My favourite movie is a non-narrative documentary film called Samsara (2011) by Ron Fricke. It's not an ethnographic film, but it's also not your typical documentary. It's in an interesting gray area, because without any dialogue or words (apart from the title) most biases are left to be created by the viewer. I recommend checking it out in 4K and watching with an open, curious mind!
@mattcaporella9064
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for providing citations in the video along with brief outlines of what you took from them. I'm kind of struggling with writing a paper write now about this very topic, and you made the distinction very easy to understand while also providing the means for independent research so I'm not just ripping off this video!
@ArmchairAcademics
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting, Matt. I'm really glad that the citations were helpful. I think it's really important to include them to add credible academic depth to the content and also to make the videos more useful as resources. Good luck with your paper! 🍻
@MineCraftQhead
3 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating! It makes me really think about- social anthropology’s capacity in being objective- the reflexive, and the ontological turn. I think cultural relativism would be a sick video topic!
@ArmchairAcademics
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the message, Christian. Different disciplinary approaches to cultural relativism is a great topic for a video. I'm going to put it on the list. Thanks!
@chidinmannorom
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this explanation. I have been confused for a while on these differences.
@ArmchairAcademics
2 жыл бұрын
Very glad that you found it helpful. Thanks for posting!
@evelynchew9590
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this! Very clear and well substantiated and non-fluffy :)
@muhammadadnanqureshi4609
3 жыл бұрын
Hats off......
@BrianMorenocomedy
2 жыл бұрын
What are your thoughts of Ethnofiction? Where would that idea start and end?
@ArmchairAcademics
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Brian, thanks for posting. By coincidence, one of my first videos was on ethnofiction. I think that it's an interesting genre in both literature and film. With regard to facilitating interest and engagement in social science, though, I find that film tends to be the more impactful and relevant of the two mediums. In the past, I've screened things like Lamb (2015), Les maîtres fous (1955), and Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) (which, I think, reflect different potential ethno-fictional lenses) in general anthropology classes to generate discussions on the where and how we draw the line between ethnography and fiction. In practice, I find that that line is rather fluid and sometimes says more about 'us' as critics and consumers than it does the about films themselves. That makes critiquing and revisiting ethnofiction a valuable exercise. Plus, some of the films are utterly extraordinary, which helps.
@BrianMorenocomedy
2 жыл бұрын
@@ArmchairAcademics I'll investigate some of these films and your early video. Thank you. The fluid nature of these definitions has fascinated me and partially inspired my current project. What I created may interest you and this thought experiment. We'll chat again.
@AlbertoTonda
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! How are MOCKumentaries classified, in the taxonomies you presented?
@ArmchairAcademics
3 жыл бұрын
That’s a really good question, Alberto. Thanks for posting. Some theorists, like Dai Vaughan, argue that documentary is more of a mode of reception rather than a genre in and of itself. And it’s not uncommon to see people emphasize form or method as the definitive aspects of the genre - rather than the highly theoretical discussion regarding films’ relationship to ‘reality’. In those cases, there wouldn’t be a significant theoretical difference between mockumentaries and documentaries. People sometimes reference This is Spinal Tap (1984) and David Holzman’s Diary (1968), for example, in the same breath as stuff like Gimme Shelter (1970). For other (probably more mainstream disciplinary) theorists like Bill Nichols, though, a film’s relative indexical relationship to its subject matter is an essential part of what makes it a documentary or ethnographic film. In that sense, we would say that mockumentary adopts the stylistic conventions of documentary; but is nevertheless a sub-generic movement within fiction rather than being a form of documentary filmmaking. For my part, I empathize much more with this line of thinking. Great question!
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