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Kennewick Man: An Epic Drama of the West
directed by Kyle Carver and Ryan Purcell (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 1 hour 27 mins
On July 28th, 1996, two college students stumbled upon an anthropological find that would change forever the way North Americans view their past. While sneaking into hydroplane races on the Columbia River in Kennewick, WA., Will Thomas and Dave Deacy noticed a human skull mired in the mud. It turned out to be one...
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directed by Kyle Carver and Ryan Purcell (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002), 1 hour 27 mins
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On July 28th, 1996, two college students stumbled upon an anthropological find that would change forever the way North Americans view their past. While sneaking into hydroplane races on the Columbia River in Kennewick, WA., Will Thomas and Dave Deacy noticed a human skull mired in the mud. It turned out to be one of the oldest and most complete skeletons ever found in North America. James Chatters, the anthropologist who eventually investigated t...
On July 28th, 1996, two college students stumbled upon an anthropological find that would change forever the way North Americans view their past. While sneaking into hydroplane races on the Columbia River in Kennewick, WA., Will Thomas and Dave Deacy noticed a human skull mired in the mud. It turned out to be one of the oldest and most complete skeletons ever found in North America. James Chatters, the anthropologist who eventually investigated the skeleton, determined that the skull had 'Caucasoid' features. The word, 'Caucasoid' and the subsequent carbon dating of the bones, which found them to be over 9,000 years old, ignited a firestorm of controversy. These events pitted science against religion and scientists against Native Americans. The scientists demanded the right to study the bones. The Umatilla Tribe believed the bones to be sacred and ancestral. They were adamant that the bones be repatriated to the tribes for reburial. The American government, seemingly caught in the middle due to the fact that the remains were found on Federal land, decided to repatriate the remains to the Tribe. Eight scientists then filed a lawsuit in order to block this repatriation, claiming that more study was needed to determine ownership. The documentary explores with humor and compassion the cultural assumptions and differing opinions among the various groups involved, and attempts to explain why so many have claimed the bones of Kennewick Man. The far-reaching implications for the future of American anthropology, our view of America's ancient past, and the present day relationship between Native and non-native people are addressed. College Adult
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ryan Purcell, Kyle Carver
Author / Creator
Kyle Carver, Ryan Purcell
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
American Indian, Cultural identity, Archaeological artifacts, Field work for anthropology, Anthropology, Tribal and national groups, Archaeological dating methods, Humans and human ancestors, Ethnography, American Indians
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Copyright © 2002. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
written by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin and Robert Seidman, fl. 1996; directed by Alan Berliner, 1956-; produced by Gail Jansen and Lance Pierce, fl. 1996 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 26 mins
This documentary is a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential women of our time. Using never-before-seen archival footage, stills, interviews and dramatic re-creations, it weaves together a story of a scientist, adventurer and international celebrity whose ideas shaped how we think about ourselves. The...
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written by Virginia Yans-McLaughlin and Robert Seidman, fl. 1996; directed by Alan Berliner, 1956-; produced by Gail Jansen and Lance Pierce, fl. 1996 (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1996), 1 hour 26 mins
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This documentary is a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential women of our time. Using never-before-seen archival footage, stills, interviews and dramatic re-creations, it weaves together a story of a scientist, adventurer and international celebrity whose ideas shaped how we think about ourselves. The film tells how she first gained attention in the 1920's and '30's with her pioneering studies of youth and gender in Samoa and New Gui...
This documentary is a fascinating portrait of one of the most influential women of our time. Using never-before-seen archival footage, stills, interviews and dramatic re-creations, it weaves together a story of a scientist, adventurer and international celebrity whose ideas shaped how we think about ourselves. The film tells how she first gained attention in the 1920's and '30's with her pioneering studies of youth and gender in Samoa and New Guinea. By age 33, the five-foot, one-hundred-pound Mead had traveled three times around the globe, explored uncharted lands where few men and no women dared to go. By age 34 she had published three bestsellers, taken the second of three husbands, and revolutionized our understanding of what it means to be male or female. When she was not doing fieldwork, most of her professional years were spent at the American Museum of Natural History. In her later years she was often seen on television as a bespectacled, sometimes outrageous advice-giver to the Vietnam War generation. This film deals with the controversies as well as the accomplishments of her life. Here is a valuable film for Women's Studies, Anthropology and History, as well as public library audiences. This film was partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, Christine Ward Gailey, Nancy C. Lutkehaus, Mary Catherine Bateson, 1939-, Roy A. Rappaport, 1926-1997, Gail Jansen, Lance Pierce, fl. 1996, Nancy Marchand, 1928-2000
Author / Creator
Virginia Yans-McLaughlin, Robert Seidman, fl. 1996, Alan Berliner, 1956-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Nancy Marchand, 1928-2000
Person Discussed
Margaret Mead, 1901-1978, Gregory Bateson, 1904-1980, Reo Fortune, 1903-1979
Topic / Theme
New Guinean, Balinese, Samoan, Cultural norms, Adolescence, Field work for anthropology, Gender roles, Ethnography, Indonesians, Ineseño, Samoans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Primates Like Us
directed by Devi Snively, fl. 2000; produced by Agustin Fuentes, 1960- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2003), 58 mins
In the summer of 1998 a group of primarily American undergraduate students from Central Washington University went to Bali as part of the university's first Balinese Macaque Project field school. The goal was to experience Balinese culture and study macaque monkey behavior and document the entire six-week process...
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directed by Devi Snively, fl. 2000; produced by Agustin Fuentes, 1960- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2003), 58 mins
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In the summer of 1998 a group of primarily American undergraduate students from Central Washington University went to Bali as part of the university's first Balinese Macaque Project field school. The goal was to experience Balinese culture and study macaque monkey behavior and document the entire six-week process with on-location video footage. After compiling and reviewing more than 50 hours of video footage, however, it became clear that what w...
In the summer of 1998 a group of primarily American undergraduate students from Central Washington University went to Bali as part of the university's first Balinese Macaque Project field school. The goal was to experience Balinese culture and study macaque monkey behavior and document the entire six-week process with on-location video footage. After compiling and reviewing more than 50 hours of video footage, however, it became clear that what was actually captured was an ethnographic account of a group of undergraduate anthropology majors who were experiencing simultaneously a new culture, the rigors of anthropological fieldwork, and the conflicts of living and working with each other as a team.This fascinating and multifaceted documentary explores the students' experience and examines it in a variety of contexts. The film consists of twelve segments, each of which reflects specific aspects of the field school experience -- ranging from students' takes on various elements of Balinese culture to interpersonal conflicts to the actual methodological aspects of the field school practicum. By envisioning the experience through the "eyes" of the students themselves, the film provides a unique perspective on such issues as U.S. cultural attitudes, contemporary undergraduate learning, and the challenges of undergraduate research and fieldwork.While the direct voices of the Balinese are not emphasized, the impact of Balinese "place" is evident throughout the students' comments. By the end of the film it is clear that the macaques were not the only ones exhibiting interesting primate behavior."Primates Like Us" will stimulate discussion and reflection in a wide variety of anthropology courses. It was produced by Agustin Fuentes, Assoc. Prof. of Anthropology, Univ. of Notre Dame, and directed by Devi Snively.
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Agustin Fuentes, 1960-
Author / Creator
Devi Snively, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Cultural adaptation, Interpersonal conflict, Field work for anthropology, Primates, Balinese, Americans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 Berkeley Media
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Yanomamö, A Man Called "Bee": Studying the Yanomamo
written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamö (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 44 mins
This is one of the few ethnographic films in which the anthropologist appears as one of the subjects, and as such it is a lively introduction to the nature of fieldwork.
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written by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; directed by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-; produced by Timothy Asch, 1932-1994 and Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, in Yanomamö (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 44 mins
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This is one of the few ethnographic films in which the anthropologist appears as one of the subjects, and as such it is a lively introduction to the nature of fieldwork. This is one of the few ethnographic films in which the anthropologist appears as one of the subjects, and as such it is a lively introduction to the nature of fieldwork. Napoleon Chagnon, who lived among the Yanomamo for 36 months over a period of eight years, is shown in various...
This is one of the few ethnographic films in which the anthropologist appears as one of the subjects, and as such it is a lively introduction to the nature of fieldwork. This is one of the few ethnographic films in which the anthropologist appears as one of the subjects, and as such it is a lively introduction to the nature of fieldwork. Napoleon Chagnon, who lived among the Yanomamo for 36 months over a period of eight years, is shown in various roles as "fieldworker": entering a village armed with arrows and adorned with feathers; sharing coffee with the shaman Dedeheiwa who recounts the myth of fire; dispensing eyedrops to a baby and accepting in turn a shaman's cure for his own illness; collecting voluminous genealogies; making tapes, maps, Polaroid photos; and attempting to analyze such patterns as village fission, migration, and aggression. The commentary touches on the problems of the fieldworker (all the genealogies compiled in the first year were based on false data, and had to be discarded). Between the image and the commentary we also glimpse some of the ambiguities of the anthropologist's role and his relation to the subjects of his study, for example in the tension between mutual exploitation and reciprocity. The film complements Chagnon's book on his fieldwork, Studying the Yanomamo.
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Date Written / Recorded
1971
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-, Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Moäwä, Dedeheiwä
Author / Creator
Timothy Asch, 1932-1994, Napoleon A. Chagnon, 1938-
Date Published / Released
1974
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Series
Yanomamö
Topic / Theme
Yanomamö, Cultural identity, Shamanism, Ethnosociology, Tribal and national groups, Rural population, Field work for anthropology, Ethnography, Yanomámi
Copyright Message
© Documentary Educational Resources
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