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Lecturer(s)
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Šavelková Lívia, PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Romantic views of "native peoples" - Roberth Flaherty, fotografie Edward Curtiss. First anthropologists' films - Margaret Meadová, Gregory Bateson. Artistic approach to culture - an artist as anthropologist - Maya Deren. Films advocation protection of native peoples - John Marshall. Scientific approach to culture - Timothy Asch a Napoleon Chagnon. First films made by the investigated native people themselves. Interesting Czech ethnographic documentaries. Steretypes and the production of the native people themselves. Black robe - widely discussed film based on the diaries of Jesuit missionaries. Film authors of North America - Chris Eyre, Randy Redroad, Shirley Cheechoo, Alanis Obomsawin. Zacharias Kunuk - Atanajurat (the first Inuit film, awarded in Cannes 2001) Film and media of the Austrálian aboriginal peoples. Roma and films on Roma issues. Visit to one of the relevant film festivals (Jeden svět - One World, Febiofest etc.) Films will be screened for all topics - please consult course materials stored in the STAG IS.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Monitoring, Demonstration, Projection
- Contact teaching
- 39 hours per semester
- Home preparation for classes
- 32 hours per semester
- Term paper
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for an exam
- 20 hours per semester
- Participation in an excursion
- 14 hours per semester
- Preparation for a credit (assessment)
- 12 hours per semester
- Independent critical reading
- 18 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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The main goal of this course is to explore the representations of culture in visual form; in photographies and films.
Next to the famous examples of ethnographic films, such as Flaherty's, Mead's, Marshall' s, we will also screen the films which are significant for the creating of stereotypes of particular ethnic and cultural groups. We will also see films created by indigenous people throughout the world.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written examination, Home assignment evaluation, Student performance assessment
Attendance at seminars is mandatory, with only two excused absences allowed. Exam requirements - test at the end of the course. To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to attend the One World 2026 documentary film festival and write a review of two documentary films with a total length of three standard pages. The review should also include a reflection on any discussions organized in connection with the films, if applicable. If you would prefer to attend the festival in another city where it is also held regionally, you are welcome to do so. Visit to the One World Film Festival at Divadlo 29. A good knowledge of English is required! Most of the films and prescribed texts are in English!
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Recommended literature
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BARNOW, E. Documentary. Oxford, 1993.
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CRAWFORD, P. Film As Ethnography. Manchester: University of Manchester Press, 1992.
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GAUTHIER, G. Dokumentární film, jiná kinematografie. Praha, 2004. ISBN 8073310236.
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HEIDER, K. Seeing Anthropology. USA, 1997.
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MacDOUGALL,, D. Transcultural Cinema. Princeton, 1998.
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NICHOLS, B. Úvod do dokumentárního filmu. Praha. 2022.
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RONY, F. The Third Eye: Race, Cinema and Ethnographic Spectacle. Duke, 1996.
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WINSTON, B. Claiming the Real: The Documentary Film Revisited. London, 1995.
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