慶應義塾大学アート・センター　Keio University Art Center

Films ＆ Symposia: Art & Visual Anthropology - Frontiers of Anthropological Expression　Towards a New Relationship between Observation and Expression Using Visual Images and Other Art Forms

Visual anthropology has been merging academic research on the screen and the art of cinema in one genre since its emergence as a sub-discipline, although the emphasis has been all along on the output of ethnographic material for research purpose.

The goal of the present project is to re-locate visual anthropology between documentary and art forms by reviewing some of its pioneering work. This kind of reflection on our past is, we believe, a necessary step for the future development of the field.

With the kind assistance and collaboration of the institutions mentioned below, classic works are going to be screened along with contemporary works followed by a discussion of invited speakers at the end of the two-day program.

This is also one of the first occasions when the potential significance of newly arising contemporary Japanese visual anthropological films will be contextualized, by inviting world-leading visual anthropologists as one contributing unique stream revealing a new trend of　visual practices in the contemporary world-wide visual anthropological scenes.

Date

December 14, 2009 Monday - December 15, 2009 Tuesday

Venue

東館6F G-sec Lab｜東館8F ホール

Audience

Cost

無料

Enquiries and bookings

Keio University Art Center

TEL: +81(0) 3 5427-1621　FAX: +81(0) 3 5427-1620

Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 108-8345

Screening | Course/Workshop | Conference

Date

December 14, 2009 Monday - December 15, 2009 Tuesday

Venue

East Research Building G-sec Lab.
Keio University, Mita Campus, 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 108-8345

Audience

Cost

無料

Booking

事前申し込み不要

Lecturer/Performer

Gusest Speakers: Sarah Pink（Loughborough University）, Karl G. Heider（University of South Carolina）, Junko Uchida （National Museum of Japanese History）, Seiji Murao（The Graduate University for Advanced Research, SOKENDAI）, Takashi Osugi （Hitotsubashi University）, Kazuhiro Arai （Kyoto University）, Junichi Hashimoto （Keio University） and else
Moderator: Keizo Miyasaka （Keio University）

Timetable

December 14, 2009 Monday
15:30-
Introduction: Seiji Murao, Keizo Miyasaka
『Films and Still Photographs from Gregory Bateson’s works』1937 etc.
『A Balinese Trance Séance』1980 (by Timothy Asch, Patsy Asch & Linda Connor)
『Dead Birds』 1963 (by Robert Gardner)
『AINU Past and Present』 2005-2006 （Junko Uchida, Yuki Suzuki）
『Taro Okamoto: In Pursuit of Art for Humans』 1978 （Jun’ichi Ushiyama）, and else.
18:00-19:30
Workshop and discussions:
Revisiting the Past Ethnographic Films and the Issue on Emotions in Films –- Karl G. Heider, Junko Uchida, kazuhiroArai, Jun’ichi Hashimoto, and else
December 15, 2009 Tuesday
13:30-
Introduction Koji Hamazaki (Kawasaki City Museum)
『I witnessed a sky burial: Expedition in the Secret Region of Mustang』 1977 ( by Tadao Sugiyama) 
Commentary Keizo Miyasaka
『Kusum』 2000 (by Jouko Analtonen with Antti Pakaslahti)
『Were Ni! He is a Madman』1963 (by Frank Speed & Raymond Prince)
『Living with the Invisibles』 2003 (by Dirk Dumont with Philip Hermans） 
Commentary Seiji Murao
『Forest of Bliss』（Robert Gardner with Ákos Östör） 1986
『Imagining Indians』1992 （Victor Masayesva Jr.）
『The Eye Above the Well』 1988 (by Johan van der Keuken)
『Bisso na Bisso (Among us): Gathering, Catching, Hunting, Filming and Beyond in Ndongo village』2003-2007 (Takanori Oish & Alfred Jedom; edited with Kazuhiro Arai)
More films to be shown.
18:00-19:30
International GCOE Symposium on Frontiers of Anthropological Expression：Towards a New Relationship between Observation and Expression Using Visual Images and Other Art Forms -- Sarah Pink, Karl G. Heider, Kazuhiro Arai, Takashi Osugi, Keizo Miyasaka and else.

Enquiries and bookings

Keio University Art Center

TEL: +81(0) 3 5427-1621　FAX: +81(0) 3 5427-1620

Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 108-8345

Organiser(s)

Sponsored&Organised by Keio University Art Center

Co-Sponsered by Research Group in Philosophy and Cultural Anthropology, The Global Centre of Excellence Program at the Centre for Advanced Research on Logic and Sensibility, Keio University

Co-facilitated by The 13th Kyoto University International Symposium: New Horizons of Academic Visual-Media Practices, Royal Anthropological Institute, Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, Japan

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