The question of ethical responsibility over production and dissemination of ethnographic film unceasingly addresses researchers and directors, but one has to make a living. Increasing employment of ethnographic research for market products of global companies and the US army’s deployment of anthropologists as mediators during occupation of Afghanistan has prompted the labelling of “mercenary anthropology.” Should one take a stance against such alliances or can ethnographic film offer a voice to viable solutions for practical problems? Does short-term gain and financial concern undermine the ethics of anthropology or offer a stable role to the future of the discipline? Can ethnographic film invert the flow of decisions offering a humanistic ‘bottom-up’ perspective?
Guest Speakers:
Siamack Salari – C.E.O. of “everyday lives” / commercial and video ethnography
Michael Stewart – social anthropologist / film producer
Chair: Professor Pat Caplan
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