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Anthropology: Audiovisuals

Welcome! This guide includes helpful resources for your Anthropology and SBSA learning, together with related primary and secondary source recommendations

Academic Video Online @AUK Library

  • Academic Video Online is a comprehensive video subscription database available in our online collections. It delivers almost 70,000 titles spanning the widest range of subject areas including anthropology, business, counseling, film, health, history, music, and more. The content of the database is curated to support your educational experience, and the massive depth of the types of content like documentaries, demonstrations, films, etc. in multiple languages makes it a useful resource for all library users.

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Video highlights to try

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Anthropology podcasts to try

If you're a fan of podcasts, try some of these anthropology podcasts below and broaden your horizons while multitasking! These recommendations can introduce you to thought-provoking questions and conversations as well as unique research from around the world

This is the podcast of the Society for Cultural Anthropology aiming to amplify the polyphony of voices within cultural anthropology, featuring conversations between anthropologists as well as experiments in sonic ethnography

On each episode, the podcast hosts sit down with professionals from all four branches of anthropology—cultural, biological, linguistic, and archaeological—as they share their stories of how they carved out unique and fulfilling careers.

This podcast, supported by the Royal Anthropological Institute in the UK, brings together panels of anthropologists and experts from different areas to speak about one central topic from different angles.

What exactly do anthropologists do? What is anthropology anyway? And what makes us human? Learn more by listening to this thought-provoking podcast courtesy of Ohio State University

This podcast delves into various facets of human society, from examining the complexities of cultural identity to understanding the influence of technology on our everyday lives, all through culture, design, business, and technology.

Readings about ethnographic film

Film has long played an integral part in anthropological research, whether as part of documenting early expeditions, recording interviews, or creating documentaries that tell stories about people all around the world. Try the below reading recommendations to gain a deeper understanding of the nature of film for ethnographic or anthropological purposes and how readers can think about making film while considering moral and ethical implications, inspiring artistic practices, and new and exciting technological advancements.