The module will do the following:
- Provide students with skills in data collection and analysis.
- One of the outcomes will be to gain a deeper understanding of issues surrounding the preservation of cultural heritage and identity.
- Discuss methods in data collection.
- Examine how academic ethnographic research is used when making ethnographic films and videos.
The course will cover the following areas:
1. Visual representation and interpretation of expressive culture in film and video
2. Ethical issues in fieldwork
3. The technical side of fieldwork - data collection and analysis
4. Ethnographic field recordings – approaches to documentary film and video making
5. Scriptwriting and development of storyboards – the editing process
6. Archiving of indigenous music and dance
7. Preservation of cultural heritage and identity
8.Biographies of musicians and dancers and their repertoires and performance styles
- Teacher: Patricia Opondo
