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Collection of working papers from a workshop organized by the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research.
http://cc.joensuu.fi/sights/
Photographic essay about the natives of the Mistissini Reserve, focusing on changes caused by hydroelectric development.
http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/Cu...lViability/Cree/creeexhibit.html
Information about film projects by Wendy van Wilgenburg. Includes bibliographic references, and information on visual anthropology as a discipline.
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Wendy van Wilgenburg Anthropological documentaries http www.wendyvanwilgenburg.nl http www.potatodie.nl Bedstead Tremolo...Links to web sites of interest to Visual Anthropology.
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Links to Visual Anthropology resources Anthropology maintained by Peter Biella) Documentary Educational Resources (D.E.R Inc is a producer and distributor of films and videos in broadly defined areas of anthropology/ethnography, sociology and documentary. Royal Anthropological Institute Ethnographic Film, UK Institut fuer Wissenschaftliche Film, Germany ANTHRO...Photos of truck painting in Pakistan. An article by Martin Sökefeld that describes how trucks not only carry the loads but also the symbols, dreams, and idols of the population.
http://www.asienhaus.org/galerie/lkws/english/lkw.htm
Marcus Banks describes methodology and issues of documentation in this article published in the journal Social Research Update in 1995.
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Social Research Update 11: Visual research methods Update is published quarterly by the Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, England. Subscriptions for the hardcopy version are free to researchers with addresses in the UK. Apply by email to sru@soc.surrey.ac.uk. Visual research methods Marcus Banks...Reviews the work of Anya Bernstein. Features descriptions of her ethnographic documentaries, articles, and field notes.
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Cine-Trance Visual Anthropology Project ABOUT NEWSFILMSFIELD CONTACT LINKS...An Online Exhibit from the Oregon State University archiving Oregon's Emergency Farm Labor Service 1943-1947.
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Fighters on the Farmfront Home An Online Exhibit from the Oregon State University Archives and the Oregon State Archives About this Exhibit Go to the Fighters on the Farm Front Introduction Panel Oregon State University Archives Home Page Return to Oregon State Archives Home Page...Presents a documentary photo essay of Florida Fish camps. Contains a site map, sequence of images, links to books about photography, webrings, and awards.
http://www.deltaimage.com/links.asp
Photos by Leslie Plaza Johnson based on the examination of cultural constructions based on visual religious symbols. Offers works, photos, and links.
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Aztec Environmental Photography This site is dedicated to visual anthropology, a scientific and humanistic method of ethnographic investigation. This method of research employs the visual media to observe, record, interpret, and translate the human experience in a manner that is interesting, informative, relevant,...Photography of North Staffordshire, UK from the research programs in photography, visual ethnography, and philosophy at Staffordshire University.
http://www.newcastlelight.co.uk/
Presented by the American Memory, Library of Congress. Contains digital reproductions of photogravures from portfolios of the North American Indian.
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Edward S. Curtis's North American Indian (American Memory, Library of Congress) Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of Indians in popular culture....Provides education resource to the world's minority peoples by providing education, in words and pictures, about them.
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The Peoples of The World Foundation We work with indigenous peoples to document their traditional and modern life, sponsor their education and help them adapt to the challenges they face in a changing world. Donations are rewarded and used to fund educational scholarships benefiting the peoples...Contains the photography of Henri-Alexandre Junod documenting the Thonga of Mozambique.
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South African Museum Encounters with Photography During the last quarter of the 19th century, Europeans started to leave their perches on the coast of Africa and move into the interior. Educated missionaries and colonial administrators quickly attempted to employ the tools of anthropology to make sense...Contains abstracts from the conference exploring anthropology, and visual anthropology. Includes introduction, themes, photography, art exhibitions, and ethnographic films.
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Working Images Contact the organisers in collaboration with the Museu Nacional de Etnologia, Lisbon Working Images is funded by The Wenner Gren Foundation, the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, the Programa Operacional Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovação do Quadro Comunitário de Apoio III and the Fundação...Contains a gallery of Curtis' photography from the Smithsonian. Slide show format.
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Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis ...University of Oxford online catalogue of archival ethnographic films, and film footage.
http://www.rsl.ox.ac.uk/isca/haddon/HADD_home.html
A resource for information about communicating anthropology to the public, and through science media.
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CASC-Visual Anthropology Online Anthropology is communicated visually as well as by the written or spoken word, so it seems appropriate to include some resources here. This is not intended to be extensive for complete category listings, refer to the Directories listed in the...Anthropology photos by Andrei Filtchenko in slideshow format.
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VISAN studio of visual anthropology, Tomsk VISAN studio of visual anthropology, Tomsk 11/06/99 Click here to start Table of Contents 1 VISAN studio of visual anthropology, Tomsk 2 VISAN studio of visual anthropology, Tomsk 3 VISAN studio of visual anthropology, Tomsk 4 VISAN studio of visual anthropology, Tomsk 5 VISAN studio of...Authentic films and videotapes which depict their histories, and cultures from a Latin American perspective. Contains featured titles, about LAVA, reviews, and contact information.
http://www.lavavideo.org/
Offers ethnographic, and documentary film training program. Includes four-month program information, summer 2003 workshops, application for admission, and calendar.
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Carroll Warner Williams Anthropology Film Center His death was due to the sudden onset of symptoms associated with advanced transitional cell carcinoma. A memorial celebrating Carroll's life will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, August 13, 2005 at his home/studio in Valencia, New Mexico directions *We...Frontline Photojournalism Service covering photos specializing in war, human rights issues, politics, refugees, and development within Asia and Africa. Contains gallery, services available, links and contact information.
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One World Photography (OWP THE International Press Imagery Agency Members Area: Clients Members Area: Staff Services About Us Contact Us Terms and Conditions...Sociocultural anthropologist Karen Nakamura offers a resource for photo-ethnographers. Contains gallery, techniques, equipment, courses, and links.
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Photoethnography.com home page a resource for photoethnographers ...An independent film production, and distribution company offering socio-cultural documentaries, ethnographic films, and experimental fiction films. Resource for documentary, anthropology, education, and research.
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Triton Films documentary, anthropology, education, research Micronesian navigator initiation ritual which is filmed for the first time. A compelling journey back to a time and a way of life in the Pacific Islands that has all but been forgotten a world of traditional navigational knowledge, secret...Dedicated to the presentation of artwork, photographs, video, and sound recordings, which reflect the history, culture of Native Americans in North America, and Central America.
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American Indian Studies Studies programs were created at a number of universities throughout the United States beginning in the late 1960s. The American Indian Studies Program at California State University, Long Beach celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1994 and is the oldest continuous...Provides a section of the American Anthropological Association, promoting the study of visual representation, and media. Contains publications, subscription, member's forum, links, and contact.
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Society for Visual Antropology ...An article written by Edmund Carpenter of a High Arctic settlement on Zhokov Island, Russian Siberia.
http://www.upenn.edu/gsfa/arch/n...s/Human_Settlements/siberia.html
Features information on Edmund Snow Carpenter. Includes a full digital publication of "Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!" Also contains biographical and bibliographical information.
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Virtual Snow: Edmund Snow Carpenter on the Web Carpenter defies labels as much as his books defy categories. Anthropologist, filmmaker, teacher, writer he has lived in many cultures and worked in many media. His anthropological studies, which he began at the age of thirteen, have taken him to...Photography, and anthropology of the Arctic Circle. Contains virtual museum, natural resources, history, culture, social equity, environmental justice, and Arctic forum.
http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/Museum/
Contains historical archive photography from Smithsonian Institution, Montana Historical Society, Nez Perce National Historic Park, Idaho Historical Society, and private collections.
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1800s Nez Perce Photography The photos below are presented for public viewing and education on the Internet. They have been made available by the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Text for the archive photos presented for your viewing below has been written by Stan...Provides stock photography of ethnic groups from 120 different countries. Contains image library, services, print material, and event organization.
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Peter Langer Associated Media Group Our company is devoted to the creation of professional travel cultural photography of the highest quality. We also produce DVD, multi-image productions, print material and web sites based on our extensive image collection. Reliability, accuracy and personalized service have characterized...Contains images by Jean-Francois Berthet of Nepal, and Tibet. Includes photos of Kathmandu, landscapes, Potala, monks, monastaries, statues, paintings, rain, people, and windows.
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Nepal Tibet from Kathmandu to Lhassa and back Nepal -Tibet Kathmandu Lhassa and back Raja Hindustani J.F. Berthet Homepage Kathmandu Landscapes Potala Monks Monasteries- Statues Paintings Rain People Windows...Offers film and photographic catalogs, introductory texts, and web resources in anthropology. Provides resource services, anthropology news, and library tutorials.
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Anthropology Visual Anthropology General interest resources Library tutorials E-Resources Services About Us News Library Search Help/Feedback The University of Adelaide Library North Terrace ADELAIDE SA 5005 Phone 61 8 8303 5372 Fax 61 8 8303 4369 Email: library@adelaide.edu.au Visual anthropology a guide to...Offers history, executive board, organisation, newsletter, commissions, and race statement.
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I.U.A.E.S. home page History Executive Committee Organisation and Statutes Honorary Members Members Permanent Council Commissions Last NewsletterIUAES Race Statement Membership Congresses Statement on Spying IUAES Archive Upgraded 20 October 2006...A paper by Jay Ruby that explores the relationships between reflexivity, anthropology, and film.
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Exposing yourself: Reflexivity, anthropology, and film J Ruby Note original pagination has been preserved for citations purposes Self-consciousness about modes of representation (not to speak of experiments with them) has been very lacking in anthropology Geertz 1973:19) In our profession there is a lack of awareness even today...Jay Ruby and Richard Chalfen challenge the idea that film is art and science is an objective chronicler of reality in an article that discusses the difficulties experienced in the development of a truly anthropological cinema.
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Ruby Chalfen Visual Anthro at Temple A paper originally presented at the 1973 American Anthropological Association Meetings, New Orleans) The teaching of visual anthropology at Temple University has two larger contexts which, to some degree, define and give a specific focus to the training. The first...Features teaching, publications, on-going research on home media and Japanese culture conducted by Temple University and Boston Children’s Hospital.
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Welcome to Richard Chalfen's Office Applications are now being solicited and accepted for my Summer Session on Japanese Visual Culture, to be given at Temple University Japan in Tokyo. Information can be found here or by writing me at rchalfen@temple.edu Of Interest in Visual Anthropology:...Features out-of-print and unpublished materials for teaching and research.
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Web Archive in Visual Anthropology A is an archive resource for people interested in the anthropology of visual communication. It features out-of-print and unpublished materials useful for teaching and research. We have secured permission to place works on the web so that interested parties can...