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Films
8 Films
with a digital version available
x
Year of production
“1986”
x
films with a digital version
8
x
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
North America
1
Various
6
Country
United Kingdom
1
United States
1
Various
6
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
History of Anthropology
6
Music / Ethnomusicology
2
Public Figure
5
Directors
Baily, John
1
Boonzajer-Flaes, Robert
1
Singer, André
6
Series
Strangers Abroad
6
not set
2
Country of production
Netherlands
1
United Kingdom
6
not set
1
Year of production
1986
8
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Film list
Coming of Age – Margaret Mead (1901-1978)
1986
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Everything is Relatives – William Rivers (1864-1922)
1986
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Fieldwork – Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929)
1986
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Lessons from Gulam
1986
52
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
A detailed study of musical enculturation within the Asian community of Bradford in northern England. Gulam Musa is the principal character and he is shown as a teacher and as a musician. The film
British-Irish Isles
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Off the Verandah – Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942)
1986
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Polka
1986
50
‘
Directed by
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes
.
The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgements on the ‘roots’ of
North America
Music / Ethnomusicology
Collective / Community identity
The Shackles of Tradition – Franz Boas (1858-1942)
1986
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Strange Beliefs – Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard (1902-1973)
1986
52
‘
Directed by
André Singer
.
Central Television’s major documentary series looks at the first anthropologists to stop ‘armchair theorising’ and go out to live among the peoples who so interested them. The six part series
Various
History of Anthropology
Public Figure