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Films
found one film
Region
“Melanesia”
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Keywords
“Ritual”
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Directors
“Otto, Ton”
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Region
Melanesia
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Country
Papua New Guinea
1
Keywords
Death
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Informant-researcher relationship
1
Ritual
1
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Social Conflict
1
Directors
Nielsen, Christian Suhr
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Otto, Ton
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Series
not set
1
Country of production
Denmark
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Year of production
2007
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Film
NGAT IS DEAD: STUDYING MORTUARY TRADITIONS
2007
59
‘
Directed by
Christian Suhr Nielsen
Ton Otto
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A film about how anthropological knowledge is developed through active participation in traditional exchange ceremonies on the small island of Baluan in the South Pacific. The film follows the anthropologist Ton Otto negotiating his way through a myriad of kin relations and family conflicts in order to study but also to find out which ceremonies should be carried out after the death of his adoptive father, Ngat. The film deals with the dilemmas of a participating researcher, who is both social actor and anthropological observer, and gives the viewer a close look at the way Baluan people contest and negotiate their social reality: their kin relations, mortuary traditions, and also the participating anthropologists.
Melanesia
Death
Ritual
Informant-researcher relationship
Social Conflict