PANELOVÁ DISKUZE - CO JE TO ETNOGRAFICKÝ FILM? / PANEL DISCUSSION - WHAT IS ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM?
ČR, 2013, 150 min
Katedra antropologie ZČU v Plzni
26.01.2013 11:00
Together with experts we will discuss the question of filmmaking in anthropology: What is ethnographic film? How can its ethnographicness be characterized? Is there any difference between ethnographic film and a video documentary from field research? What are the advantages and limits of ethnographic film in comparison with text as a standard medium of academic production?
International guests
Johannes Sjoberg, Granada center, University of Manchester, UK
Jaroslava Panáková, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Sophie Wagner, festival Ethnocineca, University of Vienna, Austria
The language of communication is English.
Director Matthew Lancit quit his day job to travel across Cameroon, visiting some of the world’s most joyous funeral celebrations. Throughout his excursion in the foreign countryside, Lancid is taken with the locals’belief that the dead are still roaming the Earth, leading Lancit himself to experience what might be spiritual connection with his own ancestors. Ultimately, Lancit learns about an altogetgher new way to celebrate the dead, their memory, and the way in which they still affect and even interact in our lives.
