2020: DER’s Year in Review
2020 was a year like no other. As we look forward to the renewal of Spring and continuing our work in 2021, we want to take a moment to share and celebrate our 2020 accomplishments. Here are just a few highlights from the year.
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A Work of Love: A Panel Discussion on The Healer and the Psychiatrist
On December 10th, 2020 DER and the Society for Visual Anthropology teamed up for a virtual Talanoa, bringing together filmmakers and scholars from around the world to discuss Mike Poltorak’s The Healer and the Psychiatrist.
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DER Podcast: Rebecca and Pete Davis on UNRAVELING AMERICA
For this fiscal sponsorship spotlight, we interviewed brother sister duo Rebecca and Pete Davis to discuss their film Unraveling America which explores the life and work of Robert Putnam—acclaimed political and social scientist and author of Bowling Alone.
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The Life and Death of a Sokushinbutsu: A Conversation with Shayne A. P. Dahl
Anthropologist and filmmaker Shayne A. P. Dahl and DER’s Amelia Stern discussed the practices and politics involved in the making of The Buddha Mummies of North Japan.
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Mixing Time and Space: A Conversation with Steven Feld
Steven Feld’s “Voices of the Rainforest” provides viewers extraordinary access to the complex human and non-human soundscape of Papua New Guinea’s Bosavi rainforest. Curious about how the film was constructed, Alice Apley “sat down” with Steve in their respective locations of Boston and Santa Fe and, over email, discussed the making of the film.
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Interview: Paul Weinberg, Photographer of San Communities in Southern Africa
Photographer Paul Weinberg talks about his work documenting San hunter-gatherer communities in Namibia, Botswana and South Africa over three decades.
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