22 research outputs found
The Supernatural in African Epic Traditions as a Reflection of the Religious Beliefs of African Societies
Slowly By Slowly: Ethnocinema, Media and the Young Women of the Sudanese Diaspora
This article examines the research project Cross-Marked: Sudanese-Australian
Young Women Talk Education, which draws on the varying knowledge of Sudanese
students from refugee backgrounds and the principles and practices of ethnocinema
which prioritize relationship and mutuality in intercultural collaborations. The
seven documentary films which comprise Cross-Marked comment on the complexities
of the performance of liminal identities for both researcher and co-participants;
and this article explores the visibility and invisibility of Sudanese diasporic women
in popular media. Gender, age, race, class and ethnicity intersect as a range of
intercultural meetings, where these films both influence and are influenced by an
emerging ethnocinema. This article draws from the literature on contemporary
ethnographic documentary, including Ruby [(1975)2000], Rouch [2003] and Heider
[2006], and seeks to offer new methods for those engaged in 21st-century intercultural
collaboration in video, both inside and outside the classroom