Research: AN397 / AN797: Anthropology and Film: Ways of Seeing: Anthropology and Film

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Journal of Anthropological Films For the first time in the history of Visual Anthropology anthropological film can now be published on par with written articles, assessed by peers, and inscribed in international credential systems of academic publication as the Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) has launched this first edition of Journal of Anthropological Films (JAF)

This guide provides selected course-specific resources for AN397 / AN797: Anthropology and Film: Ways of Seeing

Decolonizing Visual Anthropology: Locating Transnational Diasporic Queers‐of‐Color Voices in Ethnographic Cinema, American Anthropologist, Mar 2021 (Wiley) The American ethnographic film canon remains dominated by straight white men. As anthropology takes on the task of confronting the riddle of white supremacy, this might be a good time to consider who remains missing from popular taxonomies of anthropological cinema and to bring them into the canon.

Ethnographic Video Online, Volume I-II: Foundational Films This link opens in a new window
Ethnographic Video Online, Vol. I-II: Foundational Films contains classic and contemporary ethnographies, documentaries and shorts from every continent, providing teachers visual support to introduce and contextualize hundreds of cultural groups and practices around the world.
Films in the Boston University Libraries catalog are licensed to Boston University for educational and research use only, for BU students, faculty, and staff.

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This guide was originally authored by Chris Smith, April, 2023.