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Week 49: 3-9 December 2018

December 9, 2018 by Karl Leave a Comment

Miles car rental

The week’s highlight was my presentation on Robert Gardner in Unit 5 of Ethnographic Film. I was a bit nervous but I was well prepared and it went pretty smoothly – both the class and the teacher seemed to like it. It’s a challenge to present in front of the screen, while the whole class is watching in front of their screens.

Presentation on Gardner.
Miles car rental
Cheap rental from Miles.

With so much film viewing on laptops, I decided to finally buy a projector. Then I changed my mind. You have to pay so much to get decent quality, and I know I would get annoyed by the fan. And I had almost forgotten that I have an unused 60-inch plasma in the office. The hardest thing is to transport it, but on Friday we rented a Miles transporter and made the move. The result is fantastic and the rental only cost 11 euro for 8 km, despite we had the car for over an hour due to traffic and carrying.

And then it finally happened: I did not read everything for this week’s Digital Anthropology class. That is of course natural and to be expected – it’s up to us students to choose how thoroughly we participate in this programme. That said, until now I’ve read all mandatory readings and most of the recommended ones too – for every course. But I’ve reached a point where I must be more selective in my readings as my research interests become clearer. That’s a good thing.

Study

Ethnographic Film, Unit 6

  • Module introduction: Ciné-trance.
  • Stoller, Paul (1992): Les Maîtres Fous. In ​The Cinematic Griot: The Ethnography of Jean Rouch, pp. 145-160.
  • Russell, Catherine (1999): Ecstatic Ethnography: Filming Possession Rituals. In Experimental Ethnography, pp.193-237. (Read selectively the chapter introduction and Jean Rouch: Ciné-transe = pp. 193-199 and 218-229.)

And the films:

  • Jean Rouch: Les Maîtres Fous (1955, 29 min)
  • Bill Viola: I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986, 89 min)

Digital Anthropology, Unit 5

  •  Gillespie, Marie; Osseiran, Souad; Cheesman, Marie (2018): Syrian Refugees and the Digital Passage to Europe: Smartphone Infrastructures and Affordances. In: Social Media + Society 4, no. 1, pp. 1-12.
  • Video: Exodus Our Journey To Europe Ep. 01 (2016, 59 min)
  • Video: Your phone is now a refugee’s phone

Digital Anthropology, Unit 7

  • Jurgenson, Nathan & Rey, PJ (2013): The Fan Dance: How Privacy Thrives in an Age of Hyper-Publicity. In Lovink, Geert & Rasch, Miriam, eds: Unlike Us Reader. Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives, pp. 61-75.
  • Abidin, Crystal (2018): Chapter 2: Qualities of Internet Celebrity. In Internet Celebrity. Understanding Fame Online, pp. 19-36.

Other

Articles

  • The Economist: Indigenous peoples across the world no longer seem doomed to extinction
  • The Economist: How to save Ethiopia’s democratic revolution
  • The Economist: The promise and peril of Ethiopia’s democratic revolution
  • The Economist: Brazil’s classrooms become a battleground in a culture war
  • The Economist: The Central European University is moving to Vienna
  • The Economist: Satellites may connect the entire world to the internet
  • Explain that stuff: Satellites
  • Sankaku Complex: Saint Seiya Goes Forward With Female Saints In “Saintia Shou”

Film, video & games

  • Draxtor Despres: Our Digital Selves: My Avatar is me (2018, 75 min)
  • The Nerdwriter: Why Are There So Few Smartphones In Popular Movies?
  • Mr Robot S1E4-5 (2015, 98 min, rewatched)
  • PS3: 街スベリ (2010)
  • Wii U: 太鼓の達人 Wii Uば~じょん! (2013)

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