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  • FID-SKA-Lizenzen  (8)
  • 1985-1989  (4)
  • 1970-1974  (4)
  • North America  (8)
  • 1
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (54 min.). , 005413
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Disappearing world
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Cayapo Indians. ; Hydroelectric power plants Environmental aspects ; Hydroelectric power plants Political aspects ; Hydroelectric power plants Social aspects ; Indians of South America ; Indians, Treatment of ; Brazil ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: Early in 1989 the Kayapo rallied other Brazilian Indians to attend a reunification of the tribes at Altamira-the proposed site of a massive hydro-electric dam that will flood large parts of the Xingu valley. The gathering also served as a media event as the Kayapo and their allies demonstrated their case to the assembled international press. The film focuses on the Kayapo's ability to manipulate the media, including Chief Rop-ni stage-managing his entrance to arrive with the pop-star Sting. However, much of the power of this film, made for Granada Television's Disappearing World series, comes from the tensions that revolve around the intricate planning behind the Altamira meeting. A Kayapo warrior, Payakan, brings together previously hostile and warring factions in a common cause. Tension mounts when, only days before the conference, he is rushed to hospital for major surgery, and must force himself from his hospital bed to ensure the survival of the alliance he has created.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Brazil. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 2
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    Online Resource
    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (55 min.). , 005455
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Disappearing world
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Cayapo Indians Social life and customs. ; Ethnology ; Ethnology. ; Indians of South America Social life and customs. ; Indians of South America Social life and customs. ; Brazil. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: This film focuses on the conflicts and determination of a group of people trying to survive and maintain their ethnic identity in the face of almost overpowering odds. The film contrasts the reactions of two groups of Kayapo to outside influence. The Kapot have opposed contact and resisted both non-indigenous Brazilian settlers and gold miners. The Gorotire, by contrast, were invaded by gold miners who strip-mined their land and polluted their rivers. The miners paid the Gorotire very little for the destruction until 1985 when the Gorotire forced the miners to raise the commission by 5% when 200 warriors seized the airstrip. This commission amounts to two million dollars per year for the tribe and the tribe is learning to cope with the money, both with the problems it brings and the power it gives. They have trained several of their number to deal effectively with the outside world on behalf of the rest of the tribe and they now run a plane (and hire a pilot) to patrol their land against intruders. The Kapot, in their own way, are also trying to assert their identity and independence. This portion of the film shows the Kapot in the traditional activities of building and dismantling a hunting camp. The hunters returning with the tortoises they have caught are a particularly impressive sight. The now famous Chief Rop-ni is featured as a leader of the Kapot and he states eloquently his opposition to the Gorotire's acceptance of the gold miners. Despite their adherence to tradition, however, the Kapot use modern technology – video, radios, etc. – to protect their interests and record their rituals. This is a political film and would be excellent for courses in anthropology, Latin American studies, ecology, development, and international politics.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Brazil. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 3
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    Online Resource
    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (55 min.). , 005434
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Disappearing world
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Basques. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In her book 'The Circle of Mountains' Sandra Ott provided a fascinating analysis of social reciprocity ... The film highlights the village's contemporary dilemmas and thereby complements rather than visualises the arguments in Ott's published ethnography ... The approach is to be applauded since the book and the film now make excellent companion pieces that can usefully be employed in any course on European ethnography. This film follows the lives over one year, shot during three intervals, of two Basque shepherding families who live in Santazi, a village in the foothills of the French Pyrenees. The film is the only Disappearing World film made in western Europe and it focuses on the continuity and change in the community. Change has come to the village of Santazi in recent years along the avenues of introduced roads and improved communication systems with the outside world. The effects stretch from people's relationship with the Catholic religion to inheritance customs. Television has of course also entered these villagers' homes. The traditional life of shepherding is also changing amidst the conflict of interest between those who have formed a syndicated in an effort to maintain the viability of shepherding and the sons who have taken jobs as linemen for the electricity company. This film shows the rationality behind the choice the villagers are making. This film is recommended for courses in anthropology, sociology, culture change, and European communities.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Santazi (Sainte-Engrâce), France. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English and Basque with English subtitles.
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  • 4
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    Online Resource
    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (53 min.). , 005241
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Accordion music History and criticism. ; Accordion music History and criticism. ; Austrians Ethnic identity. ; Austrians Music ; History and criticism. ; Conjunto music History and criticism. ; Ethnicity. ; Ethnomusicology. ; Mexican Americans Music ; Ethnic identity. ; Mexican Americans Music ; History and criticism. ; Mexican Americans Music ; History and criticism. ; Polkas History and criticism. ; Polkas History and criticism. ; Popular music History and criticism. ; Popular music History and criticism. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgments on the ‘roots’ of ‘conjunto’ music of the Chicanos, the film is able to reveal the different claims to ethnic identity. Most interestingly, Chicanos in Mexico and Texas and Austrians comment upon each others’ way of playing Polka.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in January 1986 in Monterrey, Mexico, San Antonio, Texas and Salzburgerland, Austria. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 5
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    Online Resource
    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: Quechua
    Pages: 1 online resource (53 min.). , 005257
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Disappearing world
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Quechua Indians ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: This film is set in a community of peasant agriculturalists 2 1/4 miles above sea level in the southern Peruvian Andes. Concentrating on a single family, the film explores aspects of religious and secular life. The first part of the film shows a pilgrimage to a Christian sanctuary situated close to the residence of the most powerful of the Central Andean mountain spirits (Apus) illustrating the syncretism of Catholic and pre-Hispanic local religious traditions. In the second part of the film we see a fertility rite for sheep, and the attempts of certain members of the community to procure government assistance for a motor road to the village which would link them more closely with the rest of Peruvian society. This film portrays the Quechua of the village of Camahuara as being in a sense sealed off from the rest of the world, but it also shows how their way of life is integrated with the Peruvian economy. It has been criticised for emphasising that the desire for change is coming from inside the traditional society rather than being forced on it from without.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Camahuara, Peru. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Quechua and English with English subtitles.
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  • 6
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    Online Resource
    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (55 min.). , 005443
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Disappearing world
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Ceremonial exchange ; Ethnology ; Kawelka (Papua New Guinean people) Social life and customs. ; Western Highlands Province (Papua New Guinea) Social life and customs. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: Ongka is a charismatic big-man of the Kawelka tribe who live scattered in the Western highlands, north of Mount Hagen, in New Guinea. The film focuses on the motivations and efforts involved in organising a big ceremonial gift-exchange or moka planned to take place sometime in 1974. Ongka has spent nearly five years preparing for this ceremonial exchange, using all his big-man skills of oratory and persuasion in order to try to assemble what he hopes will be a huge gift of 600 pigs, some cows, some cassowaries, a motorcycle, a truck and £5,500 in cash. As an example of the big-man familiar from written texts, Ongka is memorable, and the film manages to convey through this main character the importance of pigs, of exchange and of prestige in the life of these Highlanders. The film-crew never in fact managed to film the big moka, as the conspiratorial and complex manoeuvres involved in setting the date thwarted their plans. But we are shown Ongka replacing tee-shirt and shorts with his ceremonial feathers and setting off to a little moka where he collects pigs he 'invested' with his wife's father. The interview with Ongka's wife raises the issue of the sexual division of labour and the importance of the wife's labour in pig-rearing and moka preparation, as well as the role of women in the establishment of a big-man.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Papua New Guinea. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 7
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    Online Resource
    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (54 min.). , 005332
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Disappearing world
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Hinduism ; Kārttikeya (Hindu deity) ; Kataragama (Sri Lanka) Religious life and customs. ; Sri Lanka Religious life and customs. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In ever-increasing numbers Sinhalese of all religions (Muslims, Christians and Buddhists) are turning to Kataragama, an ancient Hindu God, at times of trouble and desperation. Once a year pilgrims make the journey to Kataragama's shrine in southeast Sri Lanka (Ceylon) to fulfil vows by performing acts of penance and worship in payment for a favour received. Kataragama is called on to help with a wide range of problems (unemployment, sickness, examinations, personal relationships) and is appealed to by people of all social backgrounds, notably the growing middle class and urban dwellers. A good third of the film is concerned with the annual festival, showing the often gruesome and sensational acts which the pilgrims perform including fire-walking, and the piercing of body and tongue with needles – all acts designed to obtain forgiveness and grace. One man is suspended from hooks in his back – a self-torture undertaken with apparent joy by a man who, like many others that perform such acts, feels himself (after a time) to be possessed by the God's spirit. These rather sensational acts are interwoven with the story of a peasant family whose son has disappeared, leading them eventually to seek help from Kataragama. The unfolding of this personal drama (with reconstruction of early episodes, and voice-over to detail their thoughts and feelings) forms the context for the events we see at the festival. The effect of the interweaving of these two 'stories' is to place the otherwise purely exotic spectacle of the pilgrims' acts of penance within a universally understandable social context – that of the despair of a family whose young son is lost. The unplanned return of the boy, apparently in response to the family's appeal to Kataragama, provides a dramatic and moving finale to a film which has been compared in some respects to the great Italian neo-realist films. Clearly this film is an important one both for anthropologists and those concerned with ethnographic film per se.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Sri Lanka. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 8
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    Online Resource
    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (40 min.). , 004017
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Disappearing world
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Indians of South America ; Indians of South America. ; Panare Indians. ; Venezuela. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In common with many other Indian groups in South America, the culture of the Panare Indians of Venezuela is threatened by their almost daily contact with neighbouring creoles, Spanish-speaking peasants. However, in spite of nearly fifty years of interaction, their culture has remained distinctively Indian. The film focuses on activities of their daily life, such as making cassava, preparing blow-darts, hunting and gathering. The Indians strongly resented the presence of the camera-crew; indeed, as Dumont points out early in the film, they were loath to reveal details of their belief-system even to him, although he had been living with them for eighteen months. This was the first and the shortest of the films in the Disappearing World series. Although useful and interesting, it is relatively superficial and its commentary contains some anthropological oddities; it cannot be compared with the much more sophisticated films made later in the series.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Venezuela. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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