Papers by Flávia Kremer
(con) textos: revista d'antropologia i investigació social, Jan 1, 2009
visual by Flávia Kremer
GenderFucking traces the trajectory of Zsa Zsa Noir, a gender queer performer from Manchester, in... more GenderFucking traces the trajectory of Zsa Zsa Noir, a gender queer performer from Manchester, in her efforts to create a music video to accompany one of her tunes. With great creativity Zsa Zsa Noir brings her friends together to create a music video out of scotch tape, bin bags and newspaper material. GenderFucking is what she proposes to do with her performance, and that is, to play with gender in unconventional ways.
"Heart Stealers" is a short documentary looking at Italian politics from an intimate perspective ... more "Heart Stealers" is a short documentary looking at Italian politics from an intimate perspective of a group of students in Rome in 2010.
The purpose of this panel is to explore the contributions of visual anthropology to elucidate soc... more The purpose of this panel is to explore the contributions of visual anthropology to elucidate socio-cultural anthropological concerns. Photography, film and sound recording devices have been of great importance in the development of the discipline as a whole. The works of Bronislaw Malinowiski, Margaret Mead, Gregory Bateson and Claude Levi-Strauss explored the use of the image in its moving and static forms, while Jean Rouch's ethnofictions experimented with the camera as a tool for reflexivity. Moreover, contributions that questioned the notion of anthropology as a 'discipline of words' have given emphasis to the impact of (audio-)visual research in contemporary anthropological enquiries. The aim of our panel is to explore how audiovisual methods are being used in contemporary research and what insights and debates such use may bring to anthropologically informed research questions.
The fact that video, photographic cameras and sound recording equipment are becoming more and more accessible to anthropologists, as well as to their subject groups, is a feature in contemporary research creating interesting dynamics and posing new challenges in terms of ethics and representation.
Audiovisual explorations in the field also enabled researchers, such as David MacDougall (among others), to investigate sensorial and corporeal forms of understanding, turning visual anthropology into a field of scientific research with its distinctive methods and epistemological assessments.
We invited contributions that explore the use of audio-visual media in research whilst providing significant insights to general anthropological debates.
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Conference Presentations by Flávia Kremer
Short Abstract In this lab, we'll investigate the transformations of the classic theme of represe... more Short Abstract In this lab, we'll investigate the transformations of the classic theme of representation in anthropology. The aim of the lab is to explore the concept of self-hetero-representation by encouraging participants to initiate a dialogue with informants on Facebook. Long Abstract The topic of representation is a classic issue in anthropology. In the history of anthropology, theoretical debates revolved around figuring scientifically and ethically appropriate ways to construct and communicate knowledge "about" the "Other". Massimo Canevacci (2013) argues that digital technologies promoted a shift on the "communicational division of labour" placing self-representation at the centre of contemporary politics. Our laboratory will explore how the global diffusion of digital culture pose challenges to interdisciplinary conversation investigating the concept of "self-hetero-representation" as a means to analyse the theoretical consequences of the emergence of digital culture. The laboratory will take place on Facebook during the entire conference and participants will be invited to two conference sessions: a kick-off meeting (3 hours) on the first day of the conference and an assessment meeting on the last day (3 hours). On the first meeting, we will debate the concept of "self-hetero-representation" and share experiences of conducting research and/or "keeping in touch" with informants on Facebook. We will also think of a suitable title for a Facebook group and a working methodology to interact with informants through this same group. In doing so, we will elaborate a set of assessment criteria to evaluate the ethical dilemmas and the epistemological outcomes that will emerge through the experiment. On the second meeting, the assessment meeting, we will explore the consequences of this experiment by commenting on the issues that emerge through the interaction of researcher and participants in an online platform.
Short Abstract In this paper, I use the ethnographic study I conducted among the Bororo people in... more Short Abstract In this paper, I use the ethnographic study I conducted among the Bororo people in Central Brazil as a means to examine the theoretical impact of the use of film-making and film-elicitation methods in anthropological research. Long Abstract This paper departs from Angela Torresan's (2011:119) call for a proper investigation of the "conceptual capacity" of ethnographic film. It draws on the ethnographic study I conducted among the Bororo people in Central Brazil and examines the impact of filmmaking and film-elicitation methods in guiding my theoretical proposition of the notion of Boe Gendered Person. The "Boe", as the Bororo call themselves, are those who properly observe the moral prescriptions inscribed on the topography of the village plan. The Bororo village plan lays out on the ground the moral principles of social organization. The village plan played a key role in the history of anthropology for it served as a recurrent example in Lévi-Strauss's development of structuralism. The Bororo village is indeed a remarkable empirical case with which to analyse the dualisms that continue to preoccupy anthropologists: nature/culture; sex/gender; profane/sacred, etc. Drawing on my ethnography, I explore these dualisms in relation to the impact of visual methods for the development of anthropological theory. The case I will be discussing shows how the use of filmmaking and film-elicitation methods generated unexpected emotional responses in research subjects that redirected my inquiry entirely. My argument is that the use of film played a leading role in guiding my ethnography towards the conceptual development of the notion of Boe Gendered Person.
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Papers by Flávia Kremer
visual by Flávia Kremer
The fact that video, photographic cameras and sound recording equipment are becoming more and more accessible to anthropologists, as well as to their subject groups, is a feature in contemporary research creating interesting dynamics and posing new challenges in terms of ethics and representation.
Audiovisual explorations in the field also enabled researchers, such as David MacDougall (among others), to investigate sensorial and corporeal forms of understanding, turning visual anthropology into a field of scientific research with its distinctive methods and epistemological assessments.
We invited contributions that explore the use of audio-visual media in research whilst providing significant insights to general anthropological debates.
For accepted papers see http://www.nomadit.co.uk/iuaes/iuaes2013/panels.php5?PanelID=1398
Conference Presentations by Flávia Kremer
The fact that video, photographic cameras and sound recording equipment are becoming more and more accessible to anthropologists, as well as to their subject groups, is a feature in contemporary research creating interesting dynamics and posing new challenges in terms of ethics and representation.
Audiovisual explorations in the field also enabled researchers, such as David MacDougall (among others), to investigate sensorial and corporeal forms of understanding, turning visual anthropology into a field of scientific research with its distinctive methods and epistemological assessments.
We invited contributions that explore the use of audio-visual media in research whilst providing significant insights to general anthropological debates.
For accepted papers see http://www.nomadit.co.uk/iuaes/iuaes2013/panels.php5?PanelID=1398