Reflections on Migration through Film

Screening of an Anthropological Documentary on Indian Youth in London

Bibliographic Data

ID2163363
AuthorsMario Rutten (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author), Verstappen (0000-0003-2281-2766, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Anesthesiologie, corresponding author), Sanderien Verstappen
Year2015
Volume28
Issue5
Pages398-421
Publication date2015-10-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueVisual Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08949468.2015.1085795
OpenAlexW2300757262
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited27

Visual anthropologists have seldom discussed audience reactions, and those that have done so have tended to focus on the reactions of informants featured in their films. This article shows that collecting and examining responses from a wider range of audiences, and broadening the discussion on the subject of the audience, are useful in further exploring film as a tool in anthropological research. Research on responses elicited by the film Living like a Common Man [2011], which was screened to varied audiences across India and Europe, produced additional insights on the social position of the film characters and suggested new directions for further studies on ambivalent and contradictory aspects of migration

Ambivalence · Art · Documentary film · Focus (optics · Media studies · Optics · Sociology · Subject (documents · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · South Asian Cinema and Culture · South Asian Studies and Conflicts

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