Join us on this celebration, through film and anthropology, of the “new anthropological horizons” that lie there, just a screen away, beyond the limits of our everyday lives.
The call for films received 225 films – totalling 136 hours – from literally every part of the world, with different formats, genres, productions and intentions. We selected 22 films (fitting into the 16.5hrs available) which gives a comprehensive representation in terms of geographies, topics and ethnographic approaches, but also modes of production, cinematographies, formats, and technologies. Film in anthropology is now a well-established practice inside and outside academia; nevertheless, there is still a long and ongoing process of recognition that must involve all of us who ‘care’ about (audio)visual forms of representation. This film programme intends to be more than a ‘simple’ screening moment. It also wishes to offer a time-space to discuss the (audio)visual in anthropology, the place and role of film in this discipline, thus encouraging a wide-open debate that concerns epistemology and anthropology’s convergence with art. The presence of the filmmakers in the sessions is crucial to achieve this goal, as it will allow fruitful discussions on the use of film and filmmaking practices in the context of an academic event. We count on everyone – filmmakers, conference delegates, students and the general public – to make this a memorable moment.
Film programme convenors
- Amaya Sumpsi, anthropologist, CRIA/FCSH-NOVA
- Catarina Alves Costa, anthropologist, FCSH-NOVA / CRIA
- Humberto Martins, anthropologist, UTAD / CRIA-UM
- Inês Ponte, anthropologist, ICS-ULisboa
- Rodrigo Lacerda, anthropologist, CRIA NOVA FCSH/UC
- Sofia Sampaio, researcher in cinema and anthropology, CRIA-IUL
Films
A reflexive account on the entanglement of research and social dynamics of power between a visual anthropology student and his main interlocutor in Ngaoundéré, Cameroon.
Contemporary soundscaping meets the endangered knowledge of ancestral weaving in Alentejo, Portugal.
A factory staffed by a small number of people yet crammed full of sound and image and activity, generates a hypnotic immersiveness of its sensory environment.
A first-person and filial ethnographic examination of (post-)colonial and Christian domination. Inequality prevails, the future is still unfulfilled.
The renovation of the Royal Museum for Central Africa and fundamental questions to ask for its renewal.
An annual communal celebration in Japan, a collective strenuous effort, depicted through a sensory lens.
Vietnamese women who work in factories owned by some of the most popular worldwide electronic brands have nimble fingers, but also dreams and fears.
What new challenges do African medical traditions face when they are recognized and governed by law?
Drawing strength from local traditions, modifying them when necessary, and melding them with new resources are ways of owning culture.
In a world driven by competition and capital, workers of a self-managed tea factory struggle to survive against all odds.
A portrait of an Italian fisherwoman and of the tireless flow through which she looks at her 78-years career.
A visual essay on the emotional and spatial aspect of the new wave of Turkish migration to Berlin, through the testimonies of anonymised migrants.
A film on sensory and discursive multi-species encounters related to competing knowledge practices in the current honeybee health crisis.
The story of Kashmir’s conflict narrated through various life stories of people for whom violence is a cycle embedded in their everyday lives.
This Call for Films is a collaborative effort of European Association of Social Anthropology (EASA), Associação Portuguesa de Antropologia (APA) and Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia (CRIA).
