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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
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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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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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Correspondence to and from Brenda Seligman regarding terms for marital and kinship relationships
in Charles and Brenda Seligman Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science (London, England) (1930), Kinship, Correspondence relating to kinship (Seligman 2/5) , 294 page(s)
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in Charles and Brenda Seligman Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science (London, England) (1930), Kinship, Correspondence relating to kinship (Seligman 2/5) , 294 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1930
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Brenda Seligman, 1883-1965
Author / Creator
Brenda Seligman, 1883-1965
Topic / Theme
Marital relations, Witches and witchcraft, Incest, Societal structure, Kin relationships, Social customs, Assamese, Australian Aborigines, Pacific Islanders
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Material sourced from the Charles Gabriel Seligman Collection, LSE Library. Used with permission of the LSE Library and the Charles Seligman Estate.
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![Definition of the Term Saypatu [Kinship by Adoption]](https://d3crmev290s45i.cloudfront.net/content/1007836xxx/1007836630/1007836630-size-exact-140x0.jpg "Definition of the Term Saypatu [Kinship by Adoption]")
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Definition of the Term Saypatu [Kinship by Adoption]
in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 5: Linguistic notes and lectures, based on Trobriand Islands fieldwork, Folder 13: Texts, manuscripts) (London, England) (14 August 1918) , 2 page(s)
Date: 14.8.18. Informant: Leo. A passage in the Trobriand language with simultaneous English translation, numbered J153, offers a discussion of 'saypatu,' a kind of kinship by adoption. The information is written on the back of reused stationery, consisting of a partial, handwritten letter from Brenda Seligman to...
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in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 5: Linguistic notes and lectures, based on Trobriand Islands fieldwork, Folder 13: Texts, manuscripts) (London, England) (14 August 1918) , 2 page(s)
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Date: 14.8.18. Informant: Leo. A passage in the Trobriand language with simultaneous English translation, numbered J153, offers a discussion of 'saypatu,' a kind of kinship by adoption. The information is written on the back of reused stationery, consisting of a partial, handwritten letter from Brenda Seligman to Malinowski, asking after his health and mentioning that of her husband, Charles.
Date Written / Recorded
14 August 1918, 1918
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Author / Creator
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Topic / Theme
Kinship nomenclature, Trobriand Islanders
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Materials sourced from Yale University. Copyright © 2016 by Patrick Burke
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The Dyula and the Manding World
written by Yves Person, 1925-1982, in Conference on Manding Studies, London, 1972, of Royal Anthropological Institute (London, England - Bloomsbury) (1972) , 19 page(s)
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written by Yves Person, 1925-1982, in Conference on Manding Studies, London, 1972, of Royal Anthropological Institute (London, England - Bloomsbury) (1972) , 19 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1972
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Essay
Contributor
Yves Person, 1925-1982
Author / Creator
Yves Person, 1925-1982
Topic / Theme
Mandé, Mandinka (Mandingo, Malinke), Dyula (Dioula, Juula), African languages, Tribal and national groups, Historic research for anthropology, Islam, Mandinka, Jula
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From C's Point of View I Before/II After Marriage
in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 5: Linguistic notes and lectures, based on Trobriand Islands fieldwork, Folder 18: Grammatical Notes) (London, England) (1925) , 3 page(s)
A page of undated, handwritten manuscript notes on the grammar of the Trobriand language titled 'From C's point of view I before/II after marriage' is written on the back of an otherwise blank page with '5G' in the upper right corner. An undated, typed page follows, on systems of relationship both in Britain and i...
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in Bronislaw Malinowski Papers (LSE), of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Box 5: Linguistic notes and lectures, based on Trobriand Islands fieldwork, Folder 18: Grammatical Notes) (London, England) (1925) , 3 page(s)
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A page of undated, handwritten manuscript notes on the grammar of the Trobriand language titled 'From C's point of view I before/II after marriage' is written on the back of an otherwise blank page with '5G' in the upper right corner. An undated, typed page follows, on systems of relationship both in Britain and in indigenous societies.
Date Written / Recorded
1925
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Author / Creator
Bronisław Malinowski, 1884-1942
Topic / Theme
Anthropological linguistics, Kin relationships, Trobriand Islanders
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Further Kinship Notes
in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 9: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (Includes 1973 notes). Notes. Kinship terminology) (District of Columbia) (1952) , 7 page(s)
Handwritten notes and charts by Margaret Mead and Reo Fortune, dated 1932, regarding kinship terms and relationships. Terms are written in the language of the Mundugumor [Biwat] people, with English definitions. A note on the title page is dated September 11, 1973, mentioning 'MM and RF,' and possibly some annotat...
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in Margaret Mead Papers and South Pacific Ethnographic Archives, 1838-1996, of United States. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (N100: Papua New Guinea, Folder 9: New Guinea. Arapesh, Mundugumor, and Tchambuli. Mead and Fortune field trip, 1931-33. Field data. Mundugumor (Includes 1973 notes). Notes. Kinship terminology) (District of Columbia) (1952) , 7 page(s)
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Handwritten notes and charts by Margaret Mead and Reo Fortune, dated 1932, regarding kinship terms and relationships. Terms are written in the language of the Mundugumor [Biwat] people, with English definitions. A note on the title page is dated September 11, 1973, mentioning 'MM and RF,' and possibly some annotations on these notes were made on that later date.
Date Written / Recorded
1952
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Field notes
Contributor
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979, Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Author / Creator
Reo Fortune, 1903-1979, Margaret Mead, 1901-1978
Topic / Theme
Anthropological linguistics, Kin relationships, Kinship nomenclature, Biwat
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Haraka Baraka
directed by Lana Askari, 2014-; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2014), 27 mins
After having lived in the Netherlands for over 20 years, my parents, Gulzar and Shwan, decided to move back to Kurdistan. Escaping the Iraqi regime as refugees in the early 90s, Iraqi Kurdistan has recently developed into a regional safe-haven. However, with current tensions around the threat of the Islamic State...
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directed by Lana Askari, 2014-; produced by University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology (Manchester, England: University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, 2014), 27 mins
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After having lived in the Netherlands for over 20 years, my parents, Gulzar and Shwan, decided to move back to Kurdistan. Escaping the Iraqi regime as refugees in the early 90s, Iraqi Kurdistan has recently developed into a regional safe-haven. However, with current tensions around the threat of the Islamic State (IS), the social and political landscape is changing drastically. In Haraka Baraka, I follow my parents’ return to their homeland whi...
After having lived in the Netherlands for over 20 years, my parents, Gulzar and Shwan, decided to move back to Kurdistan. Escaping the Iraqi regime as refugees in the early 90s, Iraqi Kurdistan has recently developed into a regional safe-haven. However, with current tensions around the threat of the Islamic State (IS), the social and political landscape is changing drastically. In Haraka Baraka, I follow my parents’ return to their homeland whilst addressing notions of belonging, transnationalism, temporality, and (re)imagining future horizons. Exploring diaspora and migration dynamics, this film project is as much about the reshaping of normative frameworks as it is about my parents’ relationship, which I approach in a self-reflexive manner. In juxtaposing archival material with new senses of self-perception, Haraka Baraka aims to offer an insight into their lives, and the frictions that play out as they return back to Iraqi Kurdistan. More importantly, it shows the intricate ways in which imagined futures are constructed through language and inform the (re) negotiation of social life upon return to their homeland.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
Author / Creator
Lana Askari, 2014-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
University of Manchester. Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology
Topic / Theme
Spouses, Refugees, Migration, Homecomings, Kurdish
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Copyright © 2014 Lana Askari
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