"Anthropology is art" says social anthropologist and former professor at the department Andrew Lattas. "It is like being a novelist, putting yourself in another character's position and see the world".
The film is a glimpse of Lattas' long standing work in Papua New Guinea. He immaculately describes the kindness and imagination of people who are really poor, and their understanding of poverty in terms of their own experiences of race, class and colonialism. Sensitivity and empathy is important, as well as comedy and humor. "If you don’t have humor it’s really hard".
Anthropological films: ideas and presentations
Study at The Department of Social Anthropology
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