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Abloni
written by Alexandre Oktan, fl. 2006; directed by Alexandre Oktan, fl. 2006; produced by Médiatique Inc. (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2005), 51 mins
You give an old shirt or dress to a charity. Then, you forget all about it. But - without knowing it - you have had a huge impact on people you don't know, people throughout the world; and that impact is not all good. By following the strange, colorful, unpredictable voyage of one second hand shirt, Abloni plunges...
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written by Alexandre Oktan, fl. 2006; directed by Alexandre Oktan, fl. 2006; produced by Médiatique Inc. (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2005), 51 mins
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You give an old shirt or dress to a charity. Then, you forget all about it. But - without knowing it - you have had a huge impact on people you don't know, people throughout the world; and that impact is not all good. By following the strange, colorful, unpredictable voyage of one second hand shirt, Abloni plunges us into the huge worldwide business of second hand clothes. You give an old shirt or dress to a charity. Then, you forget all about it...
You give an old shirt or dress to a charity. Then, you forget all about it. But - without knowing it - you have had a huge impact on people you don't know, people throughout the world; and that impact is not all good. By following the strange, colorful, unpredictable voyage of one second hand shirt, Abloni plunges us into the huge worldwide business of second hand clothes. You give an old shirt or dress to a charity. Then, you forget all about it. But - without knowing it - you have had a huge impact on people throughout the world; and that impact is not all good. By following the strange, colorful, unpredictable voyage of one second hand shirt, Abloni plunges us into the huge worldwide business of second hand clothes. Exploring a vast range of locations, and entering into the lives of a colorful cast of characters, Abloni reveals how the second hand clothes business creates a livelihood for a whole chain of wholesalers and retailers and supports charities and recycles waste products in rich countries. At the same time it destroys the textile industries and textile traditions of poor countries, revolutionizing style and fashion in places as far away as a small village in central Togo. Second-hand clothing has led to the birth of a new hybrid African style that creatively mixes western fashions with local textiles and patterns. As it follows a single shirt, Abloni reveals to us an unknown cross section of the economic structure of our contemporary world.
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Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
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Alexandre Oktan, fl. 2006, Prince Agbodjan, Patrick Descous, Do-Rego Kiki Mayamon, Etienne Mobu K. Novinyo, Amouzo Kodjo, Daniel Castro, Jean Laroche, Jean Cayer, Didier Gondola, Nancy Leblanc, Steeve Villeneuve, Médiatique Inc.
Author / Creator
Alexandre Oktan, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Topic / Theme
West African, Charity, Textile industry, Fashion, Clothing shops, Economics, Trade and commerce, Ethnography
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Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia
written by Clifford Geertz, 1926-2006 (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1963, originally published 1963), 194 page(s)
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written by Clifford Geertz, 1926-2006 (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1963, originally published 1963), 194 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Clifford Geertz, 1926-2006
Author / Creator
Clifford Geertz, 1926-2006
Date Published / Released
1963
Publisher
University of California Press
Topic / Theme
Indonesian, Colonial populations, Ecology, Imperialism, Agricultural conditions, Agriculture, History curriculums, Ethnography, Indonesians
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Copyright © 1969 by The Regents of the University of California Press
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Anuta: Polynesian Lifeways for the Twenty-First Century
written by Richard Feinberg (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 2004, originally published 2004), 268 page(s)
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written by Richard Feinberg (Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc., 2004, originally published 2004), 268 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Richard Feinberg
Author / Creator
Richard Feinberg
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Waveland Press, Inc.
Topic / Theme
Anutan, Field work for anthropology, Uncertainty, Domestic life, Marriage, Family descent, Kinship nomenclature, Clans, Communities, Chieftains, Family, Anutans
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Copyright © 2004 by Waveland Press
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Articulated Peasant: Household Economies in the Andes
written by Enrique Mayer, 1944- (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002, originally published 2002), 412 page(s)
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written by Enrique Mayer, 1944- (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002, originally published 2002), 412 page(s)
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Ethnography
Contributor
Enrique Mayer, 1944-
Author / Creator
Enrique Mayer, 1944-
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Westview Press
Topic / Theme
Andean, American Indian communities, Economics, Households, Rural population, American Indians
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Copyright © 2002 by Enrique Mayer. Reproduced by permission of Westview Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.
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At the Edge of Conquest: The Journey of Chief Wai-Wai
written by Geoffrey O'Connor; produced by Geoffrey O'Connor, Realis Pictures, Inc (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1992), 29 mins
At the Edge of Conquest looks at the situation of the Waiapi Indians, a small, isolated tribe that came in contact with the outside world in the late 1970's. Today they are threatened by invading gold miners, by the Brazilian government's recent proposal to reduce their land by 10%, and the state government's plan...
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written by Geoffrey O'Connor; produced by Geoffrey O'Connor, Realis Pictures, Inc (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1992), 29 mins
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At the Edge of Conquest looks at the situation of the Waiapi Indians, a small, isolated tribe that came in contact with the outside world in the late 1970's. Today they are threatened by invading gold miners, by the Brazilian government's recent proposal to reduce their land by 10%, and the state government's plan to construct a highway directly through their territory. But their strategy for survival has been effective: defend their lands from i...
At the Edge of Conquest looks at the situation of the Waiapi Indians, a small, isolated tribe that came in contact with the outside world in the late 1970's. Today they are threatened by invading gold miners, by the Brazilian government's recent proposal to reduce their land by 10%, and the state government's plan to construct a highway directly through their territory. But their strategy for survival has been effective: defend their lands from invasions while their leaders navigate the tricky waters of Brazilian politics. The film focuses on the charismatic leader, Chief Wai-Wai, as he travels from his remote village to Brazil's capitol, encountering for the first time airplanes, elevators, and skyscrapers. But the real barriers are not physical but bureaucratic and cultural. He doesn't read or write, has never been at a meeting before, and doesn't speak the language of these foreign people. Unlike the traditional depictions of indigenous persons as pristine, removed from the forces of the outside world, At the Edge of Conquest reveals a society grappling with the real politique of a larger nation-state. Chief Wai-Wai is fighting the role of victim in a desperate effort to shape the destiny of his people. It is a voyage resembling a cross between Alice in Wonderland and a Kafkaesque nightmare. But it is one which ultimately all isolated indigenous societies are forced to make if they are to survive this rapidly changing world. High School College Adult
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Geoffrey O'Connor, Wai-Wai, fl. 1993, Realis Pictures, Inc, Margo Skinner, 1950-2005
Author / Creator
Geoffrey O'Connor
Date Published / Released
1992
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Margo Skinner, 1950-2005
Person Discussed
Wai-Wai, fl. 1993
Topic / Theme
Wayampi (Waiãpi), Gold mines and mining, Property rights, Evacuations, Capitalism, Economic development, Cultural identity, Tribal and national groups, Anthropology, Ethnography, Wayampi
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Copyright © 1992. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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B.A.T.A.M.
written by Johan Lindquist, Per Erik Eriksson and Liam Dalzell; directed by Liam Dalzell, Per Erik Eriksson and Johan Lindquist; produced by Liam Dalzell, Per Erik Eriksson and Johan Lindquist (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 33 mins
B.A.T.A.M. tells the contrasting stories of two women: Wati, a young factory worker, and Dewi, a prostitute, both of whom live through a dramatic transformation on the Indonesian island of Batam, located on Singapore's doorstep.
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written by Johan Lindquist, Per Erik Eriksson and Liam Dalzell; directed by Liam Dalzell, Per Erik Eriksson and Johan Lindquist; produced by Liam Dalzell, Per Erik Eriksson and Johan Lindquist (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER)), 33 mins
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B.A.T.A.M. tells the contrasting stories of two women: Wati, a young factory worker, and Dewi, a prostitute, both of whom live through a dramatic transformation on the Indonesian island of Batam, located on Singapore's doorstep. B.A.T.A.M. tells the contrasting stories of two women: Wati, a young factory worker, and Dewi, a prostitute, both of whom live through a dramatic transformation on the Indonesian island of Batam, located on Singapore's do...
B.A.T.A.M. tells the contrasting stories of two women: Wati, a young factory worker, and Dewi, a prostitute, both of whom live through a dramatic transformation on the Indonesian island of Batam, located on Singapore's doorstep. B.A.T.A.M. tells the contrasting stories of two women: Wati, a young factory worker, and Dewi, a prostitute, both of whom live through a dramatic transformation on the Indonesian island of Batam, located on Singapore's doorstep. In this free-trade zone, an official economy based in the factories, and an unofficial economy of prostitution, have developed together increasing Batam's population from 3,000 to 700,000. As the two divergent economies depend on female labor, the experiences of these two women illuminate the ways in which multinational capitalism and migration interact in the shadowlands of globalization. "There is no doubt in my mind that this particular film would stand out as an exceptional addition to any ethnographic film catalog and, more pointedly, to the collecti on of liberal arts colleges. ... I am confident that the film would be utilized in a wide range of courses in Anthropology, and other disciplines, and is germane to such diverse and important scholarly topics as the study of globalization, development, transnationalism, Economic Anthropology, Political Anthropology, and as I have used it, in courses explicitly concerned with cross-cultural study of gender and ethnographic film." — Matthew Amster, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Gettysburg College
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Johan Lindquist, Per Erik Eriksson, Liam Dalzell
Author / Creator
Johan Lindquist, Per Erik Eriksson, Liam Dalzell
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Johan Lindquist
Topic / Theme
Indonesian, Economic development, Immigration and emigration, Women in workforce, Cultural change and history, Prostitution, Gender, Women, Ethnography, Indonesians
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Cartoneros
written by Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006; directed by Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006; produced by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990 and Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 1 hour 1 mins
Cartoneros follows the paper recycling process in Buenos Aires from the trash pickers who collect paper informally through middlemen in warehouses, to executives in large corporate mills. The process exploded into a multimillion dollar industry after Argentina's latest economic collapse. The film is both a record...
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written by Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006; directed by Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006; produced by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990 and Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 1 hour 1 mins
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Cartoneros follows the paper recycling process in Buenos Aires from the trash pickers who collect paper informally through middlemen in warehouses, to executives in large corporate mills. The process exploded into a multimillion dollar industry after Argentina's latest economic collapse. The film is both a record of an economic and social crisis and an invitation to audiences to rethink the value of trash.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006, Francisco Monzón, Hugo Anitori, Cristina Lescano, fl. 2000, Francisco Suárez, fl. 2007, Horacio Gonzalez, 1944-, Alejandro Marmo, Horacio Acvalo, fl. 2000, Angel Prignano, Pablo Schamber, La Colo, Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990, Cristina Banegas, 1948-
Author / Creator
Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Cristina Banegas, 1948-
Topic / Theme
Argentine, Recycling industry, Poverty, Economic conditions, Urban population, Ethnography, Argentines
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Cartoneros (Spanish)
written by Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006; directed by Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006; produced by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990 and Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 1 hour 1 mins
Cartoneros follows the paper recycling process in Buenos Aires from the trash pickers who collect paper informally through middlemen in warehouses, to executives in large corporate mills. The process exploded into a multimillion dollar industry after Argentina's latest economic collapse. The film is both a record...
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written by Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006; directed by Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006; produced by Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990 and Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2006), 1 hour 1 mins
Description
Cartoneros follows the paper recycling process in Buenos Aires from the trash pickers who collect paper informally through middlemen in warehouses, to executives in large corporate mills. The process exploded into a multimillion dollar industry after Argentina's latest economic collapse. The film is both a record of an economic and social crisis and an invitation to audiences to rethink the value of trash.
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006, Francisco Monzón, Hugo Anitori, Cristina Lescano, fl. 2000, Francisco Suárez, fl. 2007, Horacio Gonzalez, 1944-, Alejandro Marmo, Horacio Acvalo, fl. 2000, Angel Prignano, Pablo Schamber, La Colo, Angélica Allende Brisk, fl. 1990, Cristina Banegas, 1948-
Author / Creator
Ernesto Livon-Grosman, fl. 2006
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
Speaker / Narrator
Cristina Banegas, 1948-
Topic / Theme
Argentine, Recycling industry, Poverty, Economic conditions, Urban population, Ethnography, Argentines
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Cash Takings for Fishermen, July 30-August 29, 1963
in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Malaya: Other Papers, Fishing) (London, England) (1963) , 8 page(s)
Handwritten notes chart cash earnings by Malayan fishermen from July 30-August 29, 1963.
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in Raymond William Firth Papers, of London School of Economics and Political Science. Library. Archives and Special Collections Team (Malaya: Other Papers, Fishing) (London, England) (1963) , 8 page(s)
Description
Handwritten notes chart cash earnings by Malayan fishermen from July 30-August 29, 1963.
Date Written / Recorded
1963
Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Graph
Contributor
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Author / Creator
Sir Raymond Firth, 1901-2002
Topic / Theme
Economic conditions, Fisheries, Malay
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Cashing in on Culture: Indigenous Communities and Tourism
directed by Regina Harrison, fl. 2002-2015; produced by Regina Harrison, fl. 2002-2015 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2002), 28 mins
Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, and one of the most important forms of contemporary contact between different cultures. Eco-tourism and "ethnic" tourism, designed specifically to bring affluent and adventurous tourists into remote indigenous communities, are among the fastest-growing types o...
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directed by Regina Harrison, fl. 2002-2015; produced by Regina Harrison, fl. 2002-2015 (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 2002), 28 mins
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Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, and one of the most important forms of contemporary contact between different cultures. Eco-tourism and "ethnic" tourism, designed specifically to bring affluent and adventurous tourists into remote indigenous communities, are among the fastest-growing types of tourism worldwide.This insightful documentary, filmed in the small tropical forest community of Capirona, in Ecuador, serves as an in...
Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, and one of the most important forms of contemporary contact between different cultures. Eco-tourism and "ethnic" tourism, designed specifically to bring affluent and adventurous tourists into remote indigenous communities, are among the fastest-growing types of tourism worldwide.This insightful documentary, filmed in the small tropical forest community of Capirona, in Ecuador, serves as an incisive case study of the many issues and potential problems surrounding eco- and ethnic tourism. Those issues are shown to be simultaneously cultural, economic, and environmental, and are complexly intertwined for both indigenous communities and tourists.The film interweaves illuminating sequences featuring the Quechua-speaking Capirona Indians, Ecuadorian tour operators, anthropologists and other academics, and college-age American tourists to examine the benefits and negative costs of such tourism to everyone involved. The film focuses in particular on how tourism has changed the lives of members of the indigenous community, which took eight years to decide to admit tourists into their villages.The cash flow from tourism that is managed directly by the Indians bypasses the fees normally exacted by travel agencies and tour operators and may be able to sustain the community if revenues are distributed equitably. But how do indigenous communities, in the context of global tourism and business interests, set up and run successful tourist operations without compromising their own cultural traditions and despoiling their environment?"Cashing in on Culture" explores some of the most perplexing issues facing indigenous communities and raises a multitude of thorny questions. The film will generate discussion in a variety of courses in cultural anthropology, development and Third-World issues, and Latin American studies. It was produced by Prof. Regina Harrison, University of Maryland, who also produced the award-winning "Mined to Death."
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Field of Study
Anthropology
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Regina Harrison, fl. 2002-2015
Author / Creator
Regina Harrison, fl. 2002-2015
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Economic development, American Indians, Indigenous peoples, Ecology, Tourism industry, Chimborazo Highland Quichua
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Copyright © 2002 Berkeley Media
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