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Video Links Chapter 15

Cultural Anthropology

9:36

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ4vO55FCeM&feature=related

A talk over a Powerpoint presentation that introduces anthropology and anthropologists and discusses globalization, “friction” between cultures, and education. Emphasizes the work of Tsing and Hannerz.

Speaker mispronounces Durkheim’s first name and Boas’ last name.

Keith Hart—An Engaged Anthropology in the 21st Century (Part 1)

10:53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETrkndegGEc

First of a multi-part lecture on the history and future of anthropology and how it has contributed and can contribute to a better world.

Jerry Mander—Globalization and Indigenous Cultures

3:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EJ7xNEH2w8&feature=related

“Author and social critic Jerry Mander discusses how the cultural concepts of indigenous peoples endure despite globalization, and speculates on the benefits of adapting these ideas to modern life.” Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2006/11/28/Paradigm_Wars#comments_section

More than Just Timber—State of the Forest, episode 1

3:32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dnsrAAh3XI&feature=related

First in a series of short films on environmental and cultural conditions around the world, examining such topics as deforestation, land rights disputes, and climate change.

People & Power—First People, Last Chance

11:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiuVVCjcamo

One of a series of programs on the challenges facing indigenous peoples, this episode focuses on the recent “intervention” into Australian Aboriginal communities by the Australian government.

Other episodes include:

“San Bushmen of Kalahari” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeM05gUP7Z8&feature=channel

“Islam in China” (Uighurs in China) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUSIsjrCyC0&feature=channel

“Bosnia on the Boil” (Bosnia 13 years later) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYFtYzXbzOw&feature=channel

“Basque Battles” (Basque separatists in Spain) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSEPFIKp9FQ&feature=channel

Uncontacted Tribes

6:15

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w4hm3lM2eE

Part one of two-part project: “A film produced by Survival International about ‘Uncontacted Tribes’ and their typical fate narrated by Julie Christie.”

Origin of Faith—John Frum vs Jesus

6:03

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1skNgYdJXK8

First of two parts on the emergence and spread of cargo cults: “Richard Dawkins explains the cargo cults of Tanna in Vanuatu and the insight they provide on the evolution of established religions.”

Paiute Native American shaman Wovoka and the Ghost Dance

6:38

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI0Jfdkq4z8

“The Ghost Dance appeared during a time of desperation for the Native American Indian people. The Ghost Dance started when Paiute shaman Jack Wilson or Wovoka had a vision that if our people would dance and sing we Indians would live again. The Ghost Dance spread throughout the land. In Dec. 1890 the military panicked and massacred innocent Lakota Indian people at Wound Knee while they danced. It is one of the worse incidents in United States history. Judy Trejo - Summit Lake (Tommo Agi) and Walker River (Agi) Paiute and Anita Collins - Shoshone and Walker River Paiute speak about Wovoka.”

Cyborg Anthropology—Talking to Daniela Cerqui

5:04

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk31t5O5-G0&feature=related

“How far is it from Prozac to cyborgs? Daniela Cerqui is a social and cultural anthropologist at the University of Lausanne and explores the edges of ‘posthuman’ society, a society marked by human and computer hybridisation. We talk to her about the definition of ‘normality’ in a technology-centred world, chip implants and the future of human evolution. Daniela Cerqui is also know for following and studying Kevin Warwick’s life as a cyborg from an anthropological point of view.”