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Films
84 Films
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B
5
C
4
D
5
E
3
F
3
G
6
H
5
I
3
J
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K
2
L
6
M
3
N
2
O
5
P
2
R
4
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8
T
5
U
3
V
2
W
5
Y
1
Region
Australia
1
British-Irish Isles
6
Caribbean Islands
2
Central Africa
1
Central America
6
Central Asia and Far East
16
East Africa
1
Melanesia
2
Middle and Near East
6
North America
6
North and Northeast Africa
2
Scandinavia
1
South America
4
South Asia
6
South-East Asia
5
South-East Europe
2
West Africa
10
Western Europe
7
Western Mediterranean
4
not set
1
Country
Afghanistan
3
Anguilla
1
Australia
1
Belgium
1
Burkina Faso
1
Cameroon
1
Canada
1
China
8
Cyprus
1
Denmark
1
Egypt
1
Ethiopia
1
Germany
1
Ghana
1
Greece
1
Haiti
1
India
3
Indonesia
3
Italy
3
Japan
4
Jordan
1
Mexico
6
Nepal
2
Nigeria
7
Pakistan
1
Palestine
1
Papua New Guinea
2
Peru
2
Romania
1
Russian Federation
1
Senegal
1
Singapore
1
South Korea
1
Spain
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
2
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
The Netherlands
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
7
United States
5
Uzbekistan
1
Virtual Space
1
Yemen
1
not set
3
Keywords
Agriculture / Farming
4
Agriculture/ Farming
1
Animals
7
Animation
1
Archaeobotany / Ethnobotany
2
Archaeology
2
Archival material / Museum displays
5
Art / Artists / Artisans
5
Art/ Aritists/ Artisans
1
Art/ Artists/ Artisans
2
Children / Young people
7
Children/ Young people
1
Collective / Community identity
7
Dance / Theatre / Performance
5
Death
2
Disasters
1
Education / Knowledge Transmission
2
Education / Knowledge transmission
2
Elderly People
1
Elderly people
1
Environment
3
Ethnofiction
1
Everyday Life
5
Family / Kinship
7
Family/ Kinship
1
Festivals / Carnival
4
Festivals/ Carnival
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
4
Folklore
1
Food
1
Food / Water
1
Gender Role and Identity
8
Gender Role and identity
1
Health / Health care / Healing
1
Health/ Health care/ Healing
1
History
3
History of Anthropology
1
Hunting / Gathering / Fishing
5
Hunting/Gathering/Fishing
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nation peoples
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
9
Informant-researcher relationship
2
Infrastructure/transport
1
Inter-religious relations
2
Intergenerational relations
4
Internet
2
LGBTQI*
2
Labour
6
Land Rights
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Life Story / Life History
2
Life Story/ Life History
1
Marriage
2
Material Culture
6
Memory
3
Migration
6
Music / Ethnomusicology
5
Music/ Ethnomusicology
1
Music/Ethnomusicology
1
Myths/ Fairy tales
1
Nationalism
1
Personal Narrative
1
Political Activists
1
Popular Culture
1
Possession
2
Post-communism
1
Prison
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Reflexivity
3
Refugees / Displaced populations
2
Refugees/ Displaced populations
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
8
Reproduction (biology)
3
Resettlement
1
Ritual
16
Rural
5
Science / Technology
1
Sensory Ethnography
1
Sex / Sexuality
4
Shamans and Shamanism
4
Social Change
7
Social Conflict
3
Social Organisation
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
1
Trade
2
Urban
6
War / Conflict / Reconciliation
2
Directors
Al Akash, Ruba
1
Arcé, Adrian
1
Arif-Bashir, Abeera
1
Baily, John
3
Banks, Marcus
1
Beier, Ulli
1
Boswall, Karen
1
Bradbury, Ray
1
Brewer, Teri F.
1
Cai, Hua
2
Cao, Umberto
1
Choi, Hyewon
1
Contreras, Isis
1
Cooper, Timothy
1
Danusiri, Aryo
1
Demiralay, Hakan
1
Dietrich, Martha-Cecilia
2
Drion, Georges
1
Dunne, Bryony
1
Dyson, Jane
1
Eaton, Michael
1
Edwards, Bob
1
Fales, Ludovica
1
Gao, Ang
1
Golovnev, Ivan
1
Grossman, Alyssa
1
Gruber, Martin
1
Gupta, Meghna
1
Harper, Peggy
2
Harrison, Ross
1
Henley, Paul
1
Hinckley, Priscilla
1
Horat, Thomas
1
Horton, Robin
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Hörmann, André
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Jerstad, Jon
1
Johnston, Graham
1
Kaserci, Zeynep
1
Kawase, Itsushi
1
Kaymak, Vedide
1
Kenneil, Alastair
1
Kuentz, Gaspard
1
LaPin, Deirdre
1
Lane, Bruce Pacho
1
Langer, Vanessa
1
Lewis, Ariane
1
Lloyd, Ravi Hart
1
Loïzos, Peter
1
Lu, Wanwan
1
Magaña, Jaime
1
Magnússon, Jón Bjarki
1
Marrero-Guillamon, Isaac
1
Meliqo’ziev, Iqbol
1
Monahan, Trent
1
Moore, Allen
1
Munro, Neil G.
1
Mura, Andrea
1
Nitzky, William
1
Owles, Ed
1
Owles, Edward
1
Palmer, Lisa
1
Prince, Raymond
1
Prothero, Sarah
1
Rens, Maarten
1
Rivero Uicab, Carlos R.
1
Ross, Nina
1
Rousso-Schindler, Steven
4
Saltman, Carlyn
1
Sarabi, Abtin
1
Schillaci, Rossella
1
Schlenker, Juana
1
Seaman, Gary
4
Shakerifar, Elhum
1
Smith, Sophia Hersi
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Song, Zhifang
4
Sowa, Remigiusz
1
Speed, Frank
7
Straube, Anna
1
Tamura (aka John Wells), Can
1
Tanlaka, Kilian Lamtur
1
Taylor, Jamie
1
Teo, Qi Yu
1
Torson, Jennifer
1
Tsai, Futuru C.L.
1
Visser, Mara Lin
1
Vávrová, Daniela
1
Werner, Louis
1
Xu, Beina
1
Zirión, Antonio
1
de Bromhead, Toni
1
not set
1
Series
Ambulante Beyond
3
National Film and Television School
4
Shorts Collection 1
1
Shorts Collection 2
11
Shorts collection 2
5
Song Family Village
4
not set
56
Country of production
Australia
1
China
7
Egypt
1
France
1
Germany
3
Iceland
1
India
1
Indonesia
1
Italy
2
Japan
4
Jordan
1
Mexico
5
Netherlands
1
Nigeria
6
Norway
1
Pakistan
1
Peru
1
Russia
1
Singapore
1
Slovenia
1
South Korea
1
Switzerland
3
Taiwan
1
Tanzania
1
Turkey
1
United Kingdom
39
United States
11
Uzbekistan
1
not set
1
Year of production
1931
1
1963
2
1964
1
1966
1
1970
1
1975
1
1982
1
1983
3
1984
1
1985
1
1987
2
1988
2
1990
1
1991
1
1995
1
1996
2
1999
1
2000
1
2003
1
2004
2
2006
3
2007
1
2008
1
2009
5
2010
2
2011
1
2012
3
2013
5
2014
4
2015
6
2016
6
2018
3
2019
9
2020
8
Film list
Raju and His Friends
1988
40
‘
Directed by
Marcus Banks
.
This film is set in the city of Jamnagar, western India. The film focuses on the emotions, quality of life, and on duty. Raju’s friendship with different people, including the director, provide a
South Asia
Urban
Informant-researcher relationship
Life Story / Life History
Reclaiming the Forest
1987
39
‘
Directed by
Paul Henley
Georges Drion
.
National governments, itinerant gold-miners, and indigenous inhabitants compete for control of an area of the South American rainforest. The film shows the potential conflict between the interests
South America
Land Rights
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Social Change
Social Conflict
Return of the Nightingales
2013
33
‘
Directed by
John Baily
.
In 2010 Afghan musicologist Dr. Ahmad Sarmast opened the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM), a coeducational vocational music school in Kabul that teaches Afghan, Indian and Western
South Asia
Music / Ethnomusicology
Education / Knowledge Transmission
Children / Young people
Room 11, Ethiopia Hotel
2006
23
‘
Directed by
Itsushi Kawase
.
The film recounts the life of children living on the street in Gondar, Ethiopia, by witnessing the interaction between two children and the filmmaker. The entire film was shot in the room of Ethiopia
North and Northeast Africa
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity