The Margaret Mead Film Festival , at the American Museum of Natural History, offers an opprotunity to watch documentary films by anthropologists about different cultures in the world and different cultural phenomena and to engage in discussions about it.
One of the memorable films and panels I've seen in this festival, in 2007, was about the new trend of user-generated content (UGC), and Web 2.0, as presented by Michael Wesch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University.
This year, I will be volunteering for the festival for the second time
Here are a few films you may be interested in, that I plan to see:
Plug & Pray - an exploration of current Artificial Intelligence development and its critique.
In the Garden of Sounds- a blinded physical therapists helps developmentally disabled children transcend their sensory limitations through the healing power of sound.
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Secrets of the Tribe- Exploring the observation and explotation of anthropologists of the Yanomami tribe of the jungles of Venezuela and Brazil, who were overly-researched by westerners. Conteroversial discussion panel will follow the film.
There Once was an Island- Papua New Guinea culture's fatal obstacles as global ecology and culture dictate a new world.
Even if you can't go see the films, check out the info, be informed, check out links for trailers.
Broaden your point of view of world cultures.
Festival Site
[originally written, 10/15]
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