Principles of Visual Anthropology

This edition contains 27 articles, written by scholars and filmmakers who are generally acknowledged as the international authorities in the field, and a new preface by the editor. The book covers ethnographic filming and its relations to the cinema and television; applications of filming to anthropological research, the uses of still photography, archives, and videotape; subdisciplinary applications in ethnography, archeology, bio-anthropology, museology and ethnohistory; and overcoming the funding problems of film production.

Autorentext

Paul Hockings is Professor (emeritus) of Anthroplogy at the University of Illinois-Chicago, USA.

Inhalt

INTRODUCTION
Visual Anthropology in a Discipline of Words Margaret Mead

ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMING AND THE CINEMA
The History of Ethnographic Film Emilie de Brigard
Feature Films as Cultural Documents John H. Weakland
McCarty's Law and How to Break it Mark Mc Carty

SOME RECENT APPROACHES TO ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM
The Camera and Man Jean Rouch
Observational Cinema Colin Young
Beyond Observational Cinema David MacDougall
Idea and Event in Urban Film John Marshall and Emile de Brigard
Research Filming of Naturally Occuring Phenomena: Basic Strategies E. Richard Sorenson and Allison Jablonko

VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE PAST
Ethnographic Film and History Jean Dominique Lajoux
Reconstructing Cultures on Film Asen Balikci
The Role of Film in Archeology Stuart Struever
Ethnographic Photography in Anthropological Research Joanna Cohan Scherer
Our Totemic Ancestors and Crazed Masters Jean Rouch

SOME SPECIALIZED USES OF FILM AND VIDEOTAPE
Photography and Visual Anthropology John Collier Jr.
Videotape: New Techniques of Observation and Analysis in Anthropology Joseph H. Schaeffer
Filming Body Behavior J. H. Prost
Audiovisual Tools for the Analysis of Culture Style Alan Lomax
Film in Ethnographic Research Timothy Asch and Patsy Asch

THE PRESENTATION OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Ethnographies on the Airwaves: The Presentation of Anthropology on American, British, Belgian and Japanese Television Faye Ginsburg
The First Videotheque Yasuhiro Omori
Funding Ethnographic Film and Video Productions in America Sabine Jell-Bahlsen
Ethnographic Filmmaking for Japanese Television Yasuko Ichioka
Matters of Fact Roger Sandall

THE FUTURE OF VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY
The Tribal Terror of Self-Awareness Edmund Carpenter
Visual Record, Human Knowledge, and the Future E. Richard Sorenson
Conclusion: Ethnographic Filming and Anthropological Theory Paul Hockings