Observational Filmmaking for Education Digital Video Practices for R
This book places observational filmmaking in the context of the rapidly developing landscape of creativity and arts based research in education. The author uses observational filmmaking as a lens to address debates surrounding video based and arts based r
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Observational Filmmaking for Education
Nigel Meager
Observational Filmmaking for Education Digital Video Practices for Researchers, Teachers and Children
Nigel Meager King’s College University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK
ISBN 978-3-319-90625-6 ISBN 978-3-319-90626-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90626-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018964114 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © Andhika Yauwry/EyeEm This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Foreword
For several decades, I and my colleagues have been exploring how film and video can be put to better use in anthropology. Anthropological films used to be either what we called didactic ‘illustrated lectures’, with the images serving largely to support what was said on the soundtrack, or they were simply unedited records of events to be used later for various forms of ‘objective’ analysis. They made little attempt to engage with the everyday experiences of their subjects. Observational cinema was a reaction against this static and impersonal view. It attempted to bring anthropological films closer to the actual experiences of people living in other societies. Instead of simply presenting anthropological knowledge previously gained, it was more exploratory, moving closer to its subjects and trying to interpret what was happening to them at the time of filming. This was made possible by the availability of new lightweight cameras that could film almost anywhere. The anthropology of childhood has had a parallel history. At the beginning, anthropologists hardly acknowledged that children had any
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