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Norwegian Anthropologist Brigt Dale has started to blog in English - additionally to Norwegian. In his first post, he writes: First of all, I will try to follow up on my motto for my Norwegian blog, and relentlessly attack and scrutinise all things w… more »

(via delicious)Karen Nakamura is a cultural anthropologist who focuses on disability and minority identity issues in contemporary Japan, currently in Kyoto for fieldwork. While you'll find many camera reviews on her blog, her homepage lists many links re… more »

One more film to be viewed on the website of Visual Anthropology in Tromsø/Norway - Independent by Espen Marius Foss: "This story is about two young Norwegian men with physical handicaps who seek the good life in a technological world. Dagfinn runs hi… more »

maitres-fous.net The filmmaker and ethnographer Jean Rouch died in northern Niger on February 19, 2004. He was 86 years old. He left behind a legacy of over 120 films - the bulk of which were recorded in West Africa. Rouch's work in Africa is chara… more »

There are at least 12 ethnographic film festivals somewhere on this planet until the end of the year. Check the August Newsletter of the Nordic Anthropological Film Association >> continue or use the direct link to the rtf-document Check also the over… more »

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 Abe… more »

Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) Explore the Chea-villagers' traditional "Kuarao"-fishing in the Solomon Islands - in an interactive presentation based on professor Edvard Hviding and SOTFilm a/s filmproject "Chea's Great Kuarao" (1996).… more »

Monterey County Herald Men are absent from the streets. It is often several years before they return from their farmworking, gardening or construction jobs across the border. Sometimes they don't return at all, leaving their wives and children to live… more »