Thesis Row", ''Stateline'', 15 June 2007. http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/qld/content/2006/s1952828.htm Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕〔Crompton, H. "The best medicine?", ''West Australian – Weekend Magazine'', 24 November 2007.〕 MacLennan was reported as saying to Noonan: "I have a handicapped child and I pray to God that my child never comes into contact with someone like you." 〔Schwarten, E. "Student treated 'like a paedophile'", ''Brisbane Times'', 12 July 2007. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/qut-lecturers-pay-reinstated/2007/07/12/1183833662991.html Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕〔Fraser, A. "Dissenting dons out in the cold", ''The Australian'', 16 June 2007.〕 After the seminar, in April 2007, MacLennan and Hookham published an attack on the thesis in the Higher Education section of the national daily newspaper ''The Australian''.〔MacLennan, G. and Hookham, J. (), ''Philistines of relativism at the gates'', The Australian, 7 April 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2012.〕 In their article, they wrote that they could "no longer put up with the misanthropic and amoral trash produced under the rubric of postmodernist, post-structuralist thought", and the "last straw" was the Noonan thesis presentation. MacLennan and Hookham wrote: "For us, it was a moment of great shame and a burning testimony to the power of post-structuralist thought to corrupt."〔MacLennan, G. and Hookham, J. ''Philistines of relativism at the gates'', The Australian, 7 April 2007. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21534652-12332,00.html Retrieved 31 May 2012.〕 Based on descriptions of Noonan's project in the article, many external groups and disability organisations condemned Noonan's work as "degrading".〔"‘Degrading’ reality TV project mocks disabled", ''The Catholic Weekly'', 21 October 2007. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21944194-27197,00.html Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕〔Livingstone, T. (), "Who's Laughing Now?", ''The Courier-Mail'', 16 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2011.〕 A subsequent review of the ethical approval process for the project found "no evidence of harm, discomfort, ridicule or exploitation to the participants".〔Hussey, G. "Academics take legal action against Queensland university", ''The 7.30 Report'', 16 July 2007. http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2007/s1979962.htm Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 The five-person panel noted "the positive enthusiasm of the participants involved, their treatment with dignity and sensitivity, and the warm way in which they were welcomed into the particular community where filming had occurred".〔Gardiner, D. "Facts missing", ''ABC Online'', 16 June 2007. http://www.abc.net.au/news/opinion/items/200706/s1953217.htm Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 QUT suspended the lecturers for six months without pay on misconduct charges following complaints from a student and an academic,〔Livingstone, T. "Academics stunned at ban", ''The Courier-Mail'', 11 June 2007. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21882944-952,00.html. Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 a decision which provoked debate on various blog sites.〔Livingstone, T. (), "Who's Laughing Now?", ''The Courier-Mail'', 16 June 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2011.〕 QUT defended its decision, asserting that MacLennan and Hookham had breached the university's code of conduct: "a breach of the code of conduct was proven in relation to each of the allegations made" and "the disciplinary action taken by the vice-chancellor is within the range of disciplinary measures available under the code for such breaches".〔Gardiner, D. "Facts missing", ''ABC Online'', 16 June 2007. http://www.abc.net.au/news/opinion/items/200706/s1953217.htm Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕〔Cunningham, S. "Taking arts into the digital era", ''The Courier-Mail'', 22 June 2007. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21944194-27197,00.html Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 Professor Stuart Cunningham, Director of the ARC Centre for Excellence in Creative Industries, wrote a piece in defense of QUT and Noonan in ''The Courier-Mail'' called 'Taking Arts into the Digital Era'. 〔Cunningham, S. "Taking arts into the digital era", ''The Courier-Mail'', 22 June 2007. http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21944194-27197,00.html Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 Michael Noonan posted an extended response in ''The Australian'' on 5 September 2007, entitled 'I am the one who has been humiliated'.〔Noonan, M. "I am the one who has been humiliated", ''The Australian'', 5 September 2007. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22363115-25192,00.html Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 The article countered many of the claims made by Hookham and Maclennan. Noonan wrote: "Hookham and MacLennan have claimed that their concerns about my work were ignored by me and the internal channels within the university. This is untrue. Their outburst at my confirmation was unsettling and abusive, but I sought to address their concerns...On the night following my confirmation seminar, I emailed Hookham and MacLennan to discuss their concerns: 'I'd really appreciate talking more to you both about your thoughts about my PhD project'. I was met with condescension and rejection. MacLennan's email finished with the line: 'When you start trying to offend the rich and the powerful I might be interested in a conversation'...Hookham and MacLennan's behaviour since my confirmation has not been a spontaneous overreaction; it has been a deliberate and premeditated assault on my PhD candidacy and my career. Based on their false description of my footage, Hookham and MacLennan emailed undergraduate students, inciting them to rally against me, to condemn my work and all those associated with me. These attacks have continued to this day".〔Noonan, M. "I am the one who has been humiliated", ''The Australian'', 5 September 2007. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22363115-25192,00.html Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 MacLennan and Hookham initiated legal action against QUT〔AAP. "Suspended academics take QUT to court", ''The Brisbane Times'', 12 July 2007. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/suspended-academics-take-qut-to-court/2007/07/12/1183833645496.html Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕〔Lane, B. "Judge finds QUT case remarkable", ''The Australian'', 20 July 2007. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,22104648-12332,00.html?from=public_rss Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 and later accepted a confidential payout and resigned from the university.〔Healy, G. "Disability row academics take money and walk", ''The Australian'', 5 November 2007. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/disability-row-academics-take-money-and-walk/story-fna7dq6e-1111114800540 Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 Noonan launched defamation proceedings against Hookham and MacLennan in the Brisbane District Court in June 2009.〔AAP. "Student sues academics for defamation", ''The Australian'', 19 June 2009. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/student-sues-academics-for-defamation/story-fna7dq6e-1225737666774 Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 His PhD, under the title ''Laughing & Disability: Comedy, Collaborative Authorship and 'Down Under Mystery Tour was completed in 2010.〔Queensland University of Technology. "Laughing & disability : comedy, collaborative authorship and Down Under Mystery Tour", ''QUT eprints''. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/48647/ Retrieved 1 June 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Noonan (filmmaker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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