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Anthropological Films online

by lorenz on Aug 20, 2004 in culture traditions, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, Visual Anthropology

For those of you with a fast broadband connection: On the website of the Visual Cultural Studies at the Faculty of Social Science, University of Tromsø, you can download / view several anthropological films:

Conversation with the Weyto (by Zerihun Abebe):
This film is about a small group of people, found in northwest Ethiopia and categorized as Weyto. In the conversation, which my friend and I made with some members of the group, I tried to convey the voices of the Weyto and also the virtual experience of being Weyto. >> continue

Boys Will Be Boys (by Brigt Dale):
A film shot during student fieldwork in social and visual anthropology, "Boys Will Be Boys" tells the story of the inexperienced fieldworker, trying to master a foreign environment, and how his appearance and behaviour produce knowledge. >> continue

Across troubled Water (by Petia Mankova):
The film is about the everyday life in Krasnoschelye, an isolated village in the heart of the tundra on Kola peninsula (North-West Russia) and how the local eople experience the political and economic reforms of the last ten years. >> continue

UPDATE: The Nordic Anthropological Film Association has listed around 110 films that you can watch online (broadband)

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Comment from: Frode

Frode

Hi I like the attempt of the person who made the film on Minority group in Etiopia. The film seems very good for students studying or doing anthropology!

03.09.04 @ 09:57


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