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Films
10 Films
Keywords
“History of Anthropology”
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Series
“0”
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Status
“A”
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films with a digital version
4
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
2
films available on demand
2
Region
Australia
1
British-Irish Isles
1
Melanesia
1
New Zealand and Polynesia
1
South America
2
Various
1
West Africa
1
Western Europe
2
Country
Argentina
1
Australia
1
Belgium
2
Colombia
1
Mali
1
Papua New Guinea
1
Samoa
1
United Kingdom
1
Various
1
Keywords
Archaeology
1
Archival material / Museum displays
3
Archival materials / Museum displays
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
2
Education / Knowledge Transmission
1
Education / Knowledge transmission
1
Everyday Life
1
Film / Photography / Mass media
4
History of Anthropology
10
x
Indigenous Filmmaking
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Public Figure
2
Race / Racism / Antiracism
2
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
3
Social Organisation
1
Directors
De Groof, Matthias
2
Eaton, Michael
1
Gómez Ruíz, Sebastián
1
Heusch, Luc de
1
Husmann, Rolf
2
Loizos, Peter
1
Milner, George
1
Owen, Chris
1
Rosell, Ulises
1
Sperscheinder, Werner
1
Villafaña Chaparro, Amado
1
Series
not set
10
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Country of production
Argentina
1
Belgium
3
Colombia
1
Germany
2
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1981
1
1983
1
1989
1
1993
1
2009
1
2010
1
2012
1
2017
1
2019
2
Status
Film list
The Ethnographer
2012
86
‘
Directed by
Ulises Rosell
.
John Palmer arrived in a Wichí community, located in Argentina, thirty years ago as an anthropologist – today he has married a Wichí woman with whom he has five sons in the last 5 years, who babble
South America
History of Anthropology
Everyday Life
Informant-researcher relationship
Firth on Firth
1993
49
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
Peter Loizos
Werner Sperscheinder
.
In a series of interviews in his London home and the London School of Economics, Sir Raymond Firth talks about his life and some of his personal views. The film focuses thus on his Maori studies,
British-Irish Isles
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
Masks of Mer
2010
37
‘
Directed by
Michael Eaton
.
The film Alfred Haddon made in 1898 in the Torres Straits, lasting for less than a minute, is the world’s first example of anthropological cinema. ‘The Masks of Mer’ tells the extraordinary story of
Australia
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media
Archival material / Museum displays
Ritual
Matai Samoa
1989
65
‘
Directed by
George Milner
.
The film is a valuable treatment of archival footage that George Milner shot while conducting fieldwork in 1955 and 1959. The footage (18 minutes of the total film) focuses on the traditional Samoan
New Zealand and Polynesia
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media
Social Organisation
Archival material / Museum displays
Ritual
Palimpsest of the Africa Museum
2019
69
‘
Directed by
Matthias De Groof
.
In 2013, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Brussels (Belgium) closed for renovation. It is not only the building and the museum cabinets that are in need of renewal: the spirit of the museum has
Western Europe
Archival material / Museum displays
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Education / Knowledge Transmission
History of Anthropology
Palimpsest of the Africa Museum
2019
69
‘
Decolonising the Archive
Directed by
Matthias De Groof
.
In 2013, the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Brussels (Belgium) closed for renovation. It is not only the building and the museum cabinets that are in need of renewal: the spirit of the museum has
Western Europe
Archival materials / Museum displays
Archaeology
Education / Knowledge transmission
History of Anthropology
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Race / Racism / Antiracism
The Professional Foreigner
2009
60
‘
Directed by
Rolf Husmann
.
Asen Balikci has been a leading figure in making ethnographic films for many decades. In a series of talks between Balikci and filmmaker Rolf Husmann in different locations, the life and work of Asen
Various
Film / Photography / Mass media
History of Anthropology
Public Figure
The Red Bowmen
1981
50
‘
Directed by
Chris Owen
.
In a remote part of the West Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea, the Umeda people eke out a difficult living from the sago swamps and primary rain forest that surround them. Until recently, these
Melanesia
Ritual
Religion / Belief / Faith
History of Anthropology
Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon
1983
48
‘
Directed by
Luc de Heusch
.
This film tells with verve and a touch of self-irony the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule. The film establishes the original expedition in the
West Africa
History of Anthropology
Wási
2017
16
‘
Shorts
Directed by
Sebastián Gómez Ruíz
Amado Villafaña Chaparro
.
As the sun rises on a village in northern Colombia, we glimpse its inhabitants as they begin their day. As the scene emerges from obscurity, a voiceover reflects on the nature of sight. It is the
South America
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Indigenous Filmmaking
History of Anthropology
Film / Photography / Mass media