Wednesday, 21 November 2012, 1pm - Ethnographic Film Series - Black Mountain Film screening of Black Mountain by Charlotte Whitby-Coles, Amin Hajee, 2008, 84 min School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, College Building, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/) A once unremarkable site of multi-faith pilgrimage to […]
Upstairs @ the RAI, Thursday, 22 November 2012, 6 pm FRAGMENTS FROM THE PAST Film screening and discussion with Julie Scott A Mediterranean Voices film by Vedide Kaymak and Hakan Demiralay, 27 mins, 2006 An Oral History book with portraits by Barbara and Zafar Baran and interviews by Vrdede Kaymak will be available for sale […]
Wednesday, 28 November 2012, 1pm - Ethnographic Film Series - Sermiligaag 65°54'N, 36°22'W Film screening of Sermiligaag 65°54'N, 36°22'W, by Anni Seitz and Sophie Elixhauser, 2008, 64 min School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, College Building, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/) The people of East Greenland […]
Upstairs @ the RAI, Friday, 30 November 2012, 6.30 pm LETTERS FROM PALESTINE (2011, 36 minutes) Film screening and discussion about the use of archival material to create a documentary with Ludovica Fales The Royal Anthropological Institute 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT (North-East Corner of Fitzroy Square, off Warren Street, next to the French […]
REACHING OUT: THE ANTHROPOLOGIST AS CULTURAL JOURNALIST Professor Helena Wulff Department of Social AnthropologyStockholm University Leverhulme visiting professor University of East London Autumn 2012 Cultural journalism is a feature of outreach and impact activities at many universities. In the framework of Swedish university life, activities of communicating and collaborating with groups and audiences outside the […]
Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 1pm - Ethnographic Film Series - Unity through Culture Film screening of Unity through Culture by Christian Suhr and Ton Otto, 2011, 60 min School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, College Building, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG (http://www.soas.ac.uk/visitors/location/maps/) Soanin Killangit is determined to […]
Wednesday, 12 December 2012, 1pm - Ethnographic Film Series - The Professional Foreigner - Asen Balikci and Visual Ethnography Film screening of The Professional Foreigner - Asen Balikci and Visual Ethnography by Rolf Husmann. 2009, 60 min School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS, College Building, Thornhaugh Street off Russell Square, […]
THE BODY CANVAS EXHIBITION & FILM SCREENING At the Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy St., London W1T 5BT 13th December 6:00 pm -7:30 pm SUSPEND YOUR BELIEFS Film screening and Q&A with film maker Simone Clifford-Jaeger Director: Simone Clifford-Jaeger Release: 2004 Length: 29 mins Suspension of the living body from hooks has been practiced in […]
THE HUXLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE will be given by Professor Alan MacFarlane FBA, Professor Emeritus of King's College, Cambridge Anthropology, Empire and Modernity Friday 14 December 2012 at 5.30pm, in the BP Lecture Theatre, Clore Education Centre, the British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG. The event is free, but places must be booked. Please […]
By kind permission of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Sean Kingston Publishing would like to invite you to the launch of: The Making of Asmat Art: Indigenous Art in a World Perspective by Nick Stanley at the Royal Anthropological Institute, 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT on Wednesday 16 January between 6.30 and 8.00 pm There […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTRE The Life of Property: House, Family and Inheritance in Béarn, South-West France Thursday 17th January at 10.00 am (tea & coffee served from 9.30 am) Anthropology Library and Research Centre, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Anthropology Library […]
Pre-Conference Seminar Series: Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods: theories and practices' Gods, Moneylenders and Anthropologists: Three Raj Gond Worlds in the Twentieth Century Dr Kriti Kapila, King's College London Monday, 11 February 2013 17:00 - 19:00 Location: CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT - S2 Conveners: Dr […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE From the unknown to the unknown: languages and cognition in the cradle of civilisation Dr John MacGinnis Wednesday 13 February at 5.30 pm The process by which the cuneiform writing system emerged in ancient Mesopotamia is still not fully understood, nevertheless it rose to be the […]
REVIEWER MEETS REVIEWEDSEMINAR SERIES AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM'S ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY AND RESEARCH CENTRE Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World Thursday 14 February at 10.00 am (tea & coffee served from 9.30 am) Anthropology Library and Research Centre, British Museum THIS IS A FREE EVENT The British Museum’s Anthropology Library and […]
Making Educational Ethnography Matter – Lessons from Work with Indigenous Youth Friday 15 February at 10.00 am Teresa L. McCarty George F. Kneller Chair in Education and Anthropology University of California, Los Angeles, USA Anthropologists of education have long struggled to find ways to make our ethnographies useful to policymakers and practitioners. Can ethnographic research, […]
Pre-Conference Seminar Series: Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods: theories and practices'Visual Narratives of 'Fierce' Goddesses and 'Brave' Historical Women Akanksha Mehta, SOAS Monday, 18 February 2013 17:00 - 19:00 Location: CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT - S2 Conveners: Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes (University of Cambridge) Susanne Hammacher […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE Researching multilingualism as social practice and pedagogy: a linguistic ethnographic approach Professor Angela Creese, MOSAIC Centre for Research on Multilingualism, School of Education, University of Birmingham Wednesday 20 February at 5.30 pm In recent times scholars in sociolinguistics have found that language use in late modern […]
Pre-Conference Seminar Series: Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods: theories and practices'Eyes of the Ancestor: ‘returning’ photographs to an Indian village Dr Mark Elliott, MAA, University of Cambridge Monday, 25 February 2013 17:00 - 19:00 Location: CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DT - S2 Conveners: Dr Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes […]
Pre-Conference Seminar Series: Exploring modern South Asian history with visual research methods: theories and practices'History, memory and stigma: Filming India's 'criminal'/denotified tribes in western India Dr William Gould (University of Leeds) and Mr Dakxinkumar Bajrange (Budhan Theatre, Ahmedabad) Tuesday, 5 March 2013 17:00 - 19:00 Location: CRASSH, Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, Cambridge CB3 […]
RAI RESEARCH SEMINARSEMINAR SERIES AT THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE The vast ethnographic record, massive supercomputers, and 100 basic words: How language histories reveal the processes of cultural change Dr Fiona Jordan, University of Bristol Wednesday 6 March at 5.30 pm This event is free, but tickets must be booked. To book tickets please go to […]
