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Ajishama, The White Ibis
written by John Dickinson, 1946-; directed by John Dickinson, 1946-; produced by John Dickinson, 1946- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2003), 1 hour 25 mins
Shot in Venezuela over a 30-year period, this documentary depicts the life and work of Jose Maria Korta, the controversial Jesuit Missionary with the indigenous people of the Amazon.
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written by John Dickinson, 1946-; directed by John Dickinson, 1946-; produced by John Dickinson, 1946- (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2003), 1 hour 25 mins
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Shot in Venezuela over a 30-year period, this documentary depicts the life and work of Jose Maria Korta, the controversial Jesuit Missionary with the indigenous people of the Amazon. Shot in Venezuela over a 30-year period, this documentary depicts the life and work of Jose Maria Korta, the controversial Jesuit Missionary who joined the Makiritare tribe in the remote upper Ventuari Amazon Territory to initiate economic self-development projects i...
Shot in Venezuela over a 30-year period, this documentary depicts the life and work of Jose Maria Korta, the controversial Jesuit Missionary with the indigenous people of the Amazon. Shot in Venezuela over a 30-year period, this documentary depicts the life and work of Jose Maria Korta, the controversial Jesuit Missionary who joined the Makiritare tribe in the remote upper Ventuari Amazon Territory to initiate economic self-development projects in which Indians produced honey and meat, managed their own transport systems and participated in a broad based marketing co-op called CEPAI. The success of these ventures, and Korta's increasing dedication to economic development instead of proselytizing caused resentment among other missionaries. The Indians at times mismanaged their new resources as they found themselves unprepared for the increased contact with the outside world. In 1990 Korta realized that although CEPAI had gone a long way to solve some of the economic problems particularly in the Amazon basin, it had not addressed general cultural issues.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Dickinson, 1946-, Virgilio Sarmiento, Henry Quintero, José A. Colinas, Noel Rodriguez, Hector Cantele, Alberto Valdez, Ignacio Castellot, Alejandro Goñi, Antonio Rodriguez, Isaias Rodriguez, José Maria Korta, 1929-
Author / Creator
John Dickinson, 1946-
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Yecuana, Cultural assimilation, Schools, Cultural identity, Economic development, Cultural change and history, Tribal and national groups, Missionaries, Indigenous peoples, Ethnography, Maquiritari
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Altar of Fire
written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; produced by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 45 mins
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual.
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written by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; directed by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 and J. F. Staal, fl. 2010; produced by Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 45 mins
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This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Ve...
This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. This film records a 12 day ritual performed by Mambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving human ritual. Long considered extinct and never witnessed by outsiders, the ceremonies require the participation of seventeen priests, involve libations of Soma juice and oblations of other substances, all preceded by several months of preparation and rehearsals. They include the construction, from a thousand bricks, of a fire altar in the shape of a bird. Around 1500 B.C., nomads who spoke an Indo-European language entered India and evolved a complex ritual involving the cults of fire and Soma, a hallucinogenic plant that grew in the Western Himalayas. Their Vedic language developed into Sanskrit, the classical language of Indian civilization. Among the later religions of India, Hinduism accepted and Buddhism rejected the Vedic culture. But both retained many of its ritual forms and recitations. Some of these have traveled all over Asia. Agni, the fire, is still worshipped with the help of Vedic mantras in Japanese Buddhist temples. In India itself, the preservation of the Agnicayana, though partly explained by the extraordinary conservatism of the Vedic Brahmins and their dedication to the culture of their spiritual ancestors, remains one of the miracles of history.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014
Author / Creator
Robert G. Gardner, 1925-2014, J. F. Staal, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
1976
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Nambudiri, Cultural change and history, Linguistics, Anthropology, Vedas, Religion, Religious rites and ceremonies, Ethnography
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Asking Ayahai: An Ayoreo Story
written by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004; directed by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004; produced by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 42 mins
The film focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder, whose life spans the period of dramatic transition for the Ayoreo of South America’s Gran Chaco as they moved from nomadic hunter/gatherers to wage laborers. Currently a part-time panhandler in Santa Cruz, his story is common to ma...
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written by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004; directed by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004; produced by Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2004), 42 mins
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The film focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder, whose life spans the period of dramatic transition for the Ayoreo of South America’s Gran Chaco as they moved from nomadic hunter/gatherers to wage laborers. Currently a part-time panhandler in Santa Cruz, his story is common to many lowland indigenous peoples. Focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder and part-time panhandler in Santa...
The film focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder, whose life spans the period of dramatic transition for the Ayoreo of South America’s Gran Chaco as they moved from nomadic hunter/gatherers to wage laborers. Currently a part-time panhandler in Santa Cruz, his story is common to many lowland indigenous peoples. Focuses on the personal journey of Ayahai, an 80-year-old Ayoreo elder and part-time panhandler in Santa Cruz whose life spans the period of dramatic transition for the Ayoreo of South America’s Gran Chaco as they change from nomadic hunter/gatherers into wage laborers. Ayahai’s testimony of the critical contact moment between the Ayoreo and Westerners is juxtaposed with the memories of Dr. Charles Ramsey, another Octogenarian who was one of the first missionaries to reach Ayahai’s group in the 1950s. Since that first meeting, the Ayoreo have been discriminated against at all levels of Bolivian and Paraguayan society and face debilitating poverty. During a village screening of the unfinished film with the filmmaker the Ayoreo community gains an opportunity to discuss and respond to the opinions of the non-Ayoreo in Santa Cruz. The documentary challenges stereotypical images of lowland indigenous peoples like the Ayoreo with a portrait of their lived experience, while raising questions of interest to a wider anthropological audience concerned with the politics of memory, representation and native rights in Latin America. Although a growing body of ethnographic and pictorial representations exist in Spanish, French and German, very little has been published on the Ayoreo in English, and even less has been filmed. Supplemented by traditional songs, the film puts a human face on a transnational tribal peoples struggle for self-determination.
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Date Written / Recorded
2003
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004, Ayahai Chiqueno
Author / Creator
Lucas Bessire, fl. 2004
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Person Discussed
Ayahai Chiqueno
Topic / Theme
Ayoreo, Tribal and national groups, Migration, Homelessness, Cultural change and history, Imperialism, Traditional history, Anthropology, Indigenous peoples, Ethnography
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Being Innu
written by Catherine Mullins; directed by Catherine Mullins; produced by Catherine Mullins (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 1 hour 16 mins
For thousands of years the Innu lived off the land. They were nomads, sometimes also known as the Montagnais. In the 1960s, government policy forced them to settle and form communities in Labrador and Quebec. Ancestral ways collided with modern ones, and gave rise to ongoing struggles. Now the grandchildren tell t...
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written by Catherine Mullins; directed by Catherine Mullins; produced by Catherine Mullins (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2007), 1 hour 16 mins
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For thousands of years the Innu lived off the land. They were nomads, sometimes also known as the Montagnais. In the 1960s, government policy forced them to settle and form communities in Labrador and Quebec. Ancestral ways collided with modern ones, and gave rise to ongoing struggles. Now the grandchildren tell their own story. For thousands of years the Innu lived off the land. They were nomads, sometimes also known as the Montagnais. In the 19...
For thousands of years the Innu lived off the land. They were nomads, sometimes also known as the Montagnais. In the 1960s, government policy forced them to settle and form communities in Labrador and Quebec. Ancestral ways collided with modern ones, and gave rise to ongoing struggles. Now the grandchildren tell their own story. For thousands of years the Innu lived off the land. They were nomads, sometimes also known as the Montagnais. In the 1960s, government policy forced them to settle and form communities in Labrador and Quebec. Ancestral ways collided with modern ones, and gave rise to ongoing struggles. Now the grandchildren tell their own story. Being Innu takes an unvarnished look at life in the village of Sheshatshiu, Labrador. Six savvy, gutsy young people talk to Montreal filmmaker Catherine Mullins about addiction, suicide, lack of jobs, hopelessness. They will grab your heart with their stories: "I first thought about suicide when I was 7," says April, 16. They will make you laugh with their wry humour: "What do you do when you live in a shoe?" Jimmy, 25. Interviews with elders, grandparents and teachers round out this portrait of a community in crisis - sadly a situation not unlike that of many other aboriginal nations.What is remarkable about Innu youth is their love of the land and of their native language. For them, being Innu means finding a balance between the traditional ways of the past and today's reality.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Catherine Mullins, Theresa Andrew, Penote Michel, Neil, David Montague, Michel Andrew, Jimmy, April
Author / Creator
Catherine Mullins
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Innu, Alcoholism, Addictions, Suicides, Cultural assimilation, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Cultural change and history, Ethnography, Montagnais
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A Brief History of the Garifuna in Belize
written by Oliver N. Greene, Jr., fl. 2006; directed by Oliver N. Greene, Jr., fl. 2006; produced by Oliver N. Greene, Jr., fl. 2006 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 23 mins
The Garifuna are a Central American people of West African and Native American descent. One of their most popular rituals is wanaragua, a three-fold system of masked Christmas processionals commonly called Jankunú. This ritual is a unique blend of African, European, and Native American (Arawak and Carib) art trad...
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written by Oliver N. Greene, Jr., fl. 2006; directed by Oliver N. Greene, Jr., fl. 2006; produced by Oliver N. Greene, Jr., fl. 2006 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 23 mins
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The Garifuna are a Central American people of West African and Native American descent. One of their most popular rituals is wanaragua, a three-fold system of masked Christmas processionals commonly called Jankunú. This ritual is a unique blend of African, European, and Native American (Arawak and Carib) art traditions in which social and cultural identities are expressed through music, dance, and costume. The Garifuna are a Central American peo...
The Garifuna are a Central American people of West African and Native American descent. One of their most popular rituals is wanaragua, a three-fold system of masked Christmas processionals commonly called Jankunú. This ritual is a unique blend of African, European, and Native American (Arawak and Carib) art traditions in which social and cultural identities are expressed through music, dance, and costume. The Garifuna are a Central American people of West African and Native American descent. One of their most popular rituals is wanaragua, a three-fold system of masked Christmas processionals commonly called Jankunú. This ritual is a unique blend of African, European, and Native American (Arawak and Carib) art traditions in which social and cultural identities are expressed through music, dance, and costume. As dancers adorn themselves in colorful regalia to mimic past foreign oppressors they symbolically affirm their identity. Rare footage of wárini, the now extinct ritual that is the Africanized predecessor to wanaragua, is accompanied by commentary on the significance of the ritual. Examples of wanaragua drumming and dance styles demonstrate how drummers rhythmically interpret the unique movements of each dancer. Gender play and role reversal become part of the revelry as Garifuna men mimic European women. Images of similar processionals in other locations include photos of Masquerade in St. Kitts-Nevis, Gombey in Bermuda, Jonkonnu in Jamaica, John Kuner (now extinct) in North Carolina, Junkanoo in the Bahamas, and Fancy Dress in Ghana. Jankunú Play places the viewer within the context of the Garifuna world at Christmas where music, dance, and art reflect the past to empower the future.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Oliver N. Greene, Jr., fl. 2006, Angel "Pappose" Thomas, Darren Trigueño, Brian Castillo
Author / Creator
Oliver N. Greene, Jr., fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Oliver N. Greene, Jr., fl. 2006, Brian Castillo
Topic / Theme
Garifuna, Costumes, Gender roles, Religious rites and ceremonies, Social dances, Cultural change and history, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Ethnography
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Invisible Genealogies: A History of Americanist Anthropology
written by Regna Darnell, in Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2001, originally published 2001), 404 page(s)
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written by Regna Darnell, in Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2001, originally published 2001), 404 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
General reference book
Contributor
Regna Darnell
Author / Creator
Regna Darnell
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Series
Critical Studies in the History of Anthropology
Topic / Theme
American, Cultural identity, Genealogy, Philosophy, Anthropology, Language and linguistics, Ethnography, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 by University of Nebraska Press
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Dhiava: Autumn Journey
written by Tim Salmon; directed by David Hope, fl. 2014 and Tim Salmon; produced by Tim Salmon and David Hope, fl. 2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1999), 50 mins
The film takes place in the village of Samarina, in the Pindos Mountains in North Western Greece, where we meet three brothers, Tsiogas, Steryios and Vassilis Anthoulis, Vlachs who speak a language closely related to Romanian. In October it is time for the Dhiava, the autumn journey.
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written by Tim Salmon; directed by David Hope, fl. 2014 and Tim Salmon; produced by Tim Salmon and David Hope, fl. 2014 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1999), 50 mins
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The film takes place in the village of Samarina, in the Pindos Mountains in North Western Greece, where we meet three brothers, Tsiogas, Steryios and Vassilis Anthoulis, Vlachs who speak a language closely related to Romanian. In October it is time for the Dhiava, the autumn journey. The film takes place in the village of Samarina, in the Pindos Mountains in North Western Greece, where we meet three brothers, Tsiogas, Steryios and Vassilis Anthou...
The film takes place in the village of Samarina, in the Pindos Mountains in North Western Greece, where we meet three brothers, Tsiogas, Steryios and Vassilis Anthoulis, Vlachs who speak a language closely related to Romanian. In October it is time for the Dhiava, the autumn journey. The film takes place in the village of Samarina, in the Pindos Mountains in North Western Greece, where we meet three brothers, Tsiogas, Steryios and Vassilis Anthoulis, Vlachs who speak a language closely related to Romanian. In October it is time for the Dhiava, the autumn journey. Tim Salmon, who also narrates the film, travels with the brothers on foot as they bring their flocks of sheep down from the mountains to the plains of Thessaly, a journey of a 150 kilometers which takes about 10 days. The shepherds get help from illegal Albanian immigrants like Leonidas, whose story we hear at the campfire. We also meet Thodorakis, a Greek born Vlach shepherd who spent 40 years trapped in Albania by the former communist regime. The film discusses the history and significance of the Dhiava, a reminder of the European tradition of transhumance, in a Greece that is changing rapidly. The traditional route takes the flocks cross country, over mountain ranges and through remnants of the great oak forests that used to cover this region. Wolves are still common here, and with two thousand sheep, thirty cows, goats and packhorses to protect, the shepherds have a busy time. Most shepherds now ship their flocks by truck rather than taking them on the arduous journey down from the mountains, but Tsiogas and Vassilis tell us why it is still worth doing the Dhiava on foot. The film was produced by the makers of several programs featured in the BBC's anthropological series "Under the Sun".
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tim Salmon, David Hope, fl. 2014, Vassilis Anthoulis, Steryios Anthoulis, Tsiogas Anthoulis
Author / Creator
Tim Salmon, David Hope, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
1997, 1999
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Albanian, Vlach, Rural population, Immigration and emigration, Cultural change and history, Herders, Cultural identity, Ethnography, Albanians, Aromanian
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A Frontier Conversation
directed by Claire Haywood (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 19 mins
A fascinating journey through the Top End of Australia to explore what history means to the traditional landowners. A Frontier Conversation documents a unique collaboration between Indigenous and white historians from Australia and North America. In September 2004, a diverse group traveled through the Top End of A...
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directed by Claire Haywood (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 19 mins
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A fascinating journey through the Top End of Australia to explore what history means to the traditional landowners. A Frontier Conversation documents a unique collaboration between Indigenous and white historians from Australia and North America. In September 2004, a diverse group traveled through the Top End of Australia meeting representatives of the traditional landowners, and engaging in a dialogue about Indigenous history. The themes that em...
A fascinating journey through the Top End of Australia to explore what history means to the traditional landowners. A Frontier Conversation documents a unique collaboration between Indigenous and white historians from Australia and North America. In September 2004, a diverse group traveled through the Top End of Australia meeting representatives of the traditional landowners, and engaging in a dialogue about Indigenous history. The themes that emerged raised more questions than answers - from cultural appropriation and copyright, to land rights, the role of language and art, and what history means to Indigenous communities in the current climate of cultural reclamation and survival. A fascinating journey through the Top End of Australia to explore what history means to the traditional landowners. A Frontier Conversation documents a unique collaboration between Indigenous and white historians from Australia and North America. In September 2004, a diverse group travelled through the Top End of Australia meeting representatives of the traditional landowners, and engaging in a dialogue about Indigenous history. The themes that emerged raised more questions than answers - from cultural appropriation and copyright, to land rights, the role of language and art, and what history means to Indigenous communities in the current climate of cultural reclamation and survival. Narrated by Professor Ann McGrath, Director of the Australian Centre for Indigenous History at the Australian National University, it is a fascinating and thought-provoking account of a journey that breaks away from "the History Wars" and signals the first step in a new approach to the study of frontier history.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Claire Haywood, Ann McGrath
Author / Creator
Claire Haywood
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Ann McGrath
Topic / Theme
Australian Aboriginal, Cultural change and history, Historical research and historiography, Ethnography, Australian Aborigines
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Itam Hakim Hopiit
written by Victor Masayesva, Jr., 1951-; directed by Victor Masayesva, Jr., 1951-; produced by IS Productions and ZDF Television (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1984), 58 mins
The critically acclaimed Itam Hakim Hopiit was produced in the Hopi language and subtitled in English.
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written by Victor Masayesva, Jr., 1951-; directed by Victor Masayesva, Jr., 1951-; produced by IS Productions and ZDF Television (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1984), 58 mins
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The critically acclaimed Itam Hakim Hopiit was produced in the Hopi language and subtitled in English. The critically acclaimed Itam Hakim Hopiit was produced in the Hopi language and subtitled in English. Of this poetic visualization of Hopi philosophy and prophesy, Michael Renov writes, " ...The film offers a cultural bridge of a very different kind, evoking a culture and an environment through the look and sound of it and the fluidly majestic...
The critically acclaimed Itam Hakim Hopiit was produced in the Hopi language and subtitled in English. The critically acclaimed Itam Hakim Hopiit was produced in the Hopi language and subtitled in English. Of this poetic visualization of Hopi philosophy and prophesy, Michael Renov writes, " ...The film offers a cultural bridge of a very different kind, evoking a culture and an environment through the look and sound of it and the fluidly majestic pace of its unfolding...to impart the drama of distant rainstorms across desert landscapes or cause one to gasp in astonishment at the rainbow that enters the frame during a revelatory pan, for indeed the lyricism of Masayesva Jr.'s imagery and the tone of reverence for the earth, whose caretakers the Hopi consider themselves to be, has the power to transport the viewer. It is the achievement of Masayesva Jr.'s work that even the most committed interpreters among us stand to be converted, if only for a moment, and taught the quiet virtues of observation.".
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Victor Masayesva, Jr., 1951-, Ross Macaya, IS Productions, ZDF Television
Author / Creator
Victor Masayesva, Jr., 1951-
Date Published / Released
1984
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
Hopi, Social dances, Storytelling, Tribal and national groups, Cultural identity, Cultural change and history, Ethnography
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Letters from R.C. Green, circa 1970
written by Roger C. Green, 1932-2009, in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia Correspondence, Tikopia Matters Miscellaneous) (London, England) (1970) , 4 page(s)
Date: circa 1970. Two typewritten letters from archaeologist Roger C. Green. The first, undated, is to Raymond Firth and discusses Green's recent visit to Anuta and Tikopia and the destruction of culturally significant sites on Tikopia. Also mentions Firth's collection of Tikopian adzes and a reference to the sacr...
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written by Roger C. Green, 1932-2009, in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Tikopia Correspondence, Tikopia Matters Miscellaneous) (London, England) (1970) , 4 page(s)
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Date: circa 1970. Two typewritten letters from archaeologist Roger C. Green. The first, undated, is to Raymond Firth and discusses Green's recent visit to Anuta and Tikopia and the destruction of culturally significant sites on Tikopia. Also mentions Firth's collection of Tikopian adzes and a reference to the sacred songs of Anuta Firth mentioned in a 1954 article. Written on the letterhead of the Auckland Institute and Museum. The second dated S...
Date: circa 1970. Two typewritten letters from archaeologist Roger C. Green. The first, undated, is to Raymond Firth and discusses Green's recent visit to Anuta and Tikopia and the destruction of culturally significant sites on Tikopia. Also mentions Firth's collection of Tikopian adzes and a reference to the sacred songs of Anuta Firth mentioned in a 1954 article. Written on the letterhead of the Auckland Institute and Museum. The second dated September 14, 1970, is to the assistant financial secretary, Secretariat, British Solomon Islands Protectorate, and describes the endangered Tikopian sites in more detail and asks whether the government can work to save them.
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Date Written / Recorded
1970
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Letter
Recipient Organization
United Kingdom. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. British Solomon Islands Protectorate
Author / Creator
Roger C. Green, 1932-2009
Topic / Theme
Cultural change and history, Tools, Archaeology, Anutans, Tikopia
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Material sourced from the Sir Raymond William Firth Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Raymond Firth Estate.
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