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  • 1
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    Article
    In:  Museum Worlds - Advances in Research Vol. 7, 1 (2019)
    ISSN: 2049-6737 , 2049-6737 , 2049-6729
    Pages: 12 p.
    Titel der Quelle: Museum Worlds - Advances in Research
    Publ. der Quelle: Berghahn Journals
    Angaben zur Quelle: Vol. 7, 1 (2019)
    Keywords: collecting ; codex ; Great Britain ; market ; medieval manuscripts ; North America ; private collectors ; Renaissance
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  • 2
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    Article
    In:  Museum Worlds - Advances in Research Vol. 4, 1 (2016)
    ISSN: 2049-6737 , 2049-6737 , 2049-6729
    Pages: 15 p.
    Titel der Quelle: Museum Worlds - Advances in Research
    Publ. der Quelle: Berghahn Journals
    Angaben zur Quelle: Vol. 4, 1 (2016)
    Keywords: expeditions ; history of archaeology ; Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) ; North America ; repatriation ; Susquehanna River
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  • 3
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    Boulogne-Billancourt, France :Java Films,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (50 min.). , 005009
    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
    Series Statement: Third way to reach the remote tribes ; episode 3
    Keywords: Mbuti (African people) ; Pygmies ; Congo (Democratic Republic) ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In this episode, we journey through one of the most dangerous countries in the world – The Democratic Republic of Congo. Torn apart by a long lasting civil war, the country is still in the hands of rebel militias. The place where the Pygmies live, deep into the rainforest, is one of the rebels’ hiding places. This tribe is in great need of drinkable water and medicine. The team’s journey to the heart of the forest is full of unpredictability and danger.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 4
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    Online Resource
    Boulogne-Billancourt, France :Java Films,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (55 min.). , 005446
    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
    Series Statement: Third way to reach the remote tribes ; episode 8
    Keywords: Explorers Biography. ; Indigenous peoples. ; Survival. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In this episode, which concludes the series, we learn what drives Sebastian to reach and help remote people in their fight for survival.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 5
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    Boulogne-Billancourt, France :Java Films,
    Language: Khoisan (Other)
    Pages: 1 online resource (50 min.). , 005012
    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
    Series Statement: Third way to reach the remote tribes ; episode 2
    Keywords: San (African people) ; San (African people) Education. ; San (African people) ; San (African people) ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In this episode, Sebastian returns to visit one of his favourite tribes, the San of the Kalahari Desert. One of the biggest challenges they face today is education. Will Sebastian be able to help them and how?
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Namibia. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Khoisan and English with English subtitles.
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  • 6
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    Boulogne-Billancourt, France :Java Films,
    Language: Spanish
    Pages: 1 online resource (50 min.). , 005006
    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
    Series Statement: Third way to reach the remote tribes ; episode 1
    Keywords: Candoshi Indians ; Candoshi Indians ; Ethnological expeditions ; Ethnological expeditions ; Amazon River Region Discovery and exploration. ; Peru Discovery and exploration. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In this episode, we follow Sebastian on his quest to reach the Kandoshi people of Peru. We see how an expedition to remote tribes is prepared and led and journey deep into the Amazon.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Spanish and English with English subtitles.
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  • 7
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    Online Resource
    Boulogne-Billancourt, France :Java Films,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (50 min.). , 005003
    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
    Series Statement: Third way to reach the remote tribes ; episode 5
    Keywords: Inuit ; Inuit. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In this episode, we visit the Inuits. What problems are they facing and what do they need most?
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Nunavut, Canada. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 8
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    Online Resource
    Boulogne-Billancourt, France :Java Films,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (50 min.). , 005006
    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
    Series Statement: Third way to reach the remote tribes ; episode 6
    Keywords: Indigenous peoples Social life and customs ; Indigenous peoples ; Ni-Vanuatu Social life and customs ; Ni-Vanuatu ; Technology ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In this episode, we follow Sebastian on his fourth visit to one of the most primitive tribes on the planet, unknown to the world until 2001. They still wear tree branches and leaves as clothing, but their lifestyle is rapidly changing. Their have many requests, from water supply to solar lighting systems. How will they use this new technology?
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Vanuatu. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 9
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    London :Sky Vision,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (50 min.). , 005003
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Egypt ; episode 2
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Pyramids ; Egypt Antiquities. ; Egypt Civilization. ; Egypt History To 640 A.D. ; Egypt Religion. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: This documentary by Jeff Morgan is about the findings of archaeological research into the tombs and pyramids of Ancient Egypt.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Egypt and Sudan. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 10
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    Victoria, Australia :Looking Glass International,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (57 min.). , 005647
    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: Iranun (Philippine people) ; Samales Group (Philippines) ; Tausug (Philippine people) ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: They were known in history as brutal savages, fearless slave raiders and above all - pirates. Hailing from the Sulu Sea region in the Southern regions of the Philippines, the Ilanun, Balangingi Samal & Taosug tribes raided and plundered settlements in the Philippines, Borneo, Java, the Straits of Malacca and all over South East Asia in the search for human cargo to feed the growing demands of the slave trade in the 16th to 19th century. They wielded deadly weapons, were well organized and built formidable fast warships that ran circles around the bigger and heavier Western ships. These men, either sanctioned by their respective Sultanates or their own tribal leaders, defied colonial occupation and rule, instigating a wave of terror throughout the archipelago for more than 300 years. But there is evidence that they were not merely the savages they were made out to be. Some historians have argued that these were indigenous people merely defending their way of life from the conquering colonial forces. Others have said that we need to put this violence and slave raids into the proper perspective. This is a story of men who clung fiercely to their faith, eluding a technologically superior foe. It is also a story of how these men who lived by the sword, eventually died by it. So were they pirates and barbarians? Or warriors and freedom fighters? Discover the truth behind the Raiders of the Sulu Sea, and judge for yourself.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 11
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    Online Resource
    Boulogne-Billancourt, France :Java Films,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (50 min.). , 005003
    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
    Series Statement: Third way to reach the remote tribes ; episode 7
    Keywords: Hmong (Asian people) Vietnam, Northern. ; Hmong (Asian people) ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In this episode, Sebastian visits the Hmong tribes of Northern Vietnam, who were isolated by the regime following their help given to the Americans during the Vietnam War.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Vietnam. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 12
    Online Resource
    Online Resource
    Boulogne-Billancourt, France :Java Films,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (50 min.). , 005011
    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
    Series Statement: Third way to reach the remote tribes ; episode 4
    Keywords: Indigenous peoples Cultural assimilation ; Indigenous peoples ; Ni-Vanuatu Cultural assimilation ; Ni-Vanuatu ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: Of all the tribes Sebastian has worked with, the Nafe tribes in Vanuatu are the only ones who have managed to find a way of living according to their traditions whilst being open to accept what is useful from the West. What is the secret to their success?
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Vanuatu. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 13
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    London :Sky Vision,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (48 min.). , 004814
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Egypt ; episode 5
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Civilization History. ; Mummies ; Egypt Civilization. ; Egypt History To 640 A.D. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: This documentary by Jeff Morgan is about what modern technology and mummies can tell us about the lives and deaths of Ancient Egyptians.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Egypt and Sudan. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 14
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    Online Resource
    Surrey, England :Journeyman Pictures,
    Language: Papuan (Other)
    Pages: 1 online resource (51 min.). , 005035
    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: Documentary films ; Huli (Papua New Guinean people) ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: Stuck between ancestral values and an ever changing modern world, the Huli people of Papua New Guinea find themselves struggling to maintain their tribal identity. An empathetic look at life's daily struggles.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Papua New Guinea. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Huli and English with English subtitles.
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  • 15
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    Article
    In:  Anthropology in Action - Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice Vol. 17, 2-3 (2010)
    ISSN: 1752-2285 , 1752-2285 , 0967-201X
    Pages: 9 p.
    Titel der Quelle: Anthropology in Action - Journal for Applied Anthropology in Policy and Practice
    Publ. der Quelle: Berghahn Journals
    Angaben zur Quelle: Vol. 17, 2-3 (2010)
    Keywords: American Anthropological Association ; anthropology education ; high school ; North America ; Smithsonian Institution
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  • 16
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    Honolulu, HI :Asia Pacific Films,
    Language: Indonesian
    Pages: 1 online resource (70 min.). , 010958
    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: Motion pictures ; North America ; Feature films.
    Abstract: Kantata Takwa was originally the name of a collaborative group of performers, which included musician Iwan Fals, his band, poet W.S. Rendra and his theatre group. In 1991, Kantata Takwa performed in a huge concert, singing songs about the oppressiveness of Soeharto's new order regime. Live footage of this performance is intercut with artists' interviews, and a loose narrative of a people who are ultimately killed by their oppressors. Due to its political content, Kantata Takwa was 18 years in the making, and only released in 2008. Awards/Festivals: Golden Hanoman Award, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival; Singapore International Film Festival; Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival; Indonesian Film Festival, Melbourne; St. George Bank Brisbane International Film Festival; Osian Cinefan Film Festival.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Indonesia. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Indonesian with English subtitles.
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  • 17
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    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (71 min.). , 011114
    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: Acetics ; Hindu priests ; Hinduism ; Pilgrims and pilgrimages ; Sadhus ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: The film narrates the story of Uma Giri, a Swedish woman who has become a Hindu nun, called Uma Giri. She is one of the few western women to be accepted into the most radical order of wandering Hindu ascetics. The film follows her and 29-year-old yogi, Vasisht Giri, on an 18 day pilgrimage of self-discovery into the high Himalayas. They search out and stay with the saints and mystics of Hinduism in their remote huts and caves. They meet one sadhu who has not spoken for 14 years living beside the source of the River Ganges, Hinduism most sacred river. Finally, Uma discovers what she has been searching for.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in India. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 18
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    [Honolulu, HI?] :['Olena Productions],
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (114 min.). , 015332
    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: Cockers (Persons) ; Cockfighting ; Game fowl Breeding ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: In this Special Edition of Cockfighters: The Interviews, documentary filmmaker Stephanie J. Castillo has created a documentary which presents a non-judgmental, anthropological inquiry into the American subculture of cockfighting and game fowl breeding. We see five interviews with American cockfighters/game fowl breeders. They are asked to explain and show from their point of view What is cockfighting really and just who are cockfighters? A cockfighter's grandaughter, Castillo asked the 'cockers,' as they call themselves, to reveal the breadth and depth of their fascinating, controversial lifestyle spun around this American sport that has long been devalued and targeted for extinction by animal rights activists. Cockfighting is now banned in all states and has gone deeply underground. Castillo presents a multi-cultural view of the sport in America and an invaluable chronicle that expands one's understanding of cockfighters and captures the nuances lost on those who look no deeper than the cockpit.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in United States. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 19
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    Online Resource
    Iran :Iranian Independents,
    Language: Persian
    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: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Feminism ; Muslim women ; Women Social conditions. ; Women Social life and customs. ; Women ; Iran Social conditions 1997- ; Tehran (Iran) ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: Filmed in a woman's restroom located in a public park in Iran's metropolitan center of Tehran, this documentary explodes Western stereotyping of women in Iran. The elder who runs the washroom offers a shoulder to cry on or tough love in a place where women, many of them especially marginalized because they are prostitutes, addicts or runaways, feel safe enough to remove their veils, and draw on cigarettes and their opinions on a wide range of subjects that men cannot hear them speaking about: sex, family abuse, relationships, drugs, religion and self-mutilation. The director (and admired actress) supplies the audience with an unflinching, detailed examination of the lives of the women who use the restroom as a gathering place. Mary Kerr, Programming Director of Silverdocs, highly praises the way private conversations establish community: "Never before have I been so surprised by a film's candor and honesty. The Ladies' Room is an amazing testament to Mahnaz Afzali's restraint as a filmmaker as she steps into the background and lets these women, who are second-class citizens in Iran, be themselves - totally unrestrained and surprisingly progressive." Awards/Festivals: Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 2003; Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2004; Vienna International Film Festival 2004; Adelaide Film Festival 2005.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Tehran, Iran. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Farsi, western (Persian) with English subtitles.
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  • 20
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    Online Resource
    Indonesia :Set Film Workshop,
    Language: Indonesian
    Pages: 1 online resource (90 min.). , 013003
    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: Eluay, Ondofolo Dortheys Hiyo, Drama. ; Papua (Indonesia) Drama. History ; Autonomy and independence movements ; North America ; Feature films.
    Abstract: Arnold, a 15 year old Papuan boy, obsesses over his desire to kiss a young woman he meets at the port. Meanwhile, his father Bertold, is being hunted down by a group of anonymous thugs for his political activities demanding justice for the detention of independence leader Theys Hiyo Eluay. When Theys is murdered, Bertold goes into hiding, leaving his son to fend for himself. This is the first Indonesian feature set in Irian Jaya.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in StateIrian Jaya. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Indonesian with English subtitles.
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  • 21
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    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: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Series Statement: Forbidden rites
    Keywords: North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: The history of cannibalism around the world and its role in different culture, from ancient Britain to Papua New Guinea. The Forbidden Rites trilogy explores cannibalism, head hunting and human sacrifice. This series includes first-hand accounts, expert interviews, and rarely seen footage. It reveals the legends behind man-eating tribes, headhunters in jungles of Ecuador and sheds light on the link between human sacrifice and salvation. The series looks at rituals considered important and acceptable to one society but regarded, particularly in the West, as unacceptable and even abhorrent. The aim is to look at the differences and get explanations from practitioners in other societies as to why such rituals worked for them.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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  • 22
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    Honolulu, HI :Asia Pacific Films,
    Language: Bengali
    Pages: 1 online resource (107 min.). , 014640
    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: Motion pictures ; North America ; Feature films.
    Abstract: In 1947, following the partition of India, Pakistan was formed. In East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), millions of Hindu families were forced to choose between living under Islamic rule, or abandoning the land, which their ancestors had been living in for centuries. Shashikanta Sengupta, a lawyer, refuses to migrate, although he sends his son to study in Calcutta. Together with his daughter, Minoti and his sister, Anuprava Devi, they continue to live in their hometown of Narail, by their beloved River Chitra. However, the riots and demonstrations of the sixties end up changing the course of their lives forever. Festivals: London Film Festival; Oslo International Film Festival; Fribourg International Film Festival; Singapore International Film Festival; Delhi International Film Festival; Kolkata International Film Festival; Trivandrum International Film Festival.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Bangladesh. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Bengali with English subtitles.
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    London :Sky Vision,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (50 min.). , 005006
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Egypt ; episode 1
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Antiquities. ; Civilization. ; Egypt Antiquities. ; Egypt Civilization To 332 B.C. ; Egypt History To 332 B.C. ; Egypt. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: This documentary by Jeff Morgan is about archaeological research into the early history of Ancient Egypt.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Egypt and Sudan. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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    Honolulu, HI :Asia Pacific Films,
    Language: Malay
    Pages: 1 online resource (92 min.). , 013141
    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: Motion pictures ; North America ; Feature films.
    Abstract: Based on the novel, Juara, by S. Othman Kelantan, Mamat, a Malaysian, works in Southern Thailand as a trainer in bullfighting (a jogho). In this small village, the winnings from the gambling during bull-fights, maintains the village economy. But when a village leader is killed during a bull-fight, Mamat has to uphold the village's honour by taking revenge. But a cycle of violence soon follows. U-Wei bin Haji Saari is the key Malaysian filmmaker preceding the rise of the Malaysian New Wave in 2000. His seminal work was his feature debut, Woman, Wife and Whore (1993). In 1995, his third feature, The Arsonist (1994), became the first Malaysian film to be selected in Cannes. The Champion (Jogho) is his fourth work and his latest feature, Hanyut (2011), based on Joseph Conrad's Almayer's Folly will be released in 2011.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Thailand. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Malay with English subtitles.
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    Honolulu, HI :Asia Pacific Films,
    Language: Vietnamese
    Pages: 1 online resource (116 min.). , 015621
    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: Feature films ; North America ; Feature films.
    Abstract: Set in a rice-growing village in Vietnam, this is a tale of crossroads where stories flow together like small rivers of sorrow. 17-year-old Nham has left school to care for his widowed mother, his little sister Minh, and his sister-in-law Ngu. Ngu, whose husband left to work in a coal mine five years ago and has only come home twice for a few days, lives in daily sadness and with a deep longing for him and a complete life. Nham and his family are visited by Quyen, who has come from America to revisit the village where she was raised by her aunt, Nham's relative. Quyen shares her nostalgia for her childhood with Nham as she remembers the places and the life she left before leaving her bad marriage. As Nham befriends her, his sexuality is awakened by her attractive personality and vivacious good looks. Ngu sees this attention being paid to Quyen by Nham and harbors a quiet jealousy. As Nham opens to his sexual feelings, his embarrassment drives him from Quyen but his sexuality is further awakened by innocent comfort given to Ngu. Nostalgia for the Countryside sweeps us through strong emotions as we experience the characters' heartbreaks and sorrows.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Vietnam. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Vietnamese.
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    London :British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),
    Language: Javanese
    Pages: 1 online resource (49 min.). , 004847
    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
    Series Statement: Under the sun
    Keywords: Bulls Ethnology. ; Java (Indonesia) Social conditions. ; North America ; Documentary television programs.
    Abstract: On the tiny islands of Sapudi and Madura in Eastern Java, racing bulls are fed a special diet of chillies, beer, honey, herbs and eggs and are sensuously massaged to keep them on top form. This is because racing bulls represent honour, masculinity and identity to the islanders whose young jockeys train with almost religious zeal for the annual contest.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in East Java. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Javanese and English with English subtitles.
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    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (58 min.). , 005821
    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: Uduk (African people) ; Sudan History Civil War, 1983-2005. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: Granada Television’s major documentary series looks at various aspects of societies from around the world.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Sudan, Africa. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (56 min.). , 005550
    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: Murzu (African people) ; Murzu (African people) Rites and ceremonies. ; Ethiopia Social life and customs. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: The proper time for a man to go through the Age Set Ceremony, the nitha, is just as he reaches physical maturity. But many years may elapse from one nitha to the next, so it is inevitable that some men will be well past this stage before they become 'adults'. Thus the occasion of this nitha, performed by the Mursi of Southwest Ehtiopia, gives adulthood to an entire generation for the first time in thirty years. The ceremony affirms individual identities as adults as well as their group identity as Mursi. The ceremony is performed admidst fears that this may be the last nitha. The continuing attacks on the tribe by the Bume and other neighbouring enemies using automatic weapons and the constant threat of drought and famine all undermine the existence of the Mursi.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in 1974 in Ethiopia. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (55 min.). , 005501
    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: Cakchikel Indians. ; Indians of Central America ; Indians of Central America. ; Mayas. ; Guatemala. ; San Antonio Palopó (Guatemala) ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: The documentary shows how Cakchiquel Maya of a village on Lake Atitlan in Guatemala adapted to recent changes. It emerges that the lake has become a favoured spot for holiday homes and that the village has been subject to streams of tourists in the last decades. The filmmakers, while they are officially welcomed and given permission to film, in practice many people hid their faces, would not co-operate and even threw stones. The film team tried to find an explanation of the Maya hostility to the camera.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in San Antonio Palopo, Guatemala. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    London :British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (47 min.). , 004715
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Diary of a Maasai village ; episode 5
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Ethnology ; Ethnology. ; Maasai (African people) Social life and customs. ; Manners and customs. ; Kenya Social life and customs. ; Kenya. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: This documentary, directed by Melissa Llewelyn-Davies, is about a ceremony called the 'ox of ilbaa' which takes place in a Kenyan Maasai village.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Kenya. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English and Maasai with English subtitles.
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    London :British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (52 min.). , 005148
    Edition: Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Ethnographic video online, volume 2). Available via World Wide Web.
    Series Statement: Diary of a Maasai village ; episode 1
    Series Statement: Ethnographic video online, volume 2
    Keywords: Ethnology ; Ethnology. ; Maasai (African people) Social life and customs. ; Manners and customs. ; Kenya Social life and customs. ; Kenya. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: This documentary, directed by Melissa Llewelyn-Davies, is about cattle and legal issues in a Kenyan Maasai Village.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Kenya. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English and Maasai with English subtitles.
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    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: Kazakh
    Pages: 1 online resource (55 min.). , 005500
    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: Kazakhs ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: The Kazakhs of Xinjiang (Sinkiang) are one of the fifty-five national minorities that now live within the borders of the People's Republic of China. The policy of the Chinese Communist Party toward these people has been one of Sinofication, a neutralization of 'reactionary' local leaders and an alliance of Han Chinese with the indigenous culture. Xinjiang is a particularly sensitive area for the Chinese because of the traditional ties of the Kazakh with the Soviet Union. In 1962, some 50,000 Kazakhs and other non-Han peoples sought refuge in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. Since then, the Sino-Soviet border has been closed, and until recently the entire area was off-limits to non-Chinese outsiders. This film offers unique ethnographic material about the Kazakh, as well as about Chinese policies in the years following the Cultural Revolution. The film follows the movement of the family of Abdul Gair, illustrated the cycles and tensions of present day Kazakhs, mixes detail of their traditional life as herders with suggestion of the effect of Chinese rule. The Chinese government allowed the filmmakers freedom to choose the subjects and people for the interviews and action sequences. Because of this, the film expresses, to a great extent, the view of the filmmaker, not of the Chinese government. Against a background of the Tienshan Mountains, the Kazakhs are shown branding yaks, milking mares, drinking kumis (fermented mare's milk), making their yearly move from winter to summer quarters, and setting up their felt-covered summer tents. Then, through the trip of Ahmed the production team leader to the brigade headquarters, the film portrays the relations between Kazakh and Han, showing the brigade's authority. Rather than livestock, formerly a mark of wealth being owned for individual profit, production and gain is now controlled by the brigade leaders. Women are given more freedom within the community. Kazakh children now have an opportunity for education in the Kazakh language, but the teaching is largely Party doctrine; they have health care, but this again is Chinese. Yet, despite pre-1977 restrictions on local religion and nomadic culture, and although Abdul Gair is himself a Party member, the Chinese do not, as yet, control the Kazakh. The Kazakh have retained their horses, not only as wealth, but as a means of freedom. Here, as in other cultures where a strong centralized government controls a minority, the continued cultural independence of the Kazakh is an open question. The Chinese policy is currently to move as many Han as possible from the overcrowded central areas of China to the less populated border areas such as Xinjiang. This film gives an understanding, not only of a Kazakh society, but also insights into current change, of the conflicts of domination and independence.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in China. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Kazakh and English with English subtitles.
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    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (39 min.). , 003852
    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: Afghans ; Ethnology ; Pushtuns Social life and customs. ; Refugees ; Pakistan Social life and customs. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: There are twelve million Pathans. Bound by a common language, a common heritage and the unifying force of Islam, these proud and independent people do not acknowledge the geographical boundary which divides them between Afghanistan and Pakistan. This film was shot at the same time as Khyber in Pakistan, close to the Afghan border. The Pathans accept no imposed leadership, from without or from within. Their laws are the decisions of the democratic assembly of the village, known as the jirga. To disobey the jirga is to court heavy penalties against which there is no appeal. Their code of living is called pukhtunwali ­ the way of the Pathan. At its core are the principles of hospitality, personal honour and revenge. A man will fight to the death to avenge a wrong done to himself, his family or friends or, above all, his women. The film is noteworthy for the way in which it brings out the importance of these values. Their fierce loyalty, coupled with the independence of spirit which tolerates no formal leaders, makes the Pathans a formidable enemy, as the British once found out and, more recently, the Soviet invaders of Afghanistan have discovered.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Pakistan. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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    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: Afghan Wars. ; Ethnology ; Pushtuns History. ; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) History, Military. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: For more than a century Britain was engaged in war with the Pashtun tribesmen of India's North West frontier. It began with the bloodiest massacre in the history of the British Empire when, in January 1842, some 17,000 British soldiers, women and children died in Gandamark, en route to the Khyber Pass. ‘Khyber’ tells the story of how the British experience in the North West Frontier was part of the Great Game, as Rudyard Kipling called it. It was never a successful game and rarely took cognisance of the wishes of the Pashtun tribes that bore the brunt of the different resulting wars. Looking at the history up to the Soviet invasion in 1979, Khyber features the final interview with Sir Olaf Caroe, last governor of the North West Frontier Province before partition, and with Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck, last commander of the British Army in India. The film looks at the different perspectives of the conflicts by both British and Pashtun and provides fascinating parallels to what is happening in Afghanistan today.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: Cushitic (Other)
    Pages: 1 online resource (54 min.). , 005352
    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: Camels. ; Nomads ; Rendille (African people) Social life and customs. ; Ethnology ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: The Rendille are camel herders who live in villages and camps dotted over 10,000 square miles of desert and scrub bush in Northern Kenya. As the terrain they occupy is so dry, the Rendille grow no crops and their cultural and economic life is centred on their animals. As with other pastoral peoples, the Rendille have to be sensitive to the ever-shifting relationship between humans, animals and 'natural' resources in order to maintain a suitable balance between them. Throughout the year the Rendille have to follow the grazing and rains, dividing their herds between camel camps and semi-permanent village settlements. Long-term planning and decision-making are therefore crucial and this film brings out the manner in which the elders make their decisions. Each man gives his opinion and is listened to attentively until eventually a consensus is reached. The role of the sexual division of labour and the age-set system is explained in commentary, interviews and visual sequences, in a way which allows the viewer insights in the various interacting levels of Rendille social structure. Sequences detailing the ritual activities surrounding the naapo ceremony (which marks a young man's transition to elderhood) are given towards the end of the film, after explanation of the fact that young men have to live in camel camps for about 14 years, while girls look after sheep and goats living in settlements with women and elders. In this way the building of symbolic villages by moran, each man making his own 'home' with stones representative of wife and children before sacrificing a goat, is denied status as exotic spectacle the subtitled comments of the naapo participants convey their feelings of embarrassment and uncertainty about the ritual procedure and allow a visual statement to be made about the relationship of ritual to every-day life. The importance of the purely visual images in conveying a sense of vast desert space, of a daily life filled with the movement and sight of camels, sheep and goats, and of the social effects of village layout, is not to be underestimated. Although this colour film could be criticised for at times beautifying and softening the rough edges of pastoral life, its power as a statement of what it means to exist as a Rendille is very much a property of the camera work. The skilled usage of cinema verite techniques, combined with full subtitling of interviews, gives to this film an integrity and sensitivity which serves to reinforce its concern for the Rendille and its anxiety that for the Kenyan authorities the Rendille are a problem and an embarrassment.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Kenya. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in Rendille and English with English subtitles.
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    London :Royal Anthropological Institute,
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (52 min.). , 005215
    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: Kyrgyz Economic conditions. ; Kyrgyz Social life and customs. ; Kyrgyz ; Afghanistan Social life and customs. ; Kyrgyzstan Social life and customs. ; North America ; Documentary films.
    Abstract: The Kirghiz of Afghanistan are a group of some 2,000 pastoralists living on a bleak mountain plateau in a narrow isthmus of land between the borders of the Soviet Union and China. For nine months of the year heavy snows cover the ground, which was formerly used only by the Kirghiz for their summer pastures before the borders were closed, virtually terminating the contact of this group with other Kirghiz communities. Although the film shows dramatically the ten-day journey which lowland traders must make to reach this remote people, as well as scenes of a Kirghiz wedding and the traditional Central Asian sport of 'buzkashi' ­ demonstrating the horse-riding skills of the people ­ there is very little about the pastoral economy and society of the ordinary Kirghiz. The main reason for this is that the film focuses on the remarkable wealth and authority of their leader ­ the Khan ­ by far the wealthiest pastoralist on the plateau. Ninety-five Kirghiz families work for him as shepherds and herders. The film's principal concern is to show the way in which the Khan wields his power (using interviews with him and illustrative scenes) which thus turns The Kirghiz into a study of oppressive paternalism in this remote corner of the world. There is, however, some disagreement over the interpretation of the Khan's role.
    Note: Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 6, 2014). , Recorded in Afghanistan. , Previously released as DVD. , This edition in English.
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    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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    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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    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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    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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