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A Letter from Asen Balikci Articles 6
World News and Reports 40
Upcoming Meetings 51
Concluding Remarks on Past Meetings 62
Publication Announcements 76
Synopsis: Films and Videos 83
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A LETTER FROM ASEN BALIKCI I3
ARTICLES 5
WORLD NEWS AND REPORTS 41
UPCOMING MEETINGS 53
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON PAST MEETINGS 69
FILM REVIEWS .88
PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENTS 94
LATE NEWS 106
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CVA REVIEW SPRING 1990
LETTERS
Asen BALIKCI 1
Paul HOCKINGS 2
R. BOONZAJER FLAES 2
ARTICLES
Andrée GENDREAU 'Audiovisuel au Musée de la civilisation 4
Terence TURNER Visual Media, Cultural Politics, and Anthropological Practice: Some Implications of Recent Uses of Film and Video Among the Kayapo of Brazil 8
John P. HOMIAK The Anthropological Visualization of Haiti: Reflections on the Films of Melville Herskovits and Maya Deren 13
Kathleen KUEHNAST Gender Representation in Visual Ethnographies: an Interpretivist Perspective 21
Robert GORDON People of the Great Sandface: People of the Great White Lie? 30
Wilton MARTINEZ Critical Studies and Visual Anthropology: Aberrant vs. Anticipated Readings of Ethnographic Film 34
CONCLUDING REMARKS ON PAST MEETINGS
Paolo CHIOZZI Visual Anthropology in Ethnographic Museums 48
Valérie FESCHET L’Audiovisuel en anthropologie: le deuxième atelier international de Ia Vieille
Charité à Marseille 49
Leslle DEVEREAUX Film and the Humanities 1989, Confetenor Report Film and Representations
of Culture 53
Nasko KRIZNAR Visual Documentation and the Commentary 56
Brian LARKIN Margaret Mead Film Festival 58
Wendy LEIGHTON 1989 AAA Visual Pre-Conference Review 59
Karon VERED
UPCOMING MEETINGS 62
WORLD NEWS AND REPORTS 71
PUBLICATIONS 84
ANNOUNCEMENTS 88
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Letters
Toward Media Anthropology, by Ron Burnett 1
Andris Slapins, Latvian Filmmaker, by William W. Fitzhugh 2
A Letter from Carl Fleischhauer, American Memory, Library of Congress, by Carl Fleischhauer 3
Articles
Self-Presentation to Majority Others - Toward Media Anthropology, by Duncan Holaday 4
Ethnographic Film and Televised Anthropology. "Faces of Culture" Examined, by Ira R. Abrams 6
Video y alfabetizaci 6n: El use "intermediario" del video en la cultura quichua del Ecuador, by Carlos Coloma 10
Between Fiction and Reality: Representation of Culture in Film - Ethnosemiotic Approach to Hungarian Cinema, by Mihaly Hoppal 12
Ethnography and the Politics of Interpretation, by Marian Bredin 16
New Challenges for Visual Anthropology, by Hart Cohen 18
"Hot Technologies" and Canadian Inuit: An Ethnographic Overview from Clyde River, NWT, by George W. Wenzel 21
Who is it for? - Pictures are Special, and so are the People in them: About Filming Mammy Water: In Search of the Water Spirits in Nigeria
by Sabine Jell-Bahlsen 24
Filming Culture: Interpretation and Representation in Trance and Dance in Bali (1951), A Balinese Trance Seance (1980), and Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed (1980), by Beverly Seckinger 27
Culture and Technology in Education: The Yugtarvik Museum Videodisc Project and Yupik for Non-Speakers, by Barry Sponder, Dennis Schall, George Marshall, Sophie Barnes, Oscar Alexie, Cecilia Martz and Ted Simmons 34
Utilizing Visual Anthropology to do Ethnography: In-Depth Case Studies of Two Elders in the U.S., by Mary Moore Free 41
Stephanos Stephanides' Hail Mother Kali, by Arnold H. Itwaru 45
Arnold Harrichand Itwaru interviews Stephanos Stephanides about his video documentary Hail Mother Kali, by Arnold H. Itwaru 46
Images of Domination, Voices of Control: Television Coverage of the Gulf War, by Fadwa El Guindi 48
Putting Education and Anthropology to Work: Community Video and Ethnographic Documentation in South Africa, by Costas Criticos and Tim Quinlan 49
CVA REVIEW Note on the Screening of Voice of the Whip at the Imbaba Camel Market, Cairo, by Louis Werner 35
Criteria for Style and Content in Ethnographic Film 37
WORLD NEWS AND REPORTS
News from Amsterdam's Center for Visual Anthropology 59
Myburgh-Gordon Exchange: A Comment by Mathias Guenther 60
Comments on Paul John Myburgh's People of the Great Sandface 60
PARNU, IVème Festival du Film Anthropologique 61
UPCOMING EVENTS
Comite Latinoamericano de Cine de Pueblos Indigenas- IV Festival of Indigenous Peoples Films 61
4th Festival of Visual Anthropology "Materiali di Antropologia Visiva" 61
Bird International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Manchester 1992. 61
The 37th Annual Robert Flaherty Seminar 61
3ème Atelier International d'Anthropologie Visuelle 62
2eme Sunny Side 62
2eme Biennale Europeenne du Documentaire 62
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Film Releases - MILESTONE Film and Video 62
Gypsy Video Archive - Gypsy Andalusian Sociocultural Center, Granada 62
Laboratoire d'Anthropologie de l'Université dc Sao Paulo 62
The Margaret Mead Film Festival 63
Archivio Fotografrco Toscano "AFT - Journal of History and Photography" 63
Recherche de Documents sur le Nomadisme 63
Search for Audio-visual Materials on Nomadism 63
Resources at the Anthropological Laboratory, Palermo 63
Correction 63
Contents
EDITORIAL
by Rolf Husmann
A Letter from Asen Balikci, Chairman, Commission on Visual Anthropology 3
FUTURE EVENTS 4
The 13th Nordic Anthropological Film Festival 4
Eyes Across the Water 4
Fourth International Film Festival i n Lima,
17-26 June, 1992 6
Film Festival in Estonia 7
EASA Summer School in Visual Anthropology 7
III. International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Manchester 14-18, September 1992 8
Dreamspeakers '92 9
1992 Margaret Mead Film/Video Festival 9
Film Conference in America and Spain 10
Film Festival in Nuoro/ Sardinia: "Mountains"; 6-10 October, 1992 11
Film Festival in Lodz, Poland 13-15 October, 1992 12
REPORTS 12
The 12th Nordic Anthropological Film Conference 12
Bilan du Film Ethnographique, Paris 15
FILM REVIEWS 16
Seven Scenes of Plenty (reviewed by Peter Ian Crawford) 16
Nuba Wrestling (reviewed by Peter Ian Crawford) 19
NEW P U B L I C A T I O N S / PRODUCTIONS
Yearbook of Visual Anthropology 21
New Book by Bill Nichols: Representing Reality Issues and Concepts in Documentary 22
Bibliography on Ethnographic Film 22
New Book out in August '92: Film as Ethnography 23
An Information from David MacDougall 23
VARIA 23
Call for Papers: Critical Arts: A Journal for Media Studies 23
Film-making in Budapest: News from J. Tari, Budapest 24
IMPRESSUM 26
Contents
Editorial 1
Report and Review Articles:
Laura Rival: 3rd RAI Film Festival. Report on the conference and workshops 2
Toni de Drumhead: The RAI Ethnographic Film Festival 1992: Some Reflections 6
Juan Christian Gutiérrez, Maupomé: Transferring the Audio-visual Media to Indigenous communities 7
Janine Prins: Expressing Anthropological Knowledge in Documentary Film, a seminar 8
Keyan Tomaselli: Regards sur les Sociétés Européennes: Exploring the Visual 10
Karsten Kruger: Re-editing and publishing ethnographic documentary films from the P.R.of China (1956-1966) 13
Pat Norrish/Susi Arnott: Seminar Report: The Use of Video in Development 14
Brief Reports and Reviews:
SIX DAYS OF PLENTY. A Report from '4. Filmforum: Ethnologie + Dritte Welt' in Freiburg, 30 April to 5 May, 1991 16
The 13th Nordic Anthropological Film Association Film Festival, Helsinki, 30 May - 6 June. 1992 17
EASA SUMMER SCHOOL - or will ethnographic film go to heaven? 18
EASA Summer School in Visual Anthropology. Göttingen 1992 19
The life of Siberian indigenous people 19
Eighth Review of Ethnographic Film, Lodz, Poland, 13-18 October, 1992 20
Mundos en Contraste I Muestra Internacional Cine Etnolôgico de América y Andallucia 20
Mountains, VI International Festival of Ethnographic Films, Nuoro, 6-12 October, 1992 21
The 35th Leipzig International Documentary and Animation Festival, 27 November to 3 December, 1992 22
World Events 22
World News 26
New Books, Films and Videos 28
Classified 29
Editorial 1
Letter from the new Chairman 2
Report and Review Articles
Alison Griffiths: Welsh television audiences and national identity Intersections of Cultural Studies and ethnographic methods 3
Marie-Helene Bonin and Lois Davies: TO BE SCREENED OR NOT TO BE. Southern African initiatives in independent video production and distribution 8
Eva Riecanska: What is ‘Etnofilm Cadca’, Slovakia? 10
Claudia Menezes: Some comments on the First International Exhibition of Ethnological Cinema of America and Andalusia 13
Nita Kapoor THEY JUST WON'T GO AWAY. The 15th International Women’s Film festival, Créteil May 26 to April 4, 1993 15
Brief reports and reviews
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIEWER, 14th NAFA Conference, Reykjavik, June 4-8 1993 18
The 7th Pärna International Visual Anthropology Festival 19
PROJECT ON THE COLLLECTION OF VISUAL MATERIAL ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ SELF-GOVERNMENT 20
REGULUS ETHNOGRAPHIC MEDIA PRODUCTIONS 21
VISIONS OF AFRICA: Anthropology on Film Jean Rouch. John Marshall and Other Film Makers 22
A BIBLlOGRAPHY OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM 24
The Journey Back- The Earth is Our Mother Part II 25
ADVENTURERS AND AMATEURS - A review of Rouch’s Gang’ 26
World Events 27
World News 29
New publications and films/videos 31
Classified 32
CVA Newsletter 2/94
Contents
Editorial 1
Report and Review Articles:
Cecilia McCallum: The Veja Payakan. The media, modernism and the image of the Indian in Brazil 2
Graham Townsley: AESTHETICS, AUDIENCE AND THE SOBRIETY OF FILM 9
Evelyn Riisseler: ON SOME CONCEPTS OF REALITY IN ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM-MAKING 11
Jeffrey Ruoff On the Trail of the Native's Point of View: GIEFF 15
Mathias Guenther: Contested Images, Contexted Texts: The Politics of Representing the Bushmen of Southern Africa 19
Brief Reports and Reviews:
Review of the festival FILM HIMALAYA 1994 9
A SILENCE IN STOCKHOLM. The 15th International Film Conference of the Nordic Anthropological Film Association, Stockholm, 26-29 May 1994
FESTIVALS, JURIES AND AWARDS. Remarks by experienced strokes 25
A VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY PROJECT IN A MULTI-CULTURAL SETTING: A CASE FROM SOUTHWESTERN BULGARIA 26
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM EXHIBIT. Rio de Janeiro, September 20 - October 2, 1994 27
AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTIONS IN SOCIOLOGY 28
PHOTOGRAPHY AND MUSEUM. The 4th International AVICOM Symposium in Bonn met with a good response 29
A FEW CONSIDERATIONS ON THE FILM-ESSAY EXPERIMENT AS A MEANS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH 30
The 2nd ASTRA Festival of Anthropological-Documentary Film, Sibiu, 20-22 October 1994. Reflected upon by a member of the jury 31
THE VISUAL VOICE FESTIVAL CONFERENCE 94 32
The first 'or d'£uvre' Student Meeting in Berne, 10 June 1994 33
PÄRNU INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY FESTIVAL, July 3-10,1994 33
Film Reviews:
Voices of Orchid Islands 34
Nusrat! Live at Meany 34
A Celebration of Origins 34
Threads of Life: Hemp and Gender in a Hmong Village 35
Nuhoniye: Our Story 36
Apu Condor: The Condor God 36
World Events 37
World News 39
New publications and films/videos 42
Classified 44
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Contents
Editorial 1
Report and Review Articles:
Barbara Keifenheim: LE CONCEPT D'IDENTITE. FT D'ALTERITE ET LA THEORIE
DE REPRESENTATION CHEZ LES INDIENS KASHLVAWA 2
Dominique T. Gallois and Vincent Carelli: VIDEO IV THE VILLAGES: THE WAIAPI
EXPERIENCE 7
Keyan Tomaselli: A Perspective on the New 'Moment' of Visual Literacy in South Africa 12
Jesikah Maria Ross: ETHNIC EXPRESSION FROM THE GRASSROOTS.
Visual Anthropoloe and Public. Access Television 17
Sigurjon Baldur Hafsteinsson • Subversion of the status quo. An interview with Jay Ruby 20
Hein: Nigg: INNER VOICES - THEY SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
Subjective perspective and personal narrative style in Visual Anthropology.
A video programme reflecting war and genocide 24
Brief Reports and Reviews:
CONSTRUCTING THE AUDIENCE. Report on the 14th Nordic Anthropological
Film Conference, University of Iceland, Reykjavik June 4-7, 1993 27
Visual Anthropology in Madrid: Report on a three days seminar
and the visual workshop at Complutense University. 28
4E ATELIER INTERNATIONAL D'ANTHROPOLOGIE VISUELLE
Images de terrain et applications multimédia 29
ETHNOGRAPHY AND CINEMA. International Film Festival in Gottingen,
September 16-19, 1993. 30
Report on the symposium on the 'Use of Audio-Visual Media in the Ethnographic Museum'
held during the Congress of the German Association for Ethnography !DGV)
in Leipzig on 6 October 1993 31
L'Atelier International "Anthropologie risuelle et cultures de la representation.
Le temps des fêtes en Europe", Turin, 27-30 Octobre, 1993 33
SAIEFF/DEVCOM/ORALITY '94 34
Film Review: Yaray Yesso, Der Weg nach vorn/Djarama Boé. Danke, Grusse Boé 36
Review of Hetmo Lappalainen's 'Taiga Nomads'. 36
World Events 38
orld News 43
New publications and flints/videos 46
Classified 48
CVA NEWSLETTER
Bulletin de la Commission d'anthropologie visuelle
published by
Commission on Visual Anthropology
ISSN: 0846-8648
2/94
CVA Newsletter 2/94
Contents
Editorial 1
Report and Review Articles:
Cecilia McCallum: The Veja Payakan. The media, modernism and the image of the
Indian in Brazil 2
Graham Townsley: AESTHETICS, AUDIENCE AND THE SOBRIETY OF FILM 9
Evelyn Riisseler: ON SOME CONCEPTS OF REALITY IN ETHNOGRAPHIC
FILM-MAKING 11
Jeffrey Ruoff On the Trail of the Native's Point of View: GIEFF 15
Mathias Guenther: Contested Images, Contexted Texts: The Politics of Representing the Bushmen of Southern Africa 19
Brief Reports and Reviews:
Review of the festival FILM HIMALAYA 1994 22
A SILENCE IN STOCKHOLM. The 15th International Film Conference of the Nordic Anthropological Film Association, Stockholm, 26-29 May 1994 23
FESTIVALS, JURIES AND AWARDS. Remarks by experienced strokes 25
A VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY PROJECT IN A MULTI-CULTURAL SETTING: A CASE FROM SOUTHWESTERN BULGARIA 26
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM EXHIBIT.
Rio de Janeiro, September 20 - October 2, 1994 27
AUDIO-VISUAL PRODUCTIONS IN SOCIOLOGY 28
PHOTOGRAPHY AND MUSEUM. The 4th International AVICOM Symposium
in Bonn met with a good response 29
A FEW CONSIDERATIONS ON THE FILM-ESSAY EXPERIMENT AS A MEANS OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH 30
The 2nd ASTRA Festival of Anthropological-Documentary Film, Sibiu, 20-22 October 1994. Reflected upon by a member of the jury 31
THE VISUAL VOICE FESTIVAL CONFERENCE 94 32
The first 'or d'£uvre' Student Meeting in Berne, 10 June 1994 33
PÄRNU INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY FESTIVAL, July 3-10,1994 33
Film Reviews:
Voices of Orchid Islands 34
Nusrat! Live at Meany 34
A Celebration of Origins 35
Threads of Life: Hemp and Gender in a Hmong Village 35
Nuhoniye: Our Story 36
Apu Condor: The Condor God 36
World Events 37
World News 39
New publications and films/videos 42
Classified 44