Ethnocinematographic theory

Author(s)

Sanderien Verstappen, Isabelle Makay, Mario Rutten

Abstract

Film and text can be complementary modes of theory formation in the field of migration studies. If the theoretical potential of filmmaking is recognized in research, this also opens opportunities for teaching migration theory through film. This argument is illustrated here through the project Living like a common man, in which both film and text were used to observe, analyse, and theorize the migration experiences of young Indians to the UK - as ‘middling migration’. The resulting film offers a stand-alone argument that is used as teaching material in courses of migration studies; while accompanying texts make the argument explicit and clarify its significance for migration scholarship.

Organisation(s)

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

External organisation(s)

Design Academy Eindhoven

Pages

99-116

No. of pages

18

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67608-7_6

Publication date

2021

Peer reviewed

Yes

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

504017 Cultural anthropology

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

Portal url

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/ethnocinematographic-theory(28d6cafa-c2e2-4589-8567-7082b0b10dff).html