Anthropology, Genocide and Imagery
Abstract
It seems that anthropology needed time to take up the topic of genocide or from another point of view, avoided the subject altogether. Transformations that took part in the discipline during the second half of the 20th century and later on, together with the growing importance of engaged anthropology, changed this. In recent years Andre Singer, an anthropologist and filmmaker, was involved in various capacities in the production of three films: The Act of Killing (dir. Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012), The Look of Silence (dir. Joshua Oppenheimer, 2014) and Night Will Fall (dir. Andre Singer, 2014) – which used moving images to portray genocide carried out in completely different circumstances in Europe and in Indonesia. In this text Singer is looking at whether the anthropological paradigm can contribute to the better understanding of these phenomena.
Keywords:
anthropology, genocide, Joshua OppenheimerReferences
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André Singerkwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
University of Southern California United States
Przewodniczący Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Dyrektor Generalny i Kreatywny Spring Films Ltd (London); adiunkt na University of Southern California (Los Angeles). Obronił doktorat z zakresu antropologii na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim (specjalizacja: Iran i Afganistan). Redaktor serii telewizyjnej Disappearing World i prowadzący BBC Documentary Department’s Independent Unit, w ramach którego powołał serię Fine Cut (później pod nazwą Storyville). Pracował zarówno jako antropolog i filmowiec, ale także jako producent lub producent wykonawczy przy realizacji 12 filmów Wernera Herzoga. W 2010 r. założył Spring Films, która wyprodukowała filmy Joshui Oppenheimera Scena zbrodni i Scena ciszy. Reżyser pełnometrażowego dokumentu Ciemności skryją ziemię (2014) o tworzeniu zapisu filmowego ukazującego ludobójstwo w obozach koncentracyjnych. W 2009 r. otrzymał Patron’s Medal przyznawany przez RAI za wybitne osiągnięcia w dziedzinie filmu antropologicznego.
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