Depicts how the people of Kypseli divide time, space, material possessions, and activities according to an underlying pattern based on the separation of the sexes, and shows how this division determines the village social structure. VHS 584 Touched by the Revolution. Breaking with the Past. Portrays the lives of ethnic Hungarians living in Romania. Includes two films made by Hungarian filmmaker Andras Pelerffy on life in a small Romanian village shot before and immediately after the overthrow of dictatorship.
Animated sequence examines the dangers inherent in breaking with the system.
Remote tribes and exotic islanders have been made known to the world through the lens of anthropology. However, some of the residents have begun to object, stating that anthropologists are sometimes misinformed or biased. This program investigates this controversy. VIC 402 Dance and Human History. Introduces the work of Alan Lomax and his colleagues in developing choreometrics, a cross-cultural method of studying the relationship of dance style to social structure.