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Films
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7
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1
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2
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9
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1
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4
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1
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4
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1
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8
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3
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1
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2
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3
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4
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1
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2
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1
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6
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3
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1
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2
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1
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2
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1
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1
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3
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4
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1
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1
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1
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2
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2
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1
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1
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2
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37
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11
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1
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3
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2
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5
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7
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15
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11
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2
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4
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2
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11
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12
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1
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2
Children / Young people
22
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1
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15
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5
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13
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6
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6
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1
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2
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6
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6
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1
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5
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7
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2
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6
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13
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1
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44
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1
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9
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38
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3
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3
Gender Role and Identity
19
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1
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11
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1
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2
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5
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3
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6
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1
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1
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2
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18
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4
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3
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10
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4
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12
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10
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13
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9
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14
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14
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1
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5
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30
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4
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27
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14
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11
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Allward, Caroline
1
Alves-Costa, Catarina
1
Anttila, Birgitta H.
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Asadullah, Sara
1
Asare-Nyako, Afua
1
Asch, Patsy
6
Asch, Timothy
5
Austena, Aunund
1
Baily, John
3
Balanydjarrk, Meredith
1
Balpatji, Warren
1
Banks, Marcus
1
Baskin Coffey, Victoria
1
Basu, Paul
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Belkind, Lukas
1
Benfield, Andy
1
Berg, Julia
1
Bernstein, Anya
1
Bolchover, James
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Brandão, Joana
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Bruun, Dan
1
Burstin, Costanza
1
Cai, Hua
2
Calugareanu, Ilinca
1
Campbell, Karlia
1
Cao, Umberto
1
Cheetham, Ben
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Christodoulou, Chris
1
Clarissou, Priscilla
1
Clay, Charlie
1
Clifford-Jaeger, Simone
1
Cole, Sarah
1
Connor, Linda
3
Contreras, Elisa
1
Contreras, Isis
1
Cook, Alistair
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Coppe, Alexia
1
Coppens, Sharis
1
Corral Paredes, Carolina
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Deger, Jennifer
2
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Djingadjingawuy, Kayleen
1
Drion, Georges
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Elliot, Dominic
1
Engels, Claudia
1
Eschenbach, Sebastian
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Farrell, Emma
1
Fassnidge, Matthew
1
Fedda, Yasmin
1
Ferrarese, Adriana
1
Finnestad, Mari
1
Ford, Ellie
1
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1
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1
Fox, James J.
1
French, Dominic
1
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1
Gabrehiwot, Mitiku
1
Ganambarr, James
1
Gao, Ang
1
Glass, Aaron
1
Goldberg, Claudia
1
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Grasseni, Cristina
1
Greenwood, Rachel
1
Griggs, David
1
Grossman, Alyssa
2
Grove-White, Will
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Grégoire, Charlotte
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Gurrumuruwuy, Paul
1
Guruŋulmiwuy, Enid
1
Guzzetti, Alfred
1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
Hammill, Ruth
1
Hann, Amelia
1
Hansen, Anne-Katrine
1
Hanson, Kieran
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Harrison, Ross
1
Hartford, Hugh
1
Hatland, Line
1
Heer, Madelief de
1
Henley, Paul
3
Hertog, Ester
1
Hill, Amanda
1
Hill, Joanna
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Hirl, Alexander
1
Hogel, Jakob
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Horton, Robin
1
Htway, Aung Nwai
1
Hughes, Richard
1
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1
Huysmans, Carla
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
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1
Lawrence, Andy
1
Lehto, Veera
1
Leizaola, Ricardo
1
Levaulx-Vrecourt, Henriette
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lipsanen, Heidi
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
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1
Lowe, Sebastian
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Lutz, Peter
1
Lwin, Kyaw Myo
1
Maagdenberg, Ester
1
MacDonald, Caro
1
MacDougall, David
4
MacDougall, Judith
3
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1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Marcus, Alan
1
Marin, Nadja
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
McGuirk, Siobhan
1
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1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Meriwether, Maria
1
Merli, Laetitia
1
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1
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1
Moderbacher, Christine
1
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1
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1
Moore, Allen
1
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1
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1
Mura, Andrea
1
Namondwe, Charles
1
Navarro Smith, Alejandra
1
Nicolau, João
1
Nitzky, William
1
Okojie, Paul
1
Olatunji, Ife
1
Ono, Ray
1
Oo, Zaw Naing
1
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Pardee, Lucy
1
Paterek, Austin
1
Patriarca, Niccolo
1
Payne, Becky
1
Pedrosa, Patrícia
1
Petropoulou, Irene
1
Pinhheiro, Joceny
1
Planas, María Elena
1
Pratt, Helen
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Read, Rosie
1
Reed, Alex
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Rice, Tom
1
Richards, Naomi
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Robertson, Rachel
1
Rosen, Jennifer
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
4
Saltman, Carlyn
2
Samir-Shakir, Yasmin
1
Sandberg, Eirik
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Satija, Dhruv
1
Savage, Rebecca
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schiltz, Anne
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Schädler, Natalie
1
Schäuble, Michaela
1
Seaman, Gary
4
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Song, Zhifang
4
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
7
Stefani, Fotini
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Straube, Anna
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Taylor, Jamie
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Thomas Allen, Christopher
1
Torresan, Angela
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tovey, Ana
1
Trentini, Michele
38
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Tucker, Andrew
1
Vella, Steve
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Vinken, Polly
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vybiral, James
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Waage, Trond
1
Waddell, Anna
1
Webster, Rachel
1
Werbner, Richard
2
Werner, Louis
1
Willerslev, Rane
1
Williams, Stacey
1
Wright, Evie
1
Wunungmurra, Paul
1
Xu, Beina
1
Yezbick, Julia
1
Youngstein, Theo
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
not set
1
Östör, Ákos
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
7
Ambulante Beyond
3
Carnival King of Europe
38
Decolonising Shorts
4
Granada Center for Visual Anthropology Student Film
121
Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Staff Film
1
Guardians of Productive Landscapes
1
National Film and Television School
4
Pleasure Shorts
3
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
4
The Well-Being Quest in Botswana
1
Yangon Film School
3
not set
70
Country of production
Australia
14
Austria
1
Cameroon
1
Canada
2
China
7
Colombia
2
Denmark
2
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
1
France
2
Germany
7
Greece
2
Iceland
1
India
4
Indonesia
1
Italy
40
Japan
4
Jordan
1
Mexico
5
Myanmar
3
Netherlands
2
Nigeria
6
Norway
2
Pakistan
1
Peru
1
Romania
1
Russia
1
Singapore
1
Slovenia
1
South Korea
1
Switzerland
3
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
160
United States
21
Uzbekistan
1
Venezuela
1
not set
4
Year of production
1931
1
1963
2
1964
1
1966
1
1970
2
1973
2
1975
1
1980
1
1982
1
1983
6
1984
1
1985
1
1986
1
1987
2
1988
3
1989
2
1990
1
1991
2
1992
5
1993
1
1994
4
1995
5
1996
5
1997
6
1998
6
1999
5
2000
8
2001
7
2002
10
2003
12
2004
10
2005
2
2006
5
2007
8
2008
16
2009
18
2010
18
2011
9
2012
7
2013
6
2014
10
2015
11
2016
13
2017
9
2018
8
2019
11
2020
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Film list
Native
2002
29
‘
Directed by
Rachel Greenwood
.
Through his clothing, a young South African fashion designer of mixed race urges freedom and unity in post-apartheid South Africa. His message is reaching not only his fellow South Africans, but also
Southern Africa
Collective / Community identity
Material Culture
Nawi
1970
20
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
This classic ethnographic documentary, by the renowned filmmaking team of David and Judith MacDougall, explores the nomadic life of the Jie of Uganda. During the dry season the Jie leave their
East Africa
Herding
Music / Ethnomusicology
Nomads and Nomadism
New Images
1964
27
‘
Directed by
Ulli Beier
Frank Speed
.
The film is a brief description of life in a busy commercial centre that still depends upon and retains its ancient traditions. These are based on the history of the town which was founded on the
West Africa
Art / Artists / Artisans
Religion / Belief / Faith
Archival material / Museum displays
A New Kind of Life
1997
28
‘
Directed by
Emma Farrell
.
How is someone’s life affected when faced with cancer? This film is a portrait of three people from Manchester, England, who have chosen to include complementary therapies as part of their daily coping strategies.
British-Irish Isles
Health / Health care / Healing
Alternative culture
New York Just Another City
2019
18
‘
Directed by
André Lopes
Joana Brandão
.
Brazilian Guarani filmmaker Patrícia Ferreira reflects on New York City and Indigenous representation in dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History. This film is part of the collected DVD
North America
Archival material / Museum displays
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Ngarap: fighting over a corpse
1973
17
‘
Directed by
Anthony Forge
.
In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the
South-East Asia
Death
Ritual
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays
Nodas. Launeddas at the time of crisis.
2015
29
‘
Intangible Culture
Directed by
Umberto Cao
Andrea Mura
.
Dating back 3000 years to the Nuragic civilisation on Sardinia, ‘launeddas’ are wind instruments that testify to contacts from across the Mediterranean. Although they nearly vanished in the 1960s, in
Western Mediterranean
Music / Ethnomusicology
Festivals / Carnival
Intergenerational relations