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i. Indigenous group in Brazil, who live in the Amazon. Fighting for their cultural survival and their rights to land and resources on that land.i. River pollution from gold miningii. Building of an electric damiii. Concern in which people where dealing with processes of globalizationiv. Outside interests trying to take control of the gold minesv. Deforestation and its impact on global warminga. Conducted research and worked as an activist with the Kayapo, a Ge-speaking people of Central Brazil, since 1962b. His writings on the Kayapo coveri. Social organization, kinship, myth, ritual, history, the construction of the person, ontological and epistemological aspects of representation and imageryii. Political organization and mobilizationiii. Value, exploitation and social productioniv. Inter-ethnic relationsc. He has made ethnographic films about eh Kayapo with the British Broadcasting Company and Grenada Television Internationald. In 1990 he founded the Kayapo Video Project, through which the Kayapo have become able to shoot and edit videos about their own culture and encounters with Brazilian societyi. Narrated by Terry Turnerii. Disappearing World seriesiii. Shows Kayapo use of media and technology in cultural activism to preserve land rightsiv. Expansion of affordable media technologyv. Politics of representationvi. Cultural authenticityvii. Re-Imagination of social identify in global contextviii. How effective is the Kayapo film in showing awareness of Kayapo rights?1. Biased toward Kayapo perspective2. Showed native language of Kayapo people3. Could have discussed the problem of electricity more in depthi. Unlike Canadian case discussed by Ginsburg, no state subsidy for media technology owned by Kayapo leadersii. Use media to fight for their landiii. Ginsberg indigenous media use “both assertive and conservative of identity” (p.76 Turner)iv. Documentation for rightsv. Conservation of local historiesvi. Processes of identify construction in the ongoing presentvii. Representation versus mediation (Turner p. 77)1. Groups can use media as an archive, but they are still engaged in the ongoing present. Process of conserving identity, groups are also working out identity in ongoing present.viii. Producing videos involves a self reflexive process1. Rather than a reified notion of culture2. A process that is individually creative3. That can also be socially contested4. Even as groups produce an image of themselves in contrast to the dominant culture5. Example: Kayapo use video to document encounters with Brazilian state power and to document internal political eventsi. Social Effects of Media as mediationii. Elevation of the individual through technological expertise1. Who has access to the knowledge2. Who travel s to the editing facilitiesiii. Distribution of technology and expertise plays into existing politics of status1. How does media mediate existing social political relationships?C103 1nd Edition Lecture 9Outline of Last Lecture I. Ginsberga. Ethnographic film in early 20th centuryb. Ethnographic film after the 1960’sII. Indigenous Mediaa. Differences between Ethnographic film and indigenous mediab. Anthropological Questionsc. Appropriating media formsOutline of Current LectureI. Media Activisma. The Kayapob. Risks of the KayapoII. Terry Turner: Out of the Brazilian Rain Forest=The KayapoIII. Ethnographic Filma. The Kayapo (1987)IV. Indigenous Use of Mediaa. Kayapo use of mediab. Indigenous MediaCurrent Lecture I. Media Activisma. The Kayapoi. Indigenous group in Brazil, who live in the Amazon. Fighting for their cultural survival and their rights to land and resources on that land. b. Risks of the KayapoThese 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.i. River pollution from gold miningii. Building of an electric dam iii. Concern in which people where dealing with processes of globalizationiv. Outside interests trying to take control of the gold mines v. Deforestation and its impact on global warmingII. Terry Turner: Out of the Brazilian Rain Forest=The Kayapoa. Conducted research and worked as an activist with the Kayapo, a Ge-speaking people of Central Brazil, since 1962b. His writings on the Kayapo coveri. Social organization, kinship, myth, ritual, history, the construction of the person, ontological and epistemological aspects of representation and imageryii. Political organization and mobilization iii. Value, exploitation and social productioniv. Inter-ethnic relationsc. He has made ethnographic films about eh Kayapo with the British Broadcasting Company and Grenada Television Internationald. In 1990 he founded the Kayapo Video Project, through which the Kayapo have become able to shoot and edit videos about their own culture and encounters with Brazilian societyIII. Ethnographic Filma. The Kayapo (1987)i. Narrated by Terry Turnerii. Disappearing World seriesiii. Shows Kayapo use of media and technology in cultural activism to preserve land rightsiv. Expansion of affordable media technologyv. Politics of representationvi. Cultural authenticityvii. Re-Imagination of social identify in global contextviii. How effective is the Kayapo film in showing awareness of Kayapo rights?1. Biased toward Kayapo perspective 2. Showed native language of Kayapo people3. Could have discussed the problem of electricity more in depthIV. Indigenous Use of Mediaa. Kayapo use of mediai. Unlike Canadian case discussed by Ginsburg, no state subsidy for media technology owned by Kayapo leadersii. Use media to fight for their landiii. Ginsberg indigenous media use “both assertive and conservative of identity” (p.76 Turner)iv. Documentation for rightsv. Conservation of local historiesvi. Processes of identify construction in the ongoing presentvii. Representation versus mediation (Turner p. 77)1. Groups can use media as an archive, but they are still engaged in the ongoing present. Process of conserving identity, groups are also working out identity in ongoing present. viii. Producing videos involves a self reflexive process1. Rather than a reified notion of culture2. A process that is individually creative3. That can also be socially contested 4. Even as groups produce an image of themselves in contrast to the dominant culture5. Example: Kayapo use video to document encounters with Brazilianstate power and to document internal political eventsb. Indigenous Mediai. Social


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