Wanna experience an exc iting event featuring ethnographic films? And to bring the stories of people across the world into your life? Join the Ethnographic Filmda y!
All around the world there are intruiging, unexpected stori
es we rarely get to learn about. Ethnographic films offer us an oppor
tunity to dive deeper into the perspectives and experiences of people
across the globe. In appreciation of this unique ability of ethnogra
phic films, and expanding ethnographic inquiry, we present our annual
Ethnographic Filmday – to bring the world closer and deepen our un
derstanding of it.
About the ethnographic filmday
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t of Social and Cultural Antropology, VU Amsterdam.
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out the films
Madre: This is a portrait of a Venezuelan r
efugee living in Brasilia; an intimate look into displacement as an e
xperience of affective (be)longing, rather than just violence. By Tal
ita Carvalho and Pedro Afonso Branco Ramos Pinto.
Inter nal Eyes: A short video made by by Jessenia Alli, Embark Lim kjaer, Peiyue Zhao, Jirmea van den Heuvel (students of the minor Visu al Evidence).
Working Title: A short video mad e by Divya Bhulai, Yasha Hennige, Tessa van Leeuwen, Denise Pollack a nd Jana Priputena (students of the minor Visual Evidence).
Lo ose Ends: During the corona pandemic, a silent disaster occu rred in Dutch nursing homes. Nursing home employees saw how elderly p eople died en masse and abruptly, often without being able to say goo dbye to their loved ones. Employees faced impossible choices. By Lian ne Cremers (ORG, VU), Cato Jansen and Lianne Kotte.
Let ter to a Friend: Letter to a Friend tells the story of Shan migrants in Thailand fleeing conflict, repression, and forced militar y recruitment in neighbouring Myanmar. By Jai Jai and Maaike Matelski (SCA, VU)
Be aware: Some of the films engage with heavy themes.
DESCRIPTION: All around the world there are intruiging, unexpected sto ries we rarely get to learn about. Ethnographic films offer us an opp ortunity to dive deeper into the perspectives and experiences of peop le across the globe. In appreciation of this unique ability of ethnog raphic films, and expanding ethnographic inquiry, we present our annu al Ethnographic Filmday – to bring the world closer and deepen our understanding of it.