Ethnographic Film and Research
Discovering Indigenous Oral History and Culture
Ethnographic Film and Research are essentially the study of people and cultures, and are often employed in the search for understanding cultural phenomena and indigenous epistemology (e.g. sources of traditional knowledge).
An outstanding approach is the ethnographic film, particularity the audio-visual redecoration of people and culture, including oral history (oral ethnography).
Ethnohistorical Film and Oral History
Dr Steven Martin of University Filmworks spent 5 years in Taiwan recording the oral history of the Bunun at the Bunun Cultural and Educational Foundation. Please see our SlideShow post on Ethnographic Research for more information and videos featuring high-mountain region of Laipunuk, Taiwan and this rescue ethnography project.