Video Dialogues in Anthropology: Edgar Siskin and Norman Markel
odd: label: General
content: Local Number: HSFA 1989.10.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Burns, Allan F. (Allan Frank), 1945-
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content: Bernard, H. Russell (Harvey Russell), 1940-
label: Collection Creator
content: Wagley, Charles, 1913-1991
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content: Video Dialogues in Anthropology
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content: 1 Videocassettes (VHS) (2 hours, color sound)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Videocassettes (vhs)
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content: Video oral history of anthropologist and rabbi Edgar Siskin conducted by anthropologist Norman Markel. Interview takes place at the Edward Sapir Centenary Conference at the University of Ottawa in 1984. As a student of Sapir, Dr. Siskin comments on Sapir's contribution to anthropology and to Jewish American culture. Video features discussions concerning the reinstatement of Hebrew as a vernacular, his study of the Washoe Indians of Nevada, and his recent move to Jerusalem where he is involved with the Jerusalem Center for Anthropological Studies.

Legacy Keywords: Sapir, Edward, 1884-1939 ; Zuchadek, Eddie ; Language Hebrew ; Religion Washoe shamanism ; Anthropology ethnomusicology ; Military service World War II ; Israel Jerusalem ; Nevada ; Special Collections ; Washoe Indians