TY - JOUR
T1 - Seeing for ourselves
T2 - When teachers make documentary films. Rebel Goulash and over the rainbow
AU - Mitchell, Claudia
AU - Kusner, Charles
AU - Charbonneau-Gowdy, Paula
PY - 2004/1/1
Y1 - 2004/1/1
N2 - To begin … a moral tale for anthropologists, a fantasy in which an anthropological cinema exists—not documentaries about ‘anthropological’ subjects but films designated by anthropologists to communicate anthropological insights. It is a well-articulated genre distinct from the conceptual limitations of realist documentary and broadcast journalism. It borrows conventions and techniques from the whole of cinema—fiction, documentary, animation and experimental … this fantasy is more like science fiction than anything else. It is not remotely close to being realized. But it is an ideal worth pursuing (Ruby, 2000, pp. 1–2).
AB - To begin … a moral tale for anthropologists, a fantasy in which an anthropological cinema exists—not documentaries about ‘anthropological’ subjects but films designated by anthropologists to communicate anthropological insights. It is a well-articulated genre distinct from the conceptual limitations of realist documentary and broadcast journalism. It borrows conventions and techniques from the whole of cinema—fiction, documentary, animation and experimental … this fantasy is more like science fiction than anything else. It is not remotely close to being realized. But it is an ideal worth pursuing (Ruby, 2000, pp. 1–2).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=61549130501&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/09540250042000252721
DO - 10.1080/09540250042000252721
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61549130501
SN - 1358-684X
VL - 11
SP - 279
EP - 289
JO - Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education
JF - Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education
IS - 2
ER -