The ethnographic pact and documentary film1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2163110 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Pierre Olivier De Sardan (0000-0001-7273-3498, École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique, corresponding author), Jean‐pierre Olivier De Sardan |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-25 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08949468.1999.9966765 |
| OpenAlex | W2069930927 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The opposition between visual anthropology ("ethnographic cinema") and documentaries is basically a false problem, as far as both are based on a “realist pact”, with ethical and technical dimensions. The “ethnographic pact” is only a variant of this realist pact. It is through the complex system of choices common to all documentaries, of which a detailed description is given, that the ethnographicity of a documentary manifests itself, with its emicness and its descriptiveness
Archaeology · Art · Documentary film · Ethnography · Literature · Media studies · Movie theater · Opposition (politics · Pact · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |