Coll-C 103 1nd Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I. Syllabus Outline of Current Lecture II. How should anthropologists study images?a. Jay RubyIII. Why ethnographic film? a. 1920’sb. 1950’sc. Jean RouchIV. Photographya. Jay Rubyb. Sarah PinkV. Culture and its representationVI. Culture/Media a (mild) polemicCurrent LectureII. How should anthropologists study images? a. Jay Rubyi. If one can see culture, then one can record it as data and analyze itii. “Culture” and “reality” are socially constructed; the result of social and historical processes and practices iii. Is the technology transparent—does it record “reality?”iv. What about the person behind the lens?1. Culture of those filming2. And of those being filmedIII. Why ethnographic film? a. Archival function: for scholars, but also for cultures being filmedb. To communicate anthropological knowledgec. 1920si. Production of ethnographic films for general audience by Hollywood such as Nanook of the Northii. Not objectiveiii. Didn’t even use actors that were from the group being representedThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.iv. Impact of sound led to films produced in studios rather than on locationd. 1950si. Increasing film making by anthropologists and emergence of ethnographic film festivalsii. Ethnographic documentaries for television iii. A reflexive ethnographic approach focused on collaboration: Terry Turnere. Jean Rouchi. Subjects would reveal their culture through filmii. Wanted to see the world through his subject’s eyesiii. Did not consider that filmmakers influenced recordingIV. Photographya. Jay Rubyi. 1890s outdoor photography introducedii. Researchers produced images of people they studied to aid their cultural documentationiii. The study of anthological photographs from the early years of anthropology are more likely to tell us something about the culture of the photographer than the people being photographedb. Sarah Pinki. Scholars should consider the social contexts of making and using imagesii. The meaning of the image is a negotiation, not fixed and unchangingV. Culture and its representationa. We learn about our own and others cultures largely through mediab. Media as a vehicle for cultural revival, identity formation and political activismc. How cultures influence and are influenced by media like televisionVI. Culture/Media a (mild) polemica. Need to understand the complex and contested nature of cultural productionb. Parallax effect:i. Range of cultural positions of producers and viewers form insider to outsiderii. Ethnographic film and its study needs to encompass the vast array of media productions today that people have access