Publication in the Diário da República: Despacho nº 6320/2018 - 28/06/2018
5 ECTS; 1º Ano, 2º Semestre, 60,0 TP + 3,0 OT , Cód. 81779.
Lecturer
- João Pedro Freire Fonseca da Luz (1)
- Ágata Marques Fino (2)
(1) Docente Responsável
(2) Docente que lecciona
Prerequisites
N/A
Objectives
a) Basics of Ethnographic Film;
b) The importance of the concept of "Other" through Ethnographic Film;
c) A historical understanding of Cultural and Visual Anthropology;
d) Master anthropological and ethnographic methods and its connection with documentary cinema
Program
1 Basic concepts and methods
Other and the notion of primitive
The methods: observational, participatory and reflexive
2 Ethnographic Film and its genology
Flaherty
Dziga Vertov
Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson
Jean Rouche
3 The history of Portuguese Ethnographic Cinema through its actors
Manoel de Oliveira
António and Margarida Reis
Sérgio Tréfaut
Catarina Alves Costa
Evaluation Methodology
Continuous assessment:
Attendance and participation - 20%;
Exercises - (3X20%) 60%;
Written assignments - (4X5%) 20%
First attempt/resit
Theoretical written test
Bibliography
- Bordwell, D. (2008). Poetics of Cinema. New York: Routledge
- Hockings, P. (2003). Principals of Visual Anthropology. Hague: De Gruyter Mouton
- Renov, M. (2003). Theorizing Documentary. New York: Routledge
- Riviére, C. (1995). Introdução à Antropologia. Lisboa: Edições 70
Teaching Method
A - Expository lectures
B - Literature review and film screening
C - Field work/exercises and written/expository papers
Software used in class
