Ethnocinematographic theory: How to develop migration theory through ethnographic filmmaking

Sanderien Verstappen; Isabelle Makay; Mario Rutten

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-67608-7_6

Ethnocinematographic theory: How to develop migration theory through ethnographic filmmaking

Sanderien Verstappen, Isabelle Makay (Contributor), Mario Rutten (Contributor)

Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Visual Methodology in Migration Studies
Subtitle of host publication	New Possibilities, Theoretical Implications, and Ethical Questions.
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	99-116
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-67608-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-67607-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67608-7_6
Publication status	Published - 2021

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

504017 Cultural anthropology

Keywords

ethnographic film
migration
theory
methodology

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Ethnocinematographic theory: How to develop migration theory through ethnographic filmmaking. / Verstappen, Sanderien; Makay, Isabelle (Contributor); Rutten, Mario (Contributor).
Visual Methodology in Migration Studies: New Possibilities, Theoretical Implications, and Ethical Questions.. Cham: Springer, 2021. p. 99-116.

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Ethnocinematographic theory: How to develop migration theory through ethnographic filmmaking

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