Archive for the ‘Student Work’ Category

perceptions

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Digital story (2mins) about a student’s struggle to adjust to life-altering circumstances. Shifting perspectives, a central theme in the story, reflects both the student’s personal transformation as a storyteller, and her changing ideas about the challenges and rewards of incorporating visual media into anthropological research and practice.

Tara Smith, graduate student in anthropology, producer. Created as class project in Visual Anthropology course, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, Maymester (summer) 2009. Marty Otañez, instructor

http://www.vimeo.com/14505978

CLASS NOTES

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

an exploratory video (11mins) of concepts discussed in the course Current Theory in Ethnography, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, spring 2009. Marty Otañez, instructor.

FEATURING
Daniel Auerback (Science)
Stephanie Cole (Participant Observation)
Ingrid Griffin (Synchronic)
Katherine Mullin (Narrative)
Brittany Ramsay (Interpretation)
Jordan Reck (Discourse)
Tara Smith (Hegemony)
Susanna Snyder (Activism)
Preston Sutton (Thick Description)
Jody Villecco (Ethnography)
Lua Wilkinson (Reflexivity)
Debe Wise (Habitus)
http://www.vimeo.com/14505444

WHERE IN CHINA

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

Lua tells a story about growing up with a mom suffering from manic depression. Produced as an independent study project, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, summer 2010.

http://www.vimeo.com/14329148

monica

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

DRAFT digital story about a student’s experience in the Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, 2010.

http://www.vimeo.com/13959679

Chupasangre

Friday, April 30th, 2010

A critical reflection on my field school experience in Carhuaz, Peru, summer 2009. The visual work examines digital storytelling as a self-reflexive tool and entry-point into discourse on ethnographic encounters with power and privilege. Kate Mullin, producer, katherine.mullin@gmail.com

http://www.vimeo.com/11361870

the aftermath

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Digital story about my grampa and his struggle with emphysema. Kate Mullin, producer, katherine.mullin@gmail.com

http://www.vimeo.com/11354209

Nuclear Fuel Chain

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Examination of the life cycle of the nuclear fuel chain focusing on extraction of uranium, processing, transportation, use and disposal. Mining companies such as Paladin (Australia) harm communities and ecologies in Malawi and other countries where they source yellowcake for nuclear fuel and weapons. Created for class project, Culture and the Environment, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, fall 2009

Karen Wurzburger (karenwurz@gmail.com) producer

Marty Otañez (marty.otanez@ucdenver.edu) instructor

http://www.vimeo.com/8485366

There Is No Such Thing As Safe Radiation

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Video about the harmful effects of radiation and uranium mining. Music: “Country Boy,” by Chris Busby. Video created for class project, Culture and the Environment, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, fall 2009.

Monica Fullmer (monica.l.fullmer@gmail.com), producer

Marty Otañez (marty.otanez@ucdenver.edu), instructor

http://www.vimeo.com/8484994

Knights of Glowing Harm

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Visual project about Australian-based Paladin and its uranium mining activities in Malawi, Africa. Project presents a critique of Paladin’s corporate social responsibility schemes in Malawi. Created with Animoto for class project, Culture and the Environment, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, fall 2009.

Andrew Blunck (andrew.blunck@email.ucdenver.edu), producer

Marty Otañez (marty.otanez@ucdenver.edu), instructor

http://www.vimeo.com/8484690

Healing Through Natural Birth

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Healing Through Natural Birth shares the narration of one woman’s transformative natural birthing experience. It explores the therapeutic and methodological efficacy of digital narration as well as complementary and integrative healthcare practices in the United States. Kate Mullin (katherine.mullin@gmail.com), producer and medical anthropology graduate student, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado, Denver, spring 2009.

http://www.vimeo.com/7036896