visual ethnography – ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY

RECLAIM THE ANTHROPOLOGIX

Another treasure accidentally found on YouTube — “Anthem of Freelance Anthropology” shown on MTV. Freedom sounds mix of Ehtnographic Public Domain Footage: [FOOTAGE] EDWARD S. CURTIS “IN THE LAND OF WAR CANOES: KWAKIUTL INDIAN LIFE ON THE NORTHWEST COAST”(1914) ZORA NEALE HURSTON “FIELDWORK”(1928 ) MAYA DEREN “DIVINE HORSEMEN THE LIVING GODS OF HAITI”(1947) [MUSIC] THE […]

“Important Ideas” in Anthropology

Back in 1989, Edmund Carpenter joined in a particularly visceral polemic occasioned by the release of Robert Gardner’s film, Forest of Bliss. I will not recapitulate that debate here, which in part centered on Gardner’s art versus anthropological science, on Gardner’s visual poetry versus anthropological theory, on Gardner’s evocative imagery/imagination versus steady narration…I will just […]