Cinematic Research Practices Complete by 3 November
Watch these lectures
Seminar
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Metje Postma - Frames, Shots, Sequences
Metje Postma
Read these texts
MacDougall, David
1998
Whose Story Is It? and When Less Is Less. In Transcultural Cinema. Princeton University Press, Princeton, pp. 150–164, 209–223. Link ➙
Chen, Nancy N.
1992
Speaking Nearby: Conversation with Trinh T. Minh-Ha, Visual Anthropology Review 8(1). Link ➙
Battagli, Giulia
2014
Crafting ‘participatory’ and ‘collaborative’ filmprojects in India. Who’s the author? Whose vision? Anthrovision. Vaneasa Online Journal. Link ➙
Watch these videos
Schoolscapes
David MacDougall
password: macdougall
2007, 77 min
Tourou et Bitti, les tambours d’avant
Jean Rouch
password: rouch
1971, 11 min
Koriam’s Law (NAFA Collection)
Gary Kildea & Andrea Simon
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User: NAFA for Leiden
Password: Leiden2020
2009, 1 hour and 50 minutes
The Age of Reason (Alexanderstreet)
David MacDougall
2004
Voices in the Desert – the Rashaida and Fuzum
Metje Postma
Password:Voices
2005
Write journal entries to these prompts
In addition to your entries/reflections on tutorial exercises, field studies, and method reflections, respond to the following module specific prompts.
- How would you characterize the relationship between Peter Avarea (the protagonist), the anthropologist, and the film team in Koriam’s Lawfrom the perspective of how the content of the film has been negotiated?
- With regard to how the filmmaker/anthropologist ‘speaks for’, ‘speaks with’, or ‘speaks nearby’ the subjects in the process of filmmaking and in the final product, reflect on how you think the authority to represent (the voice of ‘the other’) has been negotiated in the assigned films?
- Reflect on how you intend to “give voice” to your ‘subjects’ in your film and whether and in what way you intend to include your own voice.