Behind the Academic Lens
1 June 2010
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Work from a new generation of student filmmakers will be screened at a premiere in the Cruciform Building on Thursday 10 June 2010.
'Behind the Academic Lens' is a celebration of visual anthropology in practice; using digital media to study, observe, record and analyse what makes us human.
The films, which have all been made by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø anthropology students, are part of a practical course in hands-on documentary filmmaking that forms part the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø masters degree programme.
The course was initiated in response to the growing need among anthropologists to use digital media as a research tool and as a way to present research outcomes.
Screenings include:
- The Double Life of Noreen Khan which features rollerskater and boxer Noreen, an East End graphic designer, whose ethnic Mongolian parents can't read or write
- Bruce and I, which sees filmmaker Lasse Johansson and his neighbour share a fatal disease in a story where access to knowledge is the secret of survival
- Alex Sherlock's All My Love, an exploration into the spirit of objects and the power of the material world to store and preserve emotion and memory
- Stephanie Patten's Time to Talk in which a quiet drink in the pub leads Jack to ponder his life as a peacekeeper during the troubles in Northern Ireland
- Kebab, a light-hearted search for the best mouthful of skewered meat in our multicultural world.
The event will also include a prize ceremony for the Best Film on the Practical Filmmaking Masters Course and for the Best Film on the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø/Insight short course programme.
Image above: Student filming
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø context
The breadth of Anthropology at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø distinguishes its programme from those offered by most other British universities. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø anthropology looks at the biological, cultural, social and material culture aspects of human beings as well as their evolution covering the entire human story; from its origins to the present day.