The Bidayuh films of professor William R. Geddes.Among William R. Geddes's lasting legacies to the ethnography ethnography: see anthropology; ethnology. ethnography Descriptive study of a particular human society. Contemporary ethnography is based almost entirely on fieldwork. of Borneo are the three excellent films he produced on various aspects of the Bidayuh culture. As I have received inquiries from time to time on the sources of these films, I thought this information would be welcome. The Land Dayaks of Borneo (1961-66). 38 min. Distribution: New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the . Shot in 1961 in the village of Mentu Tapuh, Southwestern Sarawak. General life of village, oriented o·ri·ent n. 1. Orient The countries of Asia, especially of eastern Asia. 2. a. The luster characteristic of a pearl of high quality. b. A pearl having exceptional luster. 3. to the river, with some gardening and gathering. Climaxed by a medium performing in a Harvest Festival harvest festival Noun 1. a Christian church service held every year to thank God for the harvest 2. any of various ceremonies celebrating the harvest in other religions . This film was reviewed by Peter R. Goethals in the American Anthropologist American Anthropologist is the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). It is known for publishing a wide range of work in anthropology, including articles on cultural, biological and linguistic anthropology and archeology. 69:127, 1967. Goethals (1967:127) writes the film "depicts Dayak life in Mentu Tapuh, a village of Sarawak's First Division, as of 1961. ... As a partial but graphic record, primarily of Mentu Tapuh's subsistence subsistence, n the state of being supported or remaining alive with a minimum of essentials. and ritual activities, this film nicely supplements the full accounts of the producer's 1954 and 1957 monographs dealing with the same longhouse longhouse Traditional communal dwelling of the Iroquois Indians until the 19th century. The longhouse was a rectangular box built out of poles, with doors at each end and saplings stretched over the top to form the roof, the whole structure being covered with bark. community." The second and third films are:
The Souls of the Rice (1978-1983). 1983. 55 minutes, color. Shows
the community ceremonial life of the Land Dayak (or Bidayuh) living
in the First Division of Sarawak. 16 mm. or video available from
Other World Films, 176 Hudson Parade, Clareville, N.S.W. 2107,
Australia.
Brides of the Gods (1983-1985). 1985.55 minutes, color. Shows a
more intimate view of a ceremony practiced at the family level. 16
mm. or video available from Other World Films, 176 Hudson Parade,
Clareville, N.S.W. 2107, Australia.
These two films were reviewed by Robert Gardner in the American Anthropologist 89:265-267, 1987. Gardner writes that the former film shows "the community ceremonial life and the latter film a more intimate view of a ceremony practiced at the family level.... Anthropology anthropology, classification and analysis of humans and their society, descriptively, culturally, historically, and physically. Its unique contribution to studying the bonds of human social relations has been the distinctive concept of culture. has gained the addition of two important documents to its total 'literature' and the world of film [had] a pioneer of vision and sensitivity at large in the wilderness of a troublesome genre." In between filming The Land Dayaks of Borneo and The Souls of the Rice, Geddes produced a film on his research among the Blue Miao of Thailand, which Gardner refers to as presenting "the delicacy, even musicality, of Miao life." The source of this film is:
Miao Year. Photographed (164-1967) and produced (1968). Edited by
Rodric Adamson. 16 mm., color, sound, 62 minutes. Discusses the
swidden agriculture of the Miao and also their opium poppy
plantings. Available from: University of California Extension Center
for Media and Independent Learning, 2000 Centre Street, 4th Floor,
Berkeley, CA 94704. Telephone: 510-643-9271; fax: 510-643-9271.
[Reviewed by Asen Balikci, American Anthropologist 71:800, 1969.]
G. N. Appell, Ph.D. Borneo Research Council Phillips, Maine Phillips is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States. The population was 990 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 132.3 km² (51.1 mi²). 131.9 km² (50.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0. 04966 |
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