Creativity as Knowledge: Indigenous Film and Video in Brazil

The project Video in the Villages was founded by the Franco-Brazilian anthropologist and filmmaker Vincent Carelli in 1986 to promote film and video practices of indigenous communities in Brazil. The project provides training, production, and distribution of audio-visual resources in indigenous communities to strengthen and preserve cultural and territorial identities and heritages. My research project entails an in depth study of Video in the Villages. Through textual and filmic analyses of the Video in the Villages films, I will examine self-representation in contemporary Indigenous media, with a focus on indigenous women filmmaking. Archival research is essential to my project in order to compile and consult materials. The expected outcomes will be three articles to be published in top academic journals in the field, a doctoral dissertation to be published as a book in a top academic press in Canada, presentations in academic conferences, and a short documentary film to be disseminated through my website, film festivals, and social media.

Faculty Supervisor:

Alessandra Santos

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Partner:

Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

The University of British Columbia

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