Ethnographic Filmmaking (online) (few places remaining)

Description:

This course will introduce participants to contemporary practice in ethnographic filmmaking, as well as the ethics, and practicalities that inform this diverse field of research practice. It is aimed at beginners who are interested in incorporating the method into their social research but have no (or little) prior experience of filmmaking.

The intention is to give participants an understanding of the historical tradition to which ethnographic filmmaking belongs, with an emphasis on the ethical and reflexive questions that this history poses to the contemporary practitioner. In many ways, it has never been easier to make films to a high standard, but a considered approach to the ethics of representation and visual storytelling are equally as important as technological skills to the ethnographic filmmaker – if not more so. This course will stress that theory, fieldwork, and filmmaking are interconnected parts of this process of social enquiry. It will place an emphasis on creative or experimental approaches to making ethnographic films.

The course will familiarise participants with contemporary practice in the interdisciplinary field of ethnographic filmmaking, and how this often challenges the assumptions and power dynamics built into early examples of the genre. It will require participants to watch a contemporary film and engage in a group discussion on its strategies of filmic representation. It will also include instruction in very basic set-ups for shooting and editing a first ethnographic film, or how to develop a team. Although it is not a practical filmmaking course, it will signpost participants towards resources through which they can develop these skills independently. 

Participants may have an idea for a film (and hopefully be prepared to share it), or may be up-skilling for future research opportunities. 

Course timings: 10:00 - 16:00

As part of pre-course joining instructions, we ask that delegates have watched a film. The links to view a film will be shared in the pre-course joining instructions issued ONE week prior to the course date. 

All are available online, behind a paywall with the fee of approx £5.00 being applicable. Many universities subscribe to Kanopy, please check your institutional access.

 

Cost:

The fee per teaching day is:

• £30 per day for students registered at UK/EU University.
• £60 per day for staff at UK/EU academic institutions, UK/EU Research Councils researchers, UK/EU public sector staff and staff at UK/EU registered charity organisations and recognised UK/EU research institutions.
• £100 per day for all other participants

In the event of cancellation by the delegate a full refund of the course fee is available up to two weeks prior to the course. NO refunds are available after this date. If it is no longer possible to run a course due to circumstances beyond its control, NCRM reserves the right to cancel the course at its sole discretion at any time prior to the event. In this event every effort will be made to reschedule the course. If this is not possible or the new date is inconvenient a full refund of the course fee will be given. NCRM shall not be liable for any costs, losses or expenses that may be incurred as a result of its cancellation of a course, including but not limited to any travel or accommodation costs. The University of Southampton’s Online Store T&Cs also continue to apply.

Website and registration:

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Region:

Scotland

Keywords:

Ethnographic Research, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research, Visual Methods, Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Research Ethics, Alternative Methods of Dissemination, Filmmaking

Related publications and presentations from our eprints archive:

Ethnographic Research
Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research
Visual Methods
Qualitative Data Handling and Data Analysis
Research Ethics
Alternative Methods of Dissemination

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