Trends in Ethnographic Film-making in China
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Workshop

Convened by
Gary Seaman Paul Henley

This workshop will assess contemporary ethnographic filmmaking in academic contexts in China and will include presentations by the following scholars. (Further presentations may be added later). All presentations will be supported by extracts from recent ethnographic films.

In the 2017 RAI Film Fest
  • Ethnographic filmmaking in China: four films from four ethnic groups in Xinjiang, Northwest China
    Liu Xiangchen (Xinjiang Normal University)
  • The visual study and narration of craftsmanship in China
    Liang Junjian (School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, Beijing)

    Supporting film (collective work): A Piece of Xuan Paper - Modern Artisans in The Forbidden City

  • “Being used”: making an ethnographic film in Southwest China
    Xiong Xun (Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou)
  • Thick description of images and words in ethnographic film-making: a case study of Dai water-splashing festival
    Xu Han (Yunnan University, Kunming)

    Supporting film: Water-splashing Festival of the Dai (Jingmai village, Yunnan)

  • The gravity of time in ethnographic time in ethnographic film-making: the trilogy of Floral-belt Dai people
    Wu Qiao (Director, Social Anthropology, Beijing University)

    Supporting film: Still-birth of the Commune Head

  • DISCUSSANT
    Zhang Hai (Director, Visual Anthropology, Yunnan University)