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| Acquiring the Human Language: Playing the Language Game-Part II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aegean- Legacy of Atlantis | Join archaeologists in the Greek isles as they discover surprising links between the mythical “sunken continent” of Atlantis and the glittering cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Africa: A History Denied | Discover the fascinating legacy of great coastal trading kingdoms and the massive, stone-walled city of Great Zimbabwe as the long-hidden history of Africa’s peoples is brought to light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age of Exploration: In the Island of the War Canoes | (1972) Edward S. Curtis- A drama of Kwakiutl Indian life in the Northwest. Curtis spent three years with Kwakiutl Indians to recreate their way of life before the white man came. (47 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| America Beyond the Color Line | (2003) Following his acclaimed PBS series, Wonders of the African World, Harvard's chair of Afro-American Studies, Henry Louis Gates now travels the length and breadth of the United States to take the temperature of modern black America at the start of the new century. For Gates, this is both the best and the worst of times. Black Americans are ceter stage in almost every arena and opportunities have opened up which just three decades ago seemed unimaginable. But huge obstacles remain: many African Americans say they still feel excluded from mainstream American life and a fifth of all black Americans currently lives below the poverty line. Gates travels to four very different parts of America - the East Coast, the deep South, inner city Chicago and, finally, Hollywood. He explores this rich and diverse landscape, social as well as geographic. And he meets the people who are defining black America, from the most famous and influential - Colin Powell, Quincy Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, Fannie Mae's Franklin Raines, Jesse Jackson, Russell Simmons, Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou, Morgan Freeman - to those at the grassroots.(220 minutes, color/B&W) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anasazi and Chaco Canyon | Looks at the many fascinating finds at Chaco Canyon including the city itself, the strange cult objects, the city’s mastery of astronomy, and many strange questions about the absence of written language and the complete disappearance of the Anasazi culture. (43 mins., color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ancient Healing | Ancient Healing This program explores a range of healing traditions, from Chinese medicine to the healing methods of Guatemalan shamans. It describes such healing therapies as moxibustion a centuries-old form of acupuncture that has had remarkable success in reversing the position of breech babies before birth and differentiates between Western and various non-Western medical views of patients. DVD / 2000 / 27 min |
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| Ancients of North America | Current excavations of 7,500 year old human remains in a Utah cave shows a view of the lives of America’s earliest inhabitants. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Apes and Sign Language: Washoe | This outstanding documentary traces the life and unique accomplishments of Washoe, the first chimpanzee to communicate with humans and other apes in sign language. (53 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appeals to Santiago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aspects of the Behavior of the Sifaka- Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ax Fight | (1975) T. Asch and N. Chagnon- The problems of Yanomamo kinship, alliance, village fission, violence and conflict resolution. Also raises questions about how anthropologists and filmmakers translate their experience into meaningful words and coherent images. (30 mins, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baby Talk | Study of language acquisition in early life {with N. Besnier} | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bali: Mask of Rangda | Bali, that lush, tropical isle, brimming with South Sea romance, is also the arena for a spectacular psychodrama representing the classic battle of Good vs. Evil. A society of rice farmers/artisans, the Balinese live lives based on mutual support, cooperation and sharing. To maintain this peaceful culture, and recognizing the destructive nature that lies within each of them, the Balinese practice elaborate rituals with the goal of exorcising violent tendencies. One of these is the dangerous and dramatic trance ritual of Rangda the evil Witch vs. the good Barong. Ordinary villagers in trance states stab one another and themselves with sharp plowshares. Miraculously, blood is never drawn, even though the battle is intense. When the battle ends, the desire for violence has been exorcised. The villagers' descent into madness has ended with their rebirth into sanity and wholeness, thereby preserving the Spirit of Cooperation that marks Balinese society. We also view the Kejak, an epic drama in the manner of ancient Greek tragedy, with a chorus of 250 villagers narrating the story in a distinctive and haunting chant. Filmed in remote villages on Bali, this harrowing ritual is presented by Elda Hartley in a way that shows the beauty and peaceful nature of the Balinese as a counterbalance to the psychodrama that unfolds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balinese Trance Séance | A spirit medium in a small, central Balinese village consults with a group of clients in her shrine house. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Barbie Nation | Barbie Nation blows the roof off Barbie's "Dreamhouse," revealing generations of people obsessed with the world's most popular toy. At Barbie conventions and anti-Barbie demonstrations; from San Francisco's gay pride parade to Croatia's bunkers, Barbie fans, foes, fetishists - and Barbie's creator - reveal the history and fantasy behind the icon. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Be the Creature: The Complete First Season | What is it like to prowl with a pride of hungry
lions, run with a pack of African wild dogs, or go on patrol with a pod of
killer whales? Find out as award-winning wildlife filmmakers Chris and
Martin Kratt get up close and personal with fascinating animals to show you
what it’s like to Be the Creature. Featuring exciting expeditions from the
first season of this hit series from the National Geographic Channel, the
Kratts offer an exhilarating, refreshingly unique way to observe and
understand animal behavior. Whether you’re living with Alaska brown bears or
getting a manatee’s- eyeview of Florida waterways, each new adventure offers
a surprising perspective on some of our planet’s most extraordinary animals.
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| Behavioural Observation: Keys to Success - Volume 2 | Volume 2, Keys to Success, centres on Behavioural Categories. Examples of students' field projects on Lundy Island show how categories are developed in relation to different research questions. Dictaphone and keyboard recording are compared. In Task 1 a sequence of kittiwake behaviour is repetitively shown and dissected. By scrutinising written definitions and example excerpts, viewers cumulatively learn twelve categories in four stages. Each stage is followed by practice recordings, in which a single letter is written for each category and 5 sec time bleeps are marked. Task 2 requires viewers to apply the same categories to a different sample sequence. Two versions of the film are given sequentially on the same cassette, the first for viewers who do all the tasks with pencil and paper, and the second giving instructions for keyboard recording, using a PC or Macintosh computer, supported by an excerpt from the Observer software on an accompanying floppy disk. Both versions go on to explain Inter-Observer Correlations (IOC), Agreement Matrices, and Time-window Agreements. In Task 3 pairs of viewers with pencil and paper records transcribe these to a matrix, and hand calculate IOC. Pairs using keyboard recording perform IOC's directly on their data files using the Observer software, which also allows them to explore manipulations of the window. There is an optional addition exercise sequence of kittiwake behaviour at the end of the cassette. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavioural Observation: Observing Ourselves - Volume 4 | Video Course 4, "Observing Ourselves", introduces the ethological approach to the study of our own species, using the example of children in a universtiy playgroup. A simple list of categories is presented which was collapsed from a larger list used in a classic study in a similar setting (Smith and Connolly 1980). The categories are explained in previews of some of the episodes before Task 1 begins. Task 1 consists of a number of 30 sec film episodes of focal children whose behaviour can be scored either on the check sheets provided, or by means of computer keyboard recording using the specially prepared excerpts from The Observer software on the discs included in the pack. The computer is configured for Continuous recording, but paper-&-pencil users can choose either this or One-zero recording. Task 2 is a longer excerpt for Continuous recording of the social interactions of a single focal child. (A second alternative excerpt is available in the appendix). The same categories may be applied, with the addition of modifiers to codes where the object of the action needs to be specified. Alternatively viewers may wish to develop and practise their own recording techniques. The facilities for sequential analysis provided in The Observer software are introduced. These can be explored further using the Help screens provided. Tutor notes included in the pack provide a broader perspective on the observation of human behaviour, suggest other projects students might like to carry out for themselves, and give a bibliography for further study. While these exercises have been made as simple as possible, the necessity for much preliminary and practise observation becomes apparent. The overall aim of this series is to present the fascinating potential and indispensability of observing behaviour in natural settings, and to raise awareness of the methodological rigour and technical deterity required to obtain scientifically useful data. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Behavioural Observation: Representative Samples - Volume 3 | Volume 3, Representative Samples, uses for its material the social behaviour of a colony of captive chimpanzees. In Task 1 viewers are encouraged to make their own written notes on an excerpt in which a female chimp painstakingly fishes with a stick to reach an apple in the moat, only to have it expropriated by a big male. The free but potentially unrepresentative nature of such ad libitum observation is now contrasted with more systematic methods of sampling. Tasks 2, 3 and 4 employ the same short sequence of one animal grooming another, and the same 3 simple categories, but involve sampling the behaviour in 3 different ways, viz Instantaneous sampling, One-zero sampling, or Continuous recording. The 3 data sets generated are then compared, enabling the pros and cons of each method to be evaluated. Viewers can either write code letters in the proformas supplied, or follow film instructions on how to use the accompanying student version of the Observer software to record directly on to a computer. In Task 5 the advantages of continuous recording of a focal individual in a longer excerpt are now illustrated using a more extensive set of codes, again with the option of computer or paper & pencil recording. More complex techniques of behaviour sampling and sequence sampling are then described. Finally, to exemplify behaviour observation in practise, Julia Casperd explains her Ph.D. research on social relations in the colony. After the credits some additional excerpts are provided which will enable considerable exploration of the recording and analytical potential of The Observer software. A set of tutor's notes is included in the pack. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Is…Black Ain't | When Marlon Riggs died of AIDS at the age of 37, he was completing a film which summed up a lifetime's work exploring African American identity. Variety concluded:"Riggs couldn't have left a more effective or challenging legacy to the Black community." Black Is...Black Ain't weaves together the testimony of those whose complexion, class, gender, speech or sexuality has made them feel "too black" or "not Black enough". Scholars and artists, including Bill T. Jones, Essex Hemphill, Angela Davis and bell hooks, as well as ordinary African Americans, movingly recall their own struggles to discover a more inclusive definition of "Blackness". Threading the film togerther is Riggs' own deeply personal quest for meaning and self-affirmation as his health deteriorates. In the end, Riggs locates the essence of "Blackness" in African Americans' courage from slavery down to the present to improvise a positive meaning for their lives in the face of overwhelming discrimination and suffering. Black Is...Black Ain't is an important contribution towards building a Black community based on profound empathy for the struggle for self-affirmation fought by each African America. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bodies of Water; New View New Eyes; Tivol Doh; Sow Lady | Bodies of Water (2 minutes); New View New Eyes (51 minutes); Tivol Doh (5 minutes); Sow Lady (15 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born Talking: A Personal Inquiry Into Language (In a Manner of speakin… Linguistics | Why do children acquire language so easily? And what light can be shed on the complexities of language by adults who have lost the ability to speak? In this classic four-part series, prominent neurologist and research scientist Jonathan Miller seeks to answer those and other fascinating questions in his inimitable style, freely crossing the boundaries between medical science, linguistics, and philosophy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bronislaw: Off the Veranda | Bronsilaw lived for long periods of time with the peoples of the Trobriands- a remote group of Pacific Islands. He quickly learned their language and way of life and published their ideas, making their lives intelligible to the West. (52 mins., color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caesar's Nightmare: An Ambush in the Forest | The Teutoberg Forest site has been located where Herman the German and his warriors set a trap and annihilated an Imperial Roman army. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cannibal Tours | (1987) D. O’Rourke- Tourist contact with people of Papua new Guinea. (77 mins.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain Evita | In 1951, the final match of the Argentine Soccer League pitted underdog team Racing against the privileged team Banfield. The weeks leading up to the final showdown coincided with the heated campaign of the 1951 presidential elections, with Juan Peron as incumbent. On the day of the match, famed first lady Evita publicly cheered on the working class team, while finance minister Ramon Cereijo, opposed to the re-election of Peron, rooted for the opposing team. This clever documentary mixes interviews, archival footage, and reenacted sequences to capture that peculiarly Argentine dovetailing of sports and politics. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Capturing the Past: How to Prepare and Conduct an Oral History Interview | Capturing the Past provides step-by-step instructions for oral history interviewing. By taking the viewer through an actual interview, you'll learn how to plan, prepare, conduct and preserve oral history, using audio and video tape. When people tell stories about their own lives, bridges are built between generations. Teachers and students bring learning to life through personal context. Researchers add unique insight and perspective to topics and Historians enrich our understanding of events for generations to come. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caste At Birth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chemical Hazards | This video promotes chemical safety. Phenol-chloroform extraction and ethanol precipitation are used to demonstrate the safety principles that apply to working with many of the hazardous chemicals found in the modern biology laboratory. This video will introduce new staff to good laboratory practices and provide a meaningful technical review in safety for the more experienced laboratory worker. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chimp Talk | Explores the controversial issue of language use by apes. (14 mins., color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chimpanzees Today (From the Primate Series) | (2001) Anne Zeller - Chimpanzees Today is an overview of the various roles filled by chimpanzees and the situations in which they currently live. It begins by briefly discussing the precipitous drop in wild populations and some of the history of Jane Goodall's research at Gombe, focusing on the discoveries that promoted the use of the chimpanzee model in studying Human evolution. It then covers some of the situations in which chimps find themselves in captivity. These include the sanctuaries in Africa set up for infant chimpanzees rescued from poachers, and some of the zoo habitats in which they are held. The question of the suitability of chimpanzees as zoo animals is raised. The captive situation is then expanded to coverage of chimps as show animals, as pets, as participants in medical research, and as participants in behavioural research such as self recognition, language use and in the study of chimpanzee painting. The need for captive sanctuaries for animals who have outgrown their usefulness as pets, or show animals, or have been retired from medical research is addressed. Returning to the theme of the use of the chimpanzee model in hominid evolution, the video includes a short segment on captive Bonobos. Thes are the other species of chimpanzee; a very rare form who may in fact be more similar in behaviour to early hominids than are common chimpanzees. It ends with a plea for conservation of wild chimpanzees since without them all the contributions which the captive ones make will no longer be sustainable. Of particular value in the video are the sections on actual footage from a medical research laboratory, mirror self recognition, and the level of language facility gained by chimpanzees who are NOT the focus of special language training programs. I do not think that anyone watching this video will be unaware of the social and intellectual kinship between humans and chimpanzees. The question then becomes 'What are our responsibilities towards them?' (36 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China- Dynasties of Power | See how China combined fabulous wealth and unprecedented technological advances with imperial control and ruthless military oppression to become the world’s oldest continuing civilization. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China: The Great Cultural Mix | China: The Great Cultural Mix Covering the period 220 to 581, this program examines the disintegration of the Han empire, the formation of new dynasties, and developments in religion and art. It explores the division of China into three kingdoms after the Han dynasty and the evolution of the empire into the Northern and Southern dynasties. It also compares the influence of Buddhism and Confucianism. VHS Tape / 1977 / 17 min |
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| Crosstalk | Communication and miscommunication between different socio-cultural groups. (25 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dance of Indians 1)Navajo Yebechai Dance 2)Hopi Snake Dance | Edward S. Curtis "Navajo Yebechai Dance" & Hopi Snake Dance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dances of Bali: Barong | Traditional Dances of Indonesia Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dancing with the Incas | John Cohen, 1991 (58 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death By Stoning: Justice, Punishment and Human Rights | Under islamic law, the bearing of a child out of wedlock is a capital offense - and the instrument of death is stoning, as done since time immemorial. Set in Nigeria, this ABC News program uses the harrowing case of Amina Lawal as a platform to discuss the concepts of justice and punishment as they relate to human rights. Akbar Ahmed, chair of Islamic studies and professor of international relations at American University, and Ayesha Imam, founding director of a human rights agency that assisted in Ms. Lawal's defense, are featured. (23 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Death To Pay For | (1995) Shot in Papua, New Guinea this video is partly a follow up of a Disappearing World Series, “The Kawelka: Ongka’s Bog Moka”. This video gets to the root of many complex topical issues. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deep Jungle | A new breed of scientists and explorers is on the trail of the jungle's most deeply held secrets. Equipped with an arsenal of high tech tools, they encounter the unexpected and the unbelievable, revealing a jungle we've never seen before. This extraordinary three-part miniseries follows these 21st Century pioneers into a brand new age of discovery, as they work their way through the many layers in the fantastic web of life that makes up a jungle ecosystem. Program One: New Frontiers - Using laser beams, global positioning systems, infrared and thermal imaging, high speed and motion sensitive cameras, scientists are able to create 3-D virtual maps of jungles, tract forest elephants, capture Sumatran tigers on film, prove the existence of a legendary moth, light up the largest bat migration on earth, and reveal the secrets of moonwalking birds. Program Two: Monsters of the Forest - The towering Brazil Nut tree is a survivor, a 500-year-old biological machine at the center of the Amazon jungle. It seems invulnerable, yet a tiny bee and a killer tree are both powerful enough to bring it down. To unravel its mysteries, scientists create a high-tech, outdoor laboratory. But if you are on the trail of a giant tarantula, sometimes low-tech works just as well. Program Three: The Beast Within - Can reaching out to primates help us find out who we really are? Disturbing new discoveries are leading experts to the conclusion that we may have more in common with our closest relatives than we thought. And are there lessons to be learned from lost human civilizations? Jungle exploration takes on a uniquely personal note as scientists explore our past to find out where we came from and what our future might hold. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Digging Up The Past | From some of the most famous archaeological sites, descriptions of Carbon-14 dating, fossil pollen analysis and correlation of tree rings. (23 mins., color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: Masai Manhood | (1975)- This film focuses on the lives of young warriors and culminates in the Eunoto, a dramatic four-day ceremony that marks their transition from warrior to elder. (52 min) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: Masai Women | (1974)- Examines the role of the Masai women, from childhood through marriage to old age, in this completely male dominated society of animal herders living in the East African Rift Valley. (52 min) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: Orphans of Passage | (1993)- Story of the Uduk people of southern Sudan and their struggle to flee from civil war and domestic strife. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: Saints and The Spirits | (1978)- Women who profess the Islamic faith in the Moraccan city of Marrakech rarely attend mosque and hold their rituals and celebrations at home. Female pilgrims often make the arduous journey to the mountain shrine of St. Sudhi Chamharoul, and a Shwapa performs the annual ritual of sacrifice the binds her to the spirit Sidhi Mahmoun. (53 min) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: The Kawelka, Ongka's Big Moka | (1974)- This video explores the Moka, a ceremony in which people or tribes give gifts to members of other tribes; the larger the gift, the greater the victory over the recipient. (52 min) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: The Kayapo | (1987) T. Turner- In 1982, when thousands of Brazilians invaded the Amazon rain forest to excavate one of the largest gold mines in the world, the fiercely independent Kayapo were forced to become “business men” or see their land and traditional way of life destroyed. (52 mins.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: The Kayapo of the Forest | (1989) T. Turner- The destruction of Brazil’s Amazonian rain forest now threatens the existence of its native people: the Kayapo Indians have gained international recognition for their bold political resistance and reassertion of their traditional cultural identity. (52 mins.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: The Mende | (1990) Disappearing World provides a precious record of the social structures and beliefs of societies confronting change and, in some cases, facing extinction by the pressures of our expanding technocratic civilization. Traveling to remote corners of five continents, film crews worked with anthropologists who have done extensive fieldwork with the societies concerned. The result is a series of accurate portraits in which the people are allowed to speak for themselves. British Academy Award Winner. The Mende. In Kpuawala, Sierra Leone, 260 Mende live in the forest in houses of nud, brick, and tin. This village portrait shows successful citizens and unlucky ones, clowns and gossips, happy households and divided ones. As they go about their daily routine, the Mende recognize the constant presence of a supernatural world that affects farming, fishing, and family life. (51 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: The Pathans | ”-(1980) A. Ahmed- Bound by a common language, heritage and the powerful unifying force of Islam, Pathans do not acknowledge the geographical boundary between Afghanistan and Pakistan which divides their people. The code of living is based on personal honor and revenge, and as the Soviet invaders of Afghanistan found, they accept no imposed leadership. (45 mins.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: The Quechua | (1974) M. Sallnow- Living in the Andes mountains, the Quechua are unlike many tribes in remote areas because the desperately want a road to link them with the outside world ands its benefits, especially the tourist trade. (51 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: The Rendille | (1977) A. Grum- Camels enable the Rendille to survive in the harsh African desert, but because these animals are so precious, every Rendille male must serve fourteen years as a warrior herdsman before he is allowed to settle down in the village. Long droughts have rapidly decreased the herd, and the herdsmen are being lured to big-city life in Nairobi. (53 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: The Shilluk | (1976)-In the 16th century, a man named Nyikang united the various groups living along the Nile River into one people, The Shilluk. Shilluk life revolves around the “Reth”, who is believed to be the divine incarnation of the shilluk people. But Shilluk territory is now part of the Sudan, and the Reth has been demoted to local magistrate by the central government. (53 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disappearing World: The Trobriand Islanders of Papua New Guinea | (1990) A. Weiner- The Triobriand Islands, regarded as anthropology’s most sacred place, lie off the east tip of Papua New Guinea. The island society has a complex balance of male authority and female wealth. This program focuses on two important events: the distribution of woman’s wealth after a death and the “month of play”, a time of celebration following the yam harvest. (52 mins.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discovering the Human Language:Colorless Green Ideas- Part I | Edward S. Curtis (55 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNA : The Human Race | In 1990, a massive enterprise was launched to decipher the ultimate instruction manual. The Human Genome Project soon turned into a race and a feud. This program tracks the tumultuous progress of the endeavor, detailing the scientific innovations that led to its completion, as well as its political and economic impact. Exceptional graphics bring home the daunting task of sequencing the human genome. Among those who discuss the project are initial rivals Francis Collins and J. Craig Venter; Dr. John Sulston; Sir Alec Jeffreys, the discoverer of DNA fingerprinting; Nobel Laureates Fred Sanger and Jim Watson; and former President Bill Clinton (57 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dream Worlds II: Desire, Sex and Power in Music Video | Powerfully illustrates the systematic representations of women in music video, and how these representations tell a narrow and dangerous set of stories about what it means to be female or male; stories which impact how women think about themselves sexually and how men think sexually about women. Shocking and sisturbing DW II give us a critical distance from images which have become so aubiquitous, and normal they are almost invisible. Originally produced in 1991, updated in its's 2nd edition. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Egypt- Quest for Immorality | Plumb the mysteries of the pyramids and the glittering treasures of the pharaohs as you decipher a culture obsessed with death and the shadowy world of the afterlife. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emergency Response | No one intends to have an accident; everyone should know how to respond to one. This video provides guidance for responding to emergencies in the modern biology laboratory. It will introduce new staff to appropriate emergency response procedures and provide a general review in emergency resonse for the more experienced laboratory worker. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eunuchs: India's Third Gender | BBC - Under the Sun - Michael Yorke, Producer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evil Wind, Evil Air | (1985) – McKee, Lauris- This documentary focuses on the supernatural origins, symptoms and cures of the folk illness, mal aire, especially as it affects children.(22 mins.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Explore: "Kurdistan" (Part I & II) | “Kurdistan” Part I and II- Wolves of Freedom/ Puppets of God. Running time-45:14. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Explore: "Tuareg"- Part I & II | “Tuareg” Part I and II- Blue men of the Sahara/ From Timbukto to the Stars. Running time- 45:15. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fall 2003: Hal Conklin Presentation "A History of Anthropology at Yale" | History of Anthropology @ Yale by Professor Emeritus Harold C. Conklin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FAMILY | Family This program examines the concept of family as viewed around the world and through time. It discusses family structure in agrarian societies, life in a polygamous family, infanticide, the effects of the Industrial Revolution, the baby boom, generational alienation, and the impact of divorce. VHS Tape / 1999 / 53 min |
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| Family Across the Sea | Family Across the Sea is Roots -told as an historical and linguistic detective story. It shows how scholars have uncovered the remarkable connections between the Gullah people of South Carolina and the people of Sierra Leone. Family Across the Sea movingly portrays how African Americans have preserved their ties with their homeland through centuries of oppression. The ancestors of the Gullah were African slaves brought to the Sea Islands because of their expertise in rice cultivation. Family Across the Sea documents how the Gullahs in corporated many aspects of African culture in the daily life of the plantations. The Gullah language contains over 3,000 words of African origin and resembles the Krio language of Sierra Leone. The film concludes with the "homecoming" of a delegation of Gullah to the West African brothers and sisters they hadn't realized they had. One woman speaks what many African Americans will feel: "Now, I know that I have really come home." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Family: Japan | Family (DVD) Profiling the everyday lives of a Japanese family, this program examines the role of the family in Japan. It considers the significance of family in the life and lifestyle choices of an individual, examines the relationship between family and community, traces historical evolutions in family structure, and investigates nationally specific convictions about the family. DVD / 1995 / 55 min |
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| Fast Runner | (2000) Igloolik at the dawn of the first millennium, when nomadic Inuit were masters of the frozen arctic. Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of Inuit, upsetting its balance and spirit. Twenty years pass. Two brothers emerge to challenge the evil order; Amaqiuaq, the Strong One, and Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner. Atanarjuat wins the hand of the lovely Atuat away from the boastful son of the camp leader, Oki, who vows to get even. Oki ambushes the brothers in their sleep, killing Amaqjuaq, as Atanarjuat miraculously escapes running naked over the spring sea ice. But can he ever escape the cycle of vengence left behind? An exciting action thriller set in ancient Igloolik, Atanarjuat unfolds as a life threatening struggle of love, jealousy, murder and revenge between powerful natural and supernatural characters; a story which contains lessons for us all.(2hours, 52 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Feet on Ground, Head in Clouds: The History of Man | Trace evolution from its source. Learn about the events that sparked the beginning of life and speculate future contact with extraterrestrial life forms. (60 mins., color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Contact | (1930) B. Connolly/ R. Anderson- Relations between Modern Western visitors and people of Stone Age Papua New Guinea. (54 mins.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Firth in Firth: Reflections of an Anthropologist | Biographical sequences from the life of the British ethnologist Sir Raymond Firth. His studies of social anthropology under Malinowski at the London School of Economics form the central piece. Includes his field reseach on Tikopia (Salomon Islands, Melanesien) and, together with his wife, in Malaysia. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Five Species (From the Primate Series) | (1997) Anne Zeller - FIVE SPECIES compares three species of monkeys, one prosimian and two types of apes, all living in a zoo setting. They are Japanese macaques, lion tail macaques, mandrills, black lemurs, orangutans and lowland gorillas. Each segment features several minutes of footage accompanied by descriptions of common behavior such as, eating, grooming, locomotion, play, and social interaction. The narration provides a commentary for each species; however, the comparisons between them are left to the observer and can occur at several levels. These include comparisons of their behavior as it relates to size and sexual dimorphism, comparisons in terms of phylogenetic level, or comparisons of complexity based on group size or species' differences. Since visibility is better in the wild, comparisons between footage taken in natural settings and that of caged animals allows for discussion of the possible influences of captivity on behavior. Of particular interest are the social interactions of adult orangutans. (53 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Five Suns | A sacred history of Mexico. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil Fragments: The Riddle of Human Origins | Press Conference 3/23/04 - DVD "Scientific evidence suggests that humans ultimately evolved from an extinct African Great Ape," says Yale Anthropology Professor Andrew Hill, a specialist on human evolution and curator of Fossil Fragments: The Riddle of Human Origins, a permanent exhibition opening on March 24 at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. Hill explains, "From both fossil and molecular evidence, it seems that the human lineage and African Great Ape lineage diverged from one another between 6 and million years ago." From this starting point, the exhibition provides a wealth of new evolutionary information and fossil material. After documenting the ongoing scientific history of our ancestry and profiling the individuals involved in important fossil discoveries, the exhibition examines a procession of hominid species from the earliest, living over six million years ago, to the earliest representatives of our own species, Homo sapiens, emerging in Africa 200,000 years ago. Fossil evidence shows that the different kinds of humans that once lived in the past were very successful animals; some existed far longer than our own species has thus far, and at some periods more than one species of hominid lived at the same time, in the same place. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frederk Barth: From Fieldwork to Theory | The film, being part of the continued effort of IWF to contribute video productions to the history of anthropology like the preceding film on Sir Raymond Firth, is a portrait of the Norwegian anthropologist Fredrik Barth, one of the most important contemporary representatives of his discipline whose reputation both as a fieldworker and a theoretician has been renowned for more than four decades. Barth carried out fieldwork in the Sudan, in Iran, Oman, Pakistan, New Guinea, Bali and Bhutan. In the film, he talks, at times together with his wie Unni Wikan, to Peter Loizos (London School of Economics) and also to Lone Abenth-Sperschneider on his personal life and academic career; the importance of his fieldwork for his theoretical findings, the development of Norwegian anthropology, his cooperation with Unni Wikan and many other topics of interest for anthropologists. Impressions from teaching students in Bergen and lecturing at the Museum of Ethnography in Oslo, as well as glimpses of his personal environment in Oslo round off the film to a vivid portrait of a remarkable anthropologist. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| From Fieldwork to Theory- Fredrik Barth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frontline: A Class Divided | Video/Guide kit (Part I & II)- Investigates a broad spectrum of important events and issues. Probes into the latest headlines, and offers an unparalleled collection of studies in American and world history, the environment, government and politics, military and business affairs and a wide variety of social issues. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GAME OVER: Gender, Race & Violence in Video Games | Video and computer games represent a $6 billion a year industry. One out of every ten households in America owns a Sony Playstation. Children who own video game equipment play an average of ten hours per week. And yet, despite capturing the attention of millions of children world-wide, video games remain one of the least scrutinized cultural industries. GAME OVER is the first educational documentary to address the fastest growing segment of the media through engaging questions of gender, race and violence. What are the messages of video games? Why are the vast majority of game players boys and men? Are Video Games desensitizing children to violence? How is race represented in video games? Are interactive video games different from television? What images of masculinity and power are offered? What images of woment exist in the video game world? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gelede | 1969: (23 min) a documentary of a Yoruba festival. Shows both the making of the masks and the dancing. Emphasizes the importance of this festival in providing coherence to the community and its culture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gender and Communication: Male-Female Differences in Language and Nonverbal Behavior | Gender exerts a powerful influence on all facets of human communication and raises many profound social issues. How does our gender affect us in everyday interactions? Are we treated differently because we are male or female? When we speak to someone, does the way we speak depend on the listener's gender?This provocative and richly discussible video explores the impact that gender has on both verbal messages (including speech, language, and vocabulary) as well as the nonverbal channels of communication such as vocal paralanguage, haptics (touch), kinesics (movement, gestures, and posture), proxemics (spatial behavior) and other "unwritten" languages. "Gender and Communication" examines a variety of fascinating topics that will engage students' interest. These include interruptions in conversations, gender bias in vocabulary and language, patterns of inequality in speech and conversation, cultural images of men and women, male-female differences in movement and kinesics, the intriguing communication changes needed by individuals who change from one gender to another, and how gender affects communication patterns in different ways in cultures around the world. "Gender and Communication" is thoughtful, compelling, powerful, and frequently outrageous. The many topics covered are significant, controversial, and of crucial importance to anyone interested in communication, social interactions, or gender differences. The video is unique in its scope, and it illustrates many gendered forms of both verbal and nonverbal behavior. As just one example, students will never forget the video's radical exploration of the imagery produced by the fashion and advertising industries. "Gender and Communication" carves new territory in its examination of the impact of gender on key areas of speech, language, social interactions, and nonverbal behavior. This landmark work will become a "must see" for students in a wide array of disciplines. It was produced by Prof. Dane Archer, of UC Santa Cruz, and is filled with the same characteristic zest, vibrancy, and instructional savvy that have brought widespread acclaim to all of his best-selling videos on nonverbal behavior, cultural differences, and communication. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geraldo Rivera Show- Ebonics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gift of a Girl: Female Infanticide | (24 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Global Tongue | This program looks at the different contexts and countries in which the language dominates education, pop music, advertising and the Internet. It explores the pros and cons of this dominance and the ways in which it is actually changing the language. (24 mins, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grass- A Nation's Battle for Life | In 1924, neophyte filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack hooked up with journalist and sometime spy Marguerite Harrison and set off to film an adventure. They found excitement, danger and unparalleled drama in the migration of the Bakhitiari tribe of Persia (now Iran). Twice a year, more than 50,000 people and half a million animals surmounted seemingly impossible obstacles to take their herds to pasture. The filmmakers captured unforgettable images of courage and determination as the Bakhtiari braved the raging and icy waters of the half-mile-wide Karun River. Cooper and Schoedsack almost froze when they filmed the breathtaking, almost unbelievable, sight of an endless river of men, women and children - their feet bare or wrapped in rags - winding up the side of the sheer, snow-covered rock face of the 15,000 foot high Aardeh Kuh mountain. Although many documentary historians consider GRASS second only to Nanook of the North, few people have actually seen this legendary film. This restored and full-length version, complete with an authentic new Iranian score, will astonish today's audiences with its beautiful photography and heart stopping adventure.Bonus Feature: Film historian Rudy Behlmer audio interview with producer director Merian C. Cooper (71 minutes, B&W) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Greece- A Moment of Excellence | Enter into the everyday lives of the classical Greeks on a fascinating exploration of the conflicting forces of passion and reason that shaped our modern, western way of life. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hanunoo | (1993)- Produced by Harold C. Conklin. Originally released in 1957. 18 mins, color with scene sequence outline. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He Said, She Said: Gender, Language, and Communication | In this video, Deborah Tannen explains her linguistic approach to understanding verbal exchanges between women and men. She addresses such issues as directness and indirectness, use of ritual, and the tendency to speak or listen more or less literally. ("He Said, She Said" is the companion video to "In Depth." VHS Tape / 2001 / 50 min. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History of the Blue Movie | This humorous and informative documentary traces the history of cinematic pornography back to the 1915 stag film "The Free Ride." Sexual attitudes of society have been carefully researched and explained as films from World War up to and including the year 1970 are examined. Stripper Candy Barr is shown in the classic "Smart Alec", and the mild peep shows of the 1940s and 1950s are examined. All events lead up to the late 1960s where censorship laws were successfully challenged in the courts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History of the Anthropoid: The Search for the Beginning | A search for Hominid fossils in East Africa. After a breakthrough discovery, hominid fossils are analyzed amongst famed paleo-anthropologists within the context of major evolutionary theories. (46 mins.,color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hominid Evolution 1:The Early Stages (From the Primate Series) | (2001) Anne Zeller - This video begins with a survey of anatomically important concepts and landmarks in the analysis of primate skulls and teeth so that the fossils can be discussed accurately. The discussion of fossils begins with Aegyptopithecus from the Oligocene and continues through the Miocene and Pliocene using casts for a sample of the fossil forms and some slides for the newer Ardipithecus and Australopithecus anamensis. The video then discusses the anatomy of the femur and pelvis in terms of the development of bipedalism, using cast material from the Australopithecus afarensis called Lucy. The differences between the gracile and robust forms of Australopithecines are then demonstrated. The presentation ends with a brief introduction of the habilis form as the next stage of development of modern Humans. All this material is shot in the setting of a university physical anthropology lab. Suitable for teaching Anthropology, Primatology and Evolution. There are 10 titles included in this series on primates. These videos are quite different from commercial films about animals. There is no plot and single animals are not the focus of attention. Their purpose is to give a comparative view of a number of different primate species living under various conditions in captivity and in the wild. Seeing animals moving in their natural habitats brings home the importance of specialization in locomotor systems. Watching the animals interact with each other emphasizes the subtlety of facial communication and role behaviors.(38 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hominid Evolution 2: Genus Homo (From the Primate Series) | (2001) Anne Zeller - This video picks up the account of Human evolution with Homo habilis, the earliest currently accepted member of our genus and describes the similarities and differences between this form and describes the similarities and differences between this form and the Australopithecines. It then continues with discussion and demonstration of the features of the African Homo eretus and the Asian forms including the material from Java and from China. In terms of hominid development in Europe, maps and slides are used to discuss the possible new very early hominids from Spain at Orche and the material from Atapuerca. Several different theoretical positions about shat to call the European material are presented and the casts of several are discussed in detail. As we move on to the Neanderthals the Out of African and multiregional theories are presented with supporting data and criticisms of each. A cast of the new Solo skull from Poloway in Java is discussed The Near Eastern material on Neanderthals and early modern Homo Sapiens is covered and the spread of early moderns across Europe and Asia. The video ends not with conclusions, but with questions about interpretation of fossils and the differing theories about the development of modern forms. Suitable for teaching Anthropology, Primatology and Evolution. There are 10 titles included in this series on primates. These videos are quite different from commercial films about animals. There is no plot and single animals are not the focus of attention. Their purpose is to give a comparative view of a number of different primate species living under various conditions in captivity and in the wild. Seeing animals moving in their natural habitats brings home the importance of specialization in locomotor systems. Watching the animals interact with each other emphasizes the subtlety of facial communication and role behaviors. (50 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hopi | (1982) Part of the American Indian Video Series. The Hopi people live in ancient villages built on top of mesas rising from the floor of Northern Arizona’s desert land. Intimate scenes of family life, work and colorful seasonal rituals show how the Hopi’s pass on the communal values and survival skills that have kept their culture alive for centuries. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| House of the Spirit: Cambodian Health Care | (1984)- Ellen Bruno and Ellen Kuras. Attempts to summarize both the variety of folk healing traditions currently practiced among the Buddist Khmer and the historical events since the French colonial rule that have modifies those traditions. (42 mins.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HUM TUM | Life isn't always like the movies. Love isn't always at first sight. Very often, a relationship develops slowly and it takes many years between "boy meets girl" and "boy gets girl"! Hum Tum is a refreshing look at the eternal battle of the sexes as it follows the lives of Karan (Saif Ali Khan) and Rhea (Rani Mukerji). Karan is a cartoonist and his characters "Hum" and "Tum" reflect his perspective on the strange love-hate relationship between men and women. Rhea is sensitive, well bred and self-confident. She can give as good as she gets and is not afraid of standing up to men. Initially, the two have very little in common. But, as life would have it, their paths keep crossing and, over the course of a decade, their relationship evolves, from hate, to mutual respect, friendship and finally....... In a cinematic universe that offers simplistic scenarios to the complex relationship between men and women, Hum Tum is a novel look at the trials and tribulations of "every man" and "every woman" and their attempts to understand one another. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hunters | (1958) Focuses on four Kalahari Bushmen of Southwest Africa who undertake a hunt to obtain meat for hungry villagers. The chronicle of the exhausting thirteen-day hunt is one of suspense. The Hunters is an intimate picture of a people who possess a highly developed sense of social responsibility and strong emotional bonds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I Call Myself Persian: Iranians in America | From the Iran hostage crisis of '79 to the WTC
attacks, images of hostile Iranians and Middle Easterners have been
well-ingrained in the American psyche, but no informed images come to mind
representing Iranians living on American soil. The Iranian Revolution took
place in 1979, after which over one million Iranians fled the country. Since
then hundreds of thousands of Iranians have been living in the United States.
"I Call Myself Persian" lets Iranian-Americans speak of how their
identities are affected by being made to feel like outsiders in a country
they now call home. (27
min./Color/2002) |
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| Images From The Field: Baboons (From the Primate Series) | Here we see the savanna baboons of Africa in various regions of their natural habitat, but with an emphasis on woodlands and forested regions since most other baboon films focus on open savanna. The video emphasizes various roles filled by animals in a troop with particular attention paid to the range of behaviors seen in males. These include consorting, sentry, protection, baby tending, positive affiliations with females, control and leading the troops. Various common behaviors such as feeding, grooming, reconnoitring, resting and playing are also portrayed in an attempt to set the roles in a context of group life. The females and young are revealed to be a focus of attention for the group and many episodes of complex social behaviors are taped in long sequences to allow the observer to practice observation techniques. (24 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Imbalu Ritual of Manhood | An insightful documentary, constructed with visual restraint, about the male circumcision ritual among the Gisu of Uganda. The narrative follows one male participant through the ritual and contrasts his hopes and anxieties on this important day of his life with the expectations of the rest of the village and some rude remarks of his circumcisers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inca- Secrets of the Ancestors | Travel back through time to see how the Inca’s gold-rich civilization drew upon 3,000 years of South American cultural evolution to rule an empire stretching from the Andes to the Pacific Coast. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incas | (1980) – This video travels the awesome world of the ancient Incas. It reveals one of the most breathtaking civilizations the world has ever known and shows how they achieved their stunning century of success. (60 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In Depth | "In Depth" is the companion video to "He Said, She Said." In this additional 25-minute presentation, sit down with Deborah Tannen as she goes In-Depth, addressing key issues, implications, and criticisms about "He Said, She Said," including: The nature/nurture question: are conversational styles born or made? Is gender the most important factor affecting conversational interaction? Are these patterns cross-cultural? What about power and dominance? How are linguistic and psychological approaches different? And much more! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| India: Cabaret | Mira Nair (60 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| India: Turmoils of the Century | Mira Nair - Part I (52 mins), Part II (52 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Innocence Lost: The Verdict (Part 1) | This major PBS documentary series probes into the heart of the issues behind the latest headlines, often with exclusive reports and offers an unparalleled collection of studies in American and world history, the environment, government and politics, military and business affairs and a wide variety of social issues including adoption, divorce, drug abuse, health care, and racism, to mention only a few. After nine months of testimony, Robert Fulton Kelly was sentenced to twelve consecutive life terms, one for each of the children he was convicted of molesting. Using footage from the 1991 FRONTLINE broadcast "Innocence Lost" and adding material never used, the program outlines the earliest history of the case in light of the trial testimony. (This program contains graphic descriptions of alleged child sexual abuse. Viewer discretion is advised.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Innocence Lost: The Verdict (Part2) | This major PBS documentary series probes into the heart of the issues behind the latest headlines, often with exclusive reports and offers an unparalleled collection of studies in American and world history, the environment, government and politics, military and business affairs and a wide variety of social issues including adoption, divorce, drug abuse, health care, and racism, to mention only a few. The program continues, focusing on the testimony of the twelve children who took the stand, the questioning by prosecutors and defense attorneys, and the jurors' decisions on what they heard. With unusual access to all involved, the program reveals the deeply troubling ambiguities that remain unresolved after the guilty verdict is found. (This program contains graphic descriptions of alleged child sexual abuse. Viewer discretion is advised.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduction to the Arab World | Introduction to the Arab World Designed for viewers with little or no knowledge of Arab culture and history, this video examines Arab commonalities and regional differences. It presents the basic tenets and history of Islam, as well as social, political, and economic concerns of the Arab people. VHS Tape / 1989 / 48 min |
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| Journey of The Chandler- Pohrt Collection | (17 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kantik'I Maishi: Songs of Sorghum | Caribbean harvest rituals and social change, tourism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kasthuri: The Kayapo Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kypseli: Women and Men Apart, A Divided Reality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Las Madres: The Mothers of Plaza Del Mayo | (1986) A film by Susana Munoz and Lourdes Portillo. (64 mins, color)- In Argentina, 14 women march before the presidential palace demanding to know where their missing children are. They spark both a national movement and an international campaign for the release of all disappeared persons. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Latah | (1983)- Ronald Simons- A Latah tells how her hyper-startling began and how she became a Latah. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lemurs of Madagascar (From the Primate Series) | (1997) Anne Zeller - This video demonstrates the range of lemurs present in Madagascar and to show as many as possible of them in their natural habitats. Footage of 9 species is included, covering 4 of the lemur families as well as 3 subspecies of brown lemur and two types of variegated lemur. Some animals were filmed in captivity and sone in the wild. The differences between wild and captive animals are emphasized because they are shown in both habitats. The influence of body size of animals and their social complexity on range, diet, social relations and reproductive patterns is emphasized. Many students will not have had the opportunity to see most of these animals except in captivity, this video emphasizes the difficulties of observation under free ranging conditions. As with the other comparative videos in this series, the material is organized to allow internal comparisons to be drawn at a number of levels. Also some shots are long enough to allow observers to make their own observations on social behaviors developing on screen. In this video we are providedwith a wealth of information about size, habitat, range, sexual dimorphism, diet, and communication patterns. It can be used as a summary of the main families of lemurs, or a basis of comparison between prosimian and higher primates. The zoo footage of the rare Daubentonia-madagascarensis is among the first to be released. These animals have only been in research centers for a very short time and were only briefly filmed in the wild previous to that. The animals included in this video are the Indri, the brown lemur (3 subspecies) the red bellied lemur, the ring tail lemur, the gray gentle lemur, the variegated (ruffed) lemur (2 subspecies), the dwarf lemur, the brown mouse lemur and the aye aye. (52 mins, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lie And Debt: Developing Stories | Brazil’s massive $130 billion debt is the ultimate cause of the shocking assassination of 500 street children a year in Rio de Janeiro. This hard-hitting docu-drama argues that the children’s only crime is that they are poor and have nowhere to go. The film examines the links between Brazil’s economic crisis and its tragic social and ecological plight following 500 years of domination and exploitation by Europeans, Americans and now Japanese. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life of Mammals - volume 1 of 4 | Vast in scope and stunning in imagery and detail, The Life of Mammals is the epic story of 4,000 species that have outlived the dinosaurs and conlonized the farthest reaches of the Earth. Emmy Award winner David Attenborough (The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, The Life of Birds) leads viewers on an extraordinary and breathtakingly beautiful exploration of this incredibly diverse group of creatures - from the smallest, the two inch pygmy shrew, to the largest, the blue whale; from the slowest, the sloth, to the swiftest, the cheetah; from the least attractive, the naked mole rat, to the most irresistible, a human baby. In this volume: A Winning Design - David Attenborough makes a worldwide jouney of discovery in search of fascinating mammals to illustrat why we mammals are so incredibly successful and diverse. Insect Hunters - The insect hunters were there at the very beginning of the mammals and are still thriving today. They are one of the great success stories of mammals. Plant Predators - Some of the biggest predators to walk the Earth are the plant predators, and they face a constant battle. Their prey is heavily armored, often indigestible and sometimes poisonous. (Approx. 150 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life of Mammals - volume 2 of 4 | Vast in scope and stunning in imagery and detail, The Life of Mammals is the epic story of 4,000 species that have outlived the dinosaurs and conlonized the farthest reaches of the Earth. Emmy Award winner David Attenborough (The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, The Life of Birds) leads viewers on an extraordinary and breathtakingly beautiful exploration of this incredibly diverse group of creatures - from the smallest, the two inch pygmy shrew, to the largest, the blue whale; from the slowest, the sloth, to the swiftest, the cheetah; from the least attractive, the naked mole rat, to the most irresistible, a human baby. In this volume: Chisellers - Special tools like chisel-sharp front teeth and underground dwelling enable this group of mammals to feast on the toughest roots and seeds. Meat Eaters - Meat-eating predators and their prey must evolve speed, endurance and maneuverability to outwit each other. The aggression of the kill means the difference between life and death. Opportunists - Omnivores will eat whatever is around at the time, making them highly adaptable. Among this group are some of the most charismatic and widespread mammals on the planet. (Approx. 150 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life of Mammals - volume 3 of 4 | Vast in scope and stunning in imagery and detail, The Life of Mammals is the epic story of 4,000 species that have outlived the dinosaurs and conlonized the farthest reaches of the Earth. Emmy Award winner David Attenborough (The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, The Life of Birds) leads viewers on an extraordinary and breathtakingly beautiful exploration of this incredibly diverse group of creatures - from the smallest, the two inch pygmy shrew, to the largest, the blue whale; from the slowest, the sloth, to the swiftest, the cheetah; from the least attractive, the naked mole rat, to the most irresistible, a human baby. In this volume: Return to the Water - With perfect streamlined bodies and great underwater speed, seals, dolphins, porpoises and whales became the new hunters of the sea. Life in the Trees - A range of adaptations from suction feet to gripping tails to ultra-keen senses help the tree-dwelling mammals to survive and thrive high above the ground. (Approx. 100 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Life of Mammals - volume 4 of 4 | Vast in scope and stunning in imagery and detail, The Life of Mammals is the epic story of 4,000 species that have outlived the dinosaurs and conlonized the farthest reaches of the Earth. Emmy Award winner David Attenborough (The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, The Life of Birds) leads viewers on an extraordinary and breathtakingly beautiful exploration of this incredibly diverse group of creatures - from the smallest, the two inch pygmy shrew, to the largest, the blue whale; from the slowest, the sloth, to the swiftest, the cheetah; from the least attractive, the naked mole rat, to the most irresistible, a human baby. In this volume: Social Climbers - In the daily hubbub of monkey life, only those with talent as social wheeler-dealers get ahead. Food for Thought - Human beings appear to be unique among mammals. We live in huge cities, we walk on two legs and we have language. But how far have we really come from our mammalian heritage? (Approx. 100 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lost City of Zimbabwe | Once explained as the work of a vanished white civilization, the spectacular ruin of the Great Zimbabwe is reclaiming its uniquely African heritage. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madagascar- Aworld Apart - The Living Edens | Madagascar is a world unto itself, where evolution has taken the familiar and rendered the bizarre. Split off from Africa since the age of the dinosaurs, Madagascar's isolation gave rise to countless exotic animals and plants that exist nowhere else on Earth. The film presents and extraordinary cast of characters, including chameleons of every color and size, a panther-like carnivore called a fossa, and the charismatic lemurs for which the island is famous. From lush tropical rain forests to the sun scorched spiny desert, Madagascar uncovers the natural wonders of this island paradise. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Magical Death | The shaman plays a vital role in Yanomamo society, for it is he who calls, commands, and often is possessed by spirits, or hekura. "Like myriad glowing butterflies dancing in the sky," the hekura come down invisible trails from the mountain tops when they are summoned. A powerful shamansuch as Dedeheiwa, who is known even in distant villages, manipulates not only the spirits of the mountains but also those that live within his own body. The body is a vehicle for the hekura: lured by beautiful body paint, they enter the feet and eventually settle in the chest. In 1970, Dedeheiwa's village Mishimishi-mabowei-teri was visited by leaders of the village Bisaasi-teri. After twenty years of hostilities, the visitiors wished to establish an alliance with Mishimishimabowei-teri, and they came to invite their former enemies to a feast. One of the visitors stayed behindwhen the others had left, and Dedeheiwa asked him: "Brother-in-law, do you have any enemies you want us to kill with our hekura?" The visitor replied that indeed the Mahekdodo-teri had killed his older brother, and he asked Dedheiwa to send hekura to destroy the sous of this enemy's children. For two days following this request, a shamanic drama is enacted, led by Dedeheiwa. Dedeheiwa and other shamans prepare by taking hallucinogenic drugs which enable them to speak to and become the spirits. Dedeheiwa calls a "hot and meat-hungry" hekura to devour the children's souls with fire. Then the shamans become their victimes, as they writhe like dying children in a pile of ashes. Becoming hekura spirits again, they devour the ashes representing the dead children. The first day's drama ends when Dedeheiwa himself falls unconscious, attacked by a magical hook sent from another enemy. The second day, the elaborate drama resumes, as Dedeheiwa becomes a young man from the enemy village who dodges the shamans' attacks but eventually is destroyed. Three weeks later, men from Dedeheiwa's village visited their new allies and participated with them in a raid on another village. The new alliance, strengthened by the shamans and their spirit manipulation, was reaffirmed, momentarily, by this act of war. The film is an exceptionally vivid portrayal of shamanic activity, as well as an exploration of the close connection between politics and shamanisn in Yanomamo culture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Makiko's New World | Early in the 20th century new oportunities were opened to Japanese women, thanks to modern consumer goods and to the new technologies of self-awareness offered by snapshot cameras, family albums, and mass produced diary books. Nakano Makiko and her family were on this hinge of historical change in 1910, the year that she kept a daily record of her activities as the young wife in a busy merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko's New World transports its viewers into the almost forgotten milieu of urban Japan a century ago. The program blends historical photos and film footage with pictures from family albums and with dramatized re-enactments of events Makiko recorded in her diary. (57 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Making A Living In Maine: 2000 B.C. | (1992) Discover an era before Christopher Columbus set sail when people hunted game and traded long distances from the coast of Maine. Dr. Bruce Bourque explains how these peoples made their tools and then goes on to illuminate their lives as well as the lives of other hunter peoples throughout time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mammalian Cell Culture Hazards | This video provides guidance for the safe handling of mammalian cell culture. It will introduce new staff to good laboratory practices and provide a meaningful technical review in safety for the more experienced laboratory worker. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Man Called "Bee": Studying the Yanomamo | (1974) A man lives among the Yanomamo for 36 months over an eight year period and shown in various roles as a “fieldworker”. The commentary touches on the problems of the fieldworker. 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 field-worker (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. (40 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Margaret Mead: Coming of Age | In the US, Bali and New Guinea, Mead examined child development, sex and temperament to see what role society plays in making people what they are. She emphasized that humans arrange their social worlds in many different ways, and that qualitative judgements cannot be made between them. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Meaning of Sex - Genes & Gender | Why does sex exist, and what is its purpose and function? What decides whether an individual will be male or female? How are chromosomes, genes, and molecules involved in determining sex? In four lively lectures, two leading scientists in the field of sex-determination research answer these intriquing questions. Using animations and demonstrations to drive home their points, they explore topics such as the role of sex, the evolution of the human sex chromosomes, human infertility, the advantages of studying sex in a simple organism such as C. elegans, and the mechanisms of sex determination in C. elegans. During each lecture, the scientists answer questions from high school students watching the talks. The videotapes also contain biographies of the lecturers, who discuss why they chose careers in science and what they enjoy most about their work. (2 VHS Videos) (1 DVD) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mesopotamia- Return to Eden | Experience the intersection of science and religion, guided by some of the western world’s earliest written records, as you can take a 6,000 year journey in search of the Bible’s Great Flood, Noah’s Ark and paradise itself: Eden. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miyah: The Javanese Woman | (1999) This is an intimate portrait of a Javanese woman who works as a servant and a cook for a prominent family in Jakarta, Indonesia. Miyah represents millions of rural dwellers who seek work in the cities and whose labor undergrids Asia's economies. She works at least 14 hours a day, seven days a week, with one vacation a year to see a daughter in Central Java. Her position is an ambiguous blend of employee and family wards, one that is increasingly difficult to maintain in Indonesia today. While there are many aspects of her life that are specific to circumstances in Indonesia, Miyah also presents us with a more universal picture. Women all over the world will be able to identify with the strong single parent who is approaching middle age, who must struggle with the day to day problems of making a living to support not only her own children but also her aging parents. Miyah is one of millions of women who live their lives with a kind of quiet dignity that deserves respect and admiration. An informative program for use in women's studies, Asian studies, family and kinship, economics and development. (30 mins., color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother India | Nargis Dutt - Sunil Dutt - Raj Kumar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My American Girls: A Dominican Story | For Sandra Ortiz, leaving the Dominican Republic for New York City was an easy decision. Like many Dominicans, she believed the opportunities in the United States outweighed the pain of leaving her native country. But as Sandra has discovered, raising three daughters in America presents its own challenges. Drawing on more than a hundred hours of footage and shot over the course of a year and a half, My American Girls chronicles the lives of Sandra, her husband, Bautista, and their three American-born daughters; Mayra (14), Aida (16) and Monica (21). Each daughter is traveling down a different road and Sandra struggles to do right by each of them. My American Girls breaks new ground. Dominicans are New York's largest and fastest growing immigrant group, yet there are few films about the Dominican-American experience. My American Girls portrays the troubles and triumphs of the Ortizes - five Dominicans who must cope with being a bicultural family while they negotiate the hurdles of their adopted city. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mysteries of Mankind (National Geographic) | (1988) Who are we, and where did we come from? Follow an eerie trail of ash-entombed footprints. hold the razor-sharp stone tools of an ancient ancestor.. unearth fossilized skeletons dated at a million years and more. These are some of the fascinating clues in one of the greatest mysteries of all time: The origins of the human race. Join scientists as they reveal new facts about human evolution and probe ever deeper into the compelling MYSTERIES OF MANKIND. (60 mins.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Myth of Masada | Masada, myth or fact? Recent Archaeological research questions the accuracy of the ancient account by the historian Josephus of the mass suicide of Masada. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| N*ai, the Story of a *Kung Woman | Story of !Kung life, past and present and an intimate portrait of N!ai, a !Kung woman .Tells the story of change in !Kung life over the past 30 years. (59 mins, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans Black Indians: a Case Study in the Arts (Insight Media) | New Orleans Black Indians: A Study in the Arts This program shows the influence of Native-American, African, and Haitian cultures on the art forms displayed during a pre-Lenten Mardi Gras revelry, which remains separate from the celebrations of the “krewes.” Viewers learn how the art of the Black Indians reflects a cultural heritage that has been passed down through the generations. VHS Tape / 1983 / 30 min |
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| New World Monkeys (From the Primate Series) | (2003) Anne Zeller - This program is designed to introduce Primatology students to the range of monkeys of the Super family Ceboidea originating from Central and South America. Material on twenty-two species is included, covering all five of the families recently defined by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Some material was taped in the wild, while other species were observed in sem-free ranging and caged locations. The program begins with a brief introduction of the five families and then shows the field location in Costa Rica where some material was gathered. Morphological traits distinguishing New World from Old World forms are indicated throughout the first few segments. Short clips of marmoset and tamarin species cover a variety of forms while more in-depth segments on other species allow students access to different levels of information. In this video we are provided with a wealth of information about size, habitat, range, sexual dimorphism, diet, and communication patterns of each species. There is also footage of mother/infant interaction and adult social relations. Some maps and diagrams are included to inhance understanding of particular topics. A self-guide study sheet is included. This program is suitable for both introductory level and as a focus for discussion by more advanced students. (47 mins, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nuer (Part1) | R. Gardner and H. Harris- All Aspects of the Nuer’s life revolve about their cattle: their religion, courtships, marriages, divorces, health and sickness, familial lineage, celebrations and manhood rituals. (75 mins., in two parts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nuer (Part2) | R. Gardner and H. Harris- All Aspects of the Nuer’s life revolve about their cattle: their religion, courtships, marriages, divorces, health and sickness, familial lineage, celebrations and manhood rituals. (75 mins., in two parts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Older Voices: Interviewing Older Adults | Interviewing older adults especially the frail and sick can be challenging even for a trained interviewer. Many factors can influence their willingness and ability to participate in a study. Because of this, interviewers who have been trained to collect data in a standardized manner must also learn to be flexible enough in their techniques to accommodate the special needs of older adults. The Older Voices training package presents an economical way to train those who will be conducting research interviews with older adults. Produced by the New England Research Institute, the package consists of a 46 minute video and corresponding 67 page manual. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olmecs: La Primera Civilizacion | Los vestigios del mundo olmeca persisten a traves de los siglos para fascinacion de los pueblos y las culturas que les sobrevivimos. El mundo olmeca, creador de una religion fundada en la dualidad, desarrolla el cultivo del maiz, organiza su sociedad a partir de una jerarquia religiosa y militar, descubre sus matematicas, se apasiona con la astronomia y alcanza la perfeccion en la escultura. Estos conocimientos les permiten crear las primeras escrituras y numeraciones, y concebir el primer calendario de America. La civilizacion olmeca nos seduce con sus misterios ¿como influyeron sobre las conciencias los territorios y el futuro, ¿a que motivos responde su anhelo de expansion, ¿en que se inspiraron para crear su arte. (70 minutes) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our Nation: A Korean Punk Rock Community | This rise of a new youth subculture in the Republic of Korea is an outgrowth of dramatic changes occurring there in the 1990's. The country elected its first civilian president, it experienced new prosperity, and was increasingly exposed to Western influences. Young Koreans received a steady strem of new musical influences over the internet. Our Nation is a stunning portrayal of how Korean youth are using punk rock to find a voice in a rapidly changing culture. Through the eyes of two young college age fans, we journey through the underground punk rock scene. The small club "Drug" features bands with names like Crying Nut, No Brain and Weeper, and the all-female band Supermarket. To Americans the flashng lights, stomping bodies, blaring sounds and angry incantations are nothing new. But seeing it in an Asian culture known for restraint raises many questions. Sociology professor Cho Hae Joang provides a socio-historical overview of the youth subcultures in Korea, and the emergence of consumer capitalism with the concomitant economic crisis of the late 90's. Our Nation gives air to a multiplicity of voices on issues such as the role of the school system in the lives of Korean youth, their relationships with their parents, and indeed the impact of globalization of the culture. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of the Past: Artisans and Traders | Archeologists examine physical evidence from long dead societies and the practices of living ones for clues to how we as humans have evolved. The impressive classic Maya center of Copan is the base of this multidisciplinary series, which also visits sites and peoples in Latin America, the American Southwest, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Produced by The Pennsylvania State University and WQED. Volume 3 “Artisans and Traders”, - Occupational specialization links individuals and cultures. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of the Past: Collapse | Archeologists examine physical evidence from long dead societies and the practices of living ones for clues to how we as humans have evolved. The impressive classic Maya center of Copan is the base of this multidisciplinary series, which also visits sites and peoples in Latin America, the American Southwest, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Produced by The Pennsylvania State University and WQED. Volume 8) "Collapse", Ancient civilizations send a warning to modern society. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of the Past: New Worlds | Archeologists examine physical evidence from long dead societies and the practices of living ones for clues to how we as humans have evolved. The impressive classic Maya center of Copan is the base of this multidisciplinary series, which also visits sites and peoples in Latin America, the American Southwest, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Produced by The Pennsylvania State University and WQED. Volume 1) "New Worlds", Cultural evolution is proven to be a global process. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of the Past: Power, Prestige & Health | Archeologists examine physical evidence from long dead societies and the practices of living ones for clues to how we as humans have evolved. The impressive classic Maya center of Copan is the base of this multidisciplinary series, which also visits sites and peoples in Latin America, the American Southwest, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Produced by The Pennsylvania State University and WQED. Volume 5 “Power, Prestige and Wealth”, - Ancient Political systems are compared with today’s. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of the Past: Realms | Archeologists examine physical evidence from long dead societies and the practices of living ones for clues to how we as humans have evolved. The impressive classic Maya center of Copan is the base of this multidisciplinary series, which also visits sites and peoples in Latin America, the American Southwest, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Produced by The Pennsylvania State University and WQED. Volume 6 “Realms”, - Ancient kingdoms are traced through remnants of social and state relationships. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of the Past: The Hearth | Archeologists examine physical evidence from long dead societies and the practices of living ones for clues to how we as humans have evolved. The impressive classic Maya center of Copan is the base of this multidisciplinary series, which also visits sites and peoples in Latin America, the American Southwest, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Produced by The Pennsylvania State University and WQED. Volume 2) "The Hearth", Family life is reconstructed by examining household remains. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Out of the Past: The Spirit World | Archeologists examine physical evidence from long dead societies and the practices of living ones for clues to how we as humans have evolved. The impressive classic Maya center of Copan is the base of this multidisciplinary series, which also visits sites and peoples in Latin America, the American Southwest, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Produced by The Pennsylvania State University and WQED. Volume 7) "The Spiritual World", Sacred spaces and objects help archaeologists interpret religious meanings. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patterns of Sustinence: Food Foragers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peace Between Chiefs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peoples and Cultures of the World Part 1 (The Great Courses - Social Sciences) | Peoples and Cultures of the World In this comprehensive 24-lecture series, Edward F. Fischer of Vanderbilt University reveals the extraordinary power of anthropology as a tool to understand the world’s varied human societies. It surveys the full scope of the field of cultural anthropology, examining the contributions of such scholars as Margaret Mead and Marshall Sahlins. Topics range from rites of passage to globalization. Contains some graphic sexual discussions. DVD / 2004 / 24 Segments / 30 min each |
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| People of the Wind | There are two hundred miles of raging rivers and impassable moutains to cross. There are no towns, no roads, no bridges. There is no turning back. The Bakhtiari migration is one of the most hazardous tests of human endurance known to mankind. Every year, 500,000 men, women and children - along with one million animals - struggle for eight grueling weeks to scale the massive Zagros Mountains - a range which is a high as the Alps and as broad as Switzerland -to reach their summer pastures. The film's astonishing widescreen photography and brilliantly recorded soundtrack take the viewer out onto the dangerous precipices of the Zardeh Kuh mountain and into the icy waters of the Cholbar River. People of the Wind is an amazing, breathtaking film of the most unbelievable migration on Earth. (110 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peruvian Weaving- A Continuous War for 5,000 Years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Photo Wallahs: An Encounter With Photography | (1992)- This film focuses on the photographers of Mussoorie, a hill station in the Himalayan foothills of northern India. It examines photography as an art and as social artifact- a medium of reality, fantasy, memory and desire and emphasizes the complexity of social and anthropological observation. (60 min., color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Popul Vuk: The Creation Myth of the Maya | What Is The Popol Vuh? Around the year 1550, not long after the Spanish conquest of the Maya in what is now Guatemala, an anonymous Maya noble of the once-powerful Quiche state, well-versed in the ancient written and oral traditions of his people, committed to writing their legendary history of the creation of the world. Trained by Spanish friars, he wrote in the poetic language of the Quiche but used the Roman alphabet. Although his manuscript, which he called the Popol Vuh, and the original Maya documents on shich it was based were eventually lost, the Popol Vuh was copied and translated several times. One of the original copies survives today in the Newberry Library in Chicago. The Popol Vuh is the longest existing poem in any American Indian language. It stands as an extrordinary monument to the accomplishments of a remarkably gifted people, and its ethical, spiritual, and philosophical themes in many ways underlie the traditions of Native American peoples throughout North and Central America. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Practicing Safe Science | VHS and DVD. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prehistoric Inhabitants:1)"Cave Beneath the Sea" 2)"People of the Bog" | 1. “Cave Beneath the Sea”- In the cool blue waters of the Mediterranean off the coast of France, a lone river stumbles upon a pristine cave, submerged since the last ice age. Upon its stone wall remain detailed, spellbinding images rivaling those at Lascaux and drawn by human hands 27,000 years ago. Explore this haunting underwater cavern and interpret the profound art created by the complex minds of our primeval fore-bearers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primate Patterns II (From the Primate Series) | (1997) Anne Zeller - This video compares 3 species of monkey, one prosimian and two types of apes, all living in a zoo setting. These are Japanese macaques, lion tail macaques, mandrills, black lemurs, orangutans and lowland gorilllas. Each segment shows several minutes of footage with descriptions of common behavior such as eating, grooming, locomotion, play and social interactions. The narration provides a commentary for each species but the comparisons between them are left to the observer and can occur at several levels. These include comparisons of behavior as it relates to size and sexual dimorphism, or comparisons in terms of phylogenetic level, or comparisons of complexity based on group size or species differences. Because the animals are caged, visibility is better in the wild but comparisons with some of the other videos taken in natural settings, may allow discussion of the possible influences of captivity on behavior. Of particular interest are the social interactions of adult orangutans.(31 mins, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primate/Human Interaction (From the Primate Series) | (1997) Anne Zeller - This short video is intended to act as a catalyst for a discussion of what roles primates play in the lives of the people who share habitats with them in Africa. It examines primates in various situations and in different roles: as predator, prey, pest or object of scientific study. The actual nature of inter-species communication is explored with footage demonstrating instances of successful and unsuccessful communication. These communicative modes include gaze direction, arm gestures, height differences and speed of movement. Three species are examined: the baboon, the blue monkey and the eastern lowland gorilla. Each of these have a different impact on the local people and tend to be treated differently. This video would be useful for those interested in primate behavior, the environment, and in the nature of non-verbal communication. Some scenes are repeated in slow motion to allow observation of fine details of behavior. (10 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime-Time Primates: Scientific American Frontiers | Join FRONTIERS' host and science buff Alan Alda as he travels the world to meet top scientists and explore the latest research challenges. Watch FRONTIERS for a behind the scenes look at what's going on in the laboratories of universities, hospitals and corporations. Discover the insights that FRONTIERS brings into the nature of things, from the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of the universe. Stretch you mind with FRONTIERS' in depth discussions of the ideas and concepts behind science, mankind's greatest enterprise. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quest for Gold | On June 7, 1576 Captain Martin Frobisher set off to find the elusive Northwest Passage to the Orient, the first step toward English colonization of the New World. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Question of Race (Discovery Channel, Part 1: 51:00; Part 2: 25:50) | A Question of Race Scientists are unable to point to a gene that makes a person black, white, Asian, or in any other way ethnically identifiable. This video questions whether race is an accurate biological identifier or a purely social construction. It presents real life situations in which hidden cameras show adults and children encountering people of different races. It features the commentary of psychologists who discuss the subtle reality of racial prejudice. Discovery Enterprises. VHS Tape / 2001 / 51 min |
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| Rediscovering Columbus: America's Indian Heritage | This documentary ties together the mysterious but real connections across thousands of miles of geography and thousands of years of ideas. (47 mins., color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Republic Gone Mad | In 1954, Luc de Heush filmed the traditional harmonious relation ship between Tutsi herdsmen and Hutu farmers in the Central Aftican kingdom of Rwanda, then still a Belgian protectorate. Now, forty years later, a million Tutsi have perished at the hands of the Hutu in the first genocide of modern African history. Contrary to popular opinion, this tragedy is not the climax of an ethnic struggle between long warring groups. The Hutu and Tutsi had long lived as one nation whose inhabitants shared a language, a religion, and acknowledged the rule of a single sacred king. The stratification of Tutsi and Hutu resulted when Catholic missionaries proclaimed the Tutsi a superior race, deserving of western education and favored treatment by the colonial Belgian authority. When Tutsi leaders, mistrustful of Belgian intentions, retreated from this relationship, the Hutu and Tutsi exchanged places in the colonial scheme. But the seeds of ethnic conflict had been sown and were now ready to be used in a murderous game of politics. As it recounts Rwanda's history from the 1885 partitioning of Africa which made it a German colony, to Belgian conquest during World War 1, the creation of a republic under Gregoire Kayibanda in 1961, and the ultimately catastrophic regime of Juvenal Habyarimana, A REPUBLIC GONE MAD goes further than any film available in providing the background necessary for an analysis of the horrifying recent massacres. (60 minutes) 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rome- The Ultimate Empire | Witness Rome’s spectacular rise to domination of the known world, creating sprawling empires as famed for decadent excess for military conquest and social organization. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roots and Footprints of Anthropology - Harold C. Conklin, Professor Emeritus | (September 18, 2003, 4:00 PM) Lecture at Yale University by Harold C. Conklin, Crosby Professor Emeritus. History of Department of Anthropology at Yale. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Samples of Editing and Production Skills | Maria Isabelle McMath - The first piece is an approximately three minute rough edit with scratch narration of the initial opening for the visual ethnography La Virgen de Guadalupe en Kennett Square, PA which I was editing for my professor, Miguel Diaz-Barriga, Ph.D. Although I was the principal editar for this piece, I was also teaching Professor Diaz-Barriga to use the Avid Xpress system in this capacity. The second piece is an approximately nineteen minute long documentary on an incident of vandalism at Swarthmore College which occurred in November 1998. On Sunday, November 8, 1998, students found vomit and what appeared to be feces in the Intercultural Center, a building which houses the Latino, Asian and Queer organizations on campus. After much discussion and planning, on the following Thursday, a rally was held to protest the recent act of vandalism as well as past acts of hate which had occurred on campus.The other co-producer of this documentary and I filmed the rally, and after the completing our "Visual Ethnography and Documentary Film" class in the of fall 1999, we decided to make a record of not only the act of vandalism and the rally, but also measures taken institutionally as a result of these events. As a member of one of the communities affected by the vandalism of the Intercultural Center, I produced the video with the intention that it be used as a source of empowerment for communities of students usually targeted by acts of hate. I was the primary cameraperson on interviews in this film, as well as the sound editor and the still photograph and article scanner. The video took approximately three months to complete, our deadline being April 10, 1999, when it would screen during Prospective Student of Color Weekend at Swarthmore College. The film was well-received by students, faculty, staff, administration and prospective students. Our film is also shown to new students as a testament of strength in the face of adversity. I consider this film to be my lasting contribution to the Intercultural Center and the Swarthmore College community. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sanctuary & The Earth Goddess | (58 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Santa Maria: Two Weeks in The Slums | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Science of Fat | Fat. We don't like it. We can't live without it. We spend billions of dollars each year trying to get rid of it. Over the past 10 years, scientists have made a great deal of progress in unraveling the molecular mechanisms that dictate how the brain and body regulate weight by carefully controlling appetite, eating, and the storage and burning of fat. In four thought-provoking presentations, Dr. Ronald M. Evans and Dr. Jeffrey M. Friedman discuss the complex biological systems that control body weight and energy metabolism - and how a better genetic understanding of these processes could lead researchers to treatments that curb obesity and improve public health. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific American Frontiers: Chimps R Us | Join FRONTIERS’ host and science buff Alan Alda as he travels the world to meet top scientists and explore the latest research challenges. Watch FRONTIERS for a behind-the-scenes look at what’s going on in the laboratories of universities, hospitals and corporations. Discover the insights that FRONTIERS brings into the nature of things, from the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of the universe. Stretch your mind with FRONTIERS’ in-depth discussions of the ideas and concepts behind science, mankind’s greatest enterprise. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific American Frontiers: Worried Sick | Join FRONTIERS’ host and science buff Alan Alda as he travels the world to meet top scientists and explore the latest research challenges. Watch FRONTIERS for a behind-the-scenes look at what’s going on in the laboratories of universities, hospitals and corporations. Discover the insights that FRONTIERS brings into the nature of things, from the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of the universe. Stretch your mind with FRONTIERS’ in-depth discussions of the ideas and concepts behind science, mankind’s greatest enterprise. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Search For A Century | (1980) I.N. Hume- Excavation of a 17th Century plantation in colonial Williamsburg, VA (58 min.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Search of the Neanderthal | Workmen unearth a human skeleton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secrets of Lost Empires: Pyramid | A team of Archaeologists takes on the daunting task of trying to replicate the Great Pyramid overlooking Giza Plateau. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secrets of the Little Bighorn | Archaeologists generate a computer simulation of the battle and find a Native American victory rather than Custer’s victory. This represents a dramatic reversal of the way this battle has been traditionally portrayed. (23 mins., color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seeds and Earth | Lina Fruzetti (36 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sex and Marriage (Insight Media) | Sex and Marriage This program examines customs of sex and marriage in diverse cultures. It discusses the unique traditions of a variety of different cultures, explaining that marriage customs often developed for economic reasons. VHS Tape / 1994 / 30 min |
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| Shackles Of Tradition | In 1883, a young German scientist, Franz Boas, arrived in the Canadian Arctic to map the coastline and indulge in his new interest: the study of other cultures. As he charted Baffin Island, he recorded the lives and ideas of the Eskimos who helped him with his work. A year of living as an Eskimo among Eskimos caused him to turn from his former interests and devote himself to learning to understand the determinants of human behavior. He became so absorbed by the common features that unite humans everywhere that he made the study of culture his life's work, doing fieldwork in both the Arctic and the North West coast of America among the Indian tribes. Boas was the first distinguished social scientist in the United States to challenge the prevailing concept of racial inferiority, and actively campaigned on behalf of black people in America in the early part of the 20th century. He wrote: "There is no reason to believe that one race is in nature so much more intelligent and endowed with greater willpower, nor emotionally more stable than another." Considered the founding father of American anthropology, Boas taught at Columbia University for fifty years, encouraging his students to follow his example by actually working in the field. Among those who did so was Margaret Mead. (52 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sifakas of Madagascar (From the Primate Series) | (1997) Anne Zeller - Two very closely related species of sifaka are compared in this video in order to provide some detailed information about their behavior. The diademmed sifaka is very rare and has ony recently been brought into captivity. This footage taken in its natural habitat is currently the only available material showing it in the wild. This species is compared with verreauxi's sifaka which is much more common and frequently filmed animals. Comparisons between these two similar species increase our understanding of the adaptive strategies of this type of lemur which is one of the largest remaining forms. Theverreauxi's skfaka is highly adapted to dry conditions and is shown feeding, locomoting and defending its territory from an incoming group. The pacing of this video is slow to allow the observer time to really look at this unusual animal and its highly unusual form of locomotion, which is vertical clinging and leaping between trees and bipedal dancing on the ground. (22 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sight Unseen | (1996) Provocative encounter with Bali, Indonesia’s unsettled and unsettling present. A portrait of Balinese Hindu priest comes into focus as the film interrogates and inter-relates tourism, anthropology, home-video making and ice cream selling. One of the priest’s sons is an avid cock fighter, the other is a free-lance video-shooter. The latter’s efforts to document his community serve as a constant reference point for the visiting American cameraman, who is glimpsed in occasional TV monitors, as through local eyes. In the process, suspicions are raised about ethnographic authority and the foundations of cross-cultural knowledge. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Since The Company Came | When village leaders invite a Malaysian company to Rendova in the Solomon Islands, disputes over land and royalties divide the Haporal tribe.Traditional chief Mark Lamberi finds himself in conflict with the new 'big man' of the village, logging chairman Timothy Zama. Mary Bea and Katy Soapi are desperate to stop the logging before it destroys their way of life. Although women are custodians of land according to matrillineal tradition, their power is severely diminisheed. Forests have become a source of money, and money is the domain of men. Mary tells us: "Men don't want to hear anything from women, but we women are actually the center of life in our village." As Rendova's forest rapidly disappears, the loggers turn to Tetepare, a nearby, pristine island held sacred by the villagers. Evocative archival footage from the 1920's provides an insight into Solomon Islands' colonial experience, and raises questions about the ongoing legacy of colonialattitudes to land and people. We witness the ongoing disruption of land and society, and see these disruptions at work internally - within the people themselves. (52 minutes, color) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard: Strange Beliefs | Evans-Pritchard taught that Western ideas have many features in common with other cultures. His work on Azande witchcraft caused philosophers to ask how rational thinking could be defined. He also worked with the Nuer in the Sudan. His study of tribal organization has intrigued politic theorists and his work on religions of primitive peoples has strongly influenced theologians. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer: Fieldwork | When Spencer went to Australia he thought the aborigines “looked more like wild beasts”. Then he began to work with Frank Gillen, whose special place in aboriginal society enabled both men to see what no white man have ever seen. Their approach, which became known as fieldwork, has strongly influenced the way that other cultures have been studied since. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| So Far From India | Mira Nair (49 mins) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soccer Stories | Latin America's passion for soccer is the central theme that ties together three very different lives in Soccer Stories. A third-division soccer player in Santiago is offered a bribe and the possibility of playing professional soccer. Enamored with the idea, he accepts, not realizing that with his decision he betrays the loyalty of his teammates as well as himself. Further north, a little boy is sent to pawn his mother's most prized possession in a last-ditch effort to earn some money. On his way home, he joins a group of friends in a contest where the last goal wins. Losing his family's few remaining pesos, the boy is forced to make a bold sacrifice. In a remote corner on the island of Chiloe a young man is on his way to visit relatives when he finds himself stranded in a small village. It is the day of an important national soccer match. All the men in the area gather around the only television set at the Seron sisters' house. Soon, what began as an innocent trip to visit relatives ends in a heated affair with an older woman. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Society and Environment in Prehistoric Southwest Asia - SEPSA Conference 2005 - (DVD) Tapes 1, 2, & 3) | About SEPSA - Professor Frank Hole has spent over thirty-five years in the field of archaeology working on diverse topics in various geographical locations, ranging from North America, Central America, and particularly southwest Asia. |