Frode Storaas

Emeritus

University Museum of Bergen Department of Cultural History

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E-mailfrode.storaas@uib.no
Phone+4799550097
Visitor Address
Villaveien 1A

5007 Bergen
Postal Address
Postboks 7800

5020 Bergen

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Visual Anthropology, Museology, Communication,

General Anthropology, Social complexity, Ethnicity, Politics, Religion, Gender, Development

COUNTRIES OF FIELDWORK:

South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania,

Norway, Macedonia, Mexico, California, Nepal, China, India

Academic article

Show author(s) (2022). Our Courtyard - Bai of South West China film i JAF. Journal of Anthropological Films.

Show author(s) (2021). Making Rain. Journal of Anthropological Films.

Show author(s) (2020). Going for Mackerel. Journal of Anthropological Films.

Show author(s) (2019). The Go-Between, Afar of Ethiopia . Journal of Anthropological Films.

Show author(s) (2018). Anthropology on film: Reflections on three films from Kilimanjaro. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. 146-164.

Show author(s) (2017). Indirect Cinema. Visual Anthropology. 91-94.

Show author(s) (2009). Audience of Ethnographic Films - The role of the imagined spectators. Die Maske, Zeitschrift für Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie. 12-14.
Show author(s) (2009). Antropologi, kommunikasjon og multimodale tekstar. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. 179-190.

Show author(s) (2001). Folk på utstilling. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift. 103-110.

Show author(s) (1997). The Nexus of Economic and Political Viabilities among Nomadic Pastoral ists in Turkana, Kenya. Research in Economic Anthropology : A Research Annual.

Academic lecture

Show author(s) (2021). Tune in - on anthropological filmmaking .
Show author(s) (2021). Onthologies of the Sea: Travellings between Norway and Portugal.
Show author(s) (2021). Christmas Dinner - film 19 min.

Show author(s) (2019). Presenting A Kali Temple Inside Out at Tretyakov Gallery.
Show author(s) (2019). Making Rain og If the VAgina had Teeth presentert på Ethnographical Film Club .
Show author(s) (2019). Heritage on film - presenting the film Both Sides .
Show author(s) (2019). Film i utstilling.
Show author(s) (2019). Changing World and changing perspective presenting the film Making Rain .
Show author(s) (2019). Beyond Life: Cooling and Cleansing in Kilimanjaro screened at the 7th Congress of the Portuguese Anthropological Association (APA).
Show author(s) (2019). A retrospective look at my work with film (given title).
Show author(s) (2019). A Kali Temple presented at Kratovo Film Festival.
Show author(s) (2019). A Kali Temple Inside Out presented at Jerusalem Cinematheque.
Show author(s) (2019). A Kali Temple Inside Out presented at Viscult-NAFA 2019: Cultural Connections.
Show author(s) (2019). A Kali Temple Inside Out - presented at Ethnofest.

Show author(s) (2018). The Nordic Eye - The making of 'Beyond Life - Cooling and Cleansing in Kilmanjaro' .
Show author(s) (2018). Kunnskap, fiksjon og fakta – utfordringar for antropologien. .
Show author(s) (2018). Kulturvariasjon i ei globalisert verd.
Show author(s) (2018). Film i akademia - «muligheter og begrensninger» .
Show author(s) (2018). Film as a language for communicating science.
Show author(s) (2018). Beyond Life: Cooling and Cleansing in Kilimanjaro.
Show author(s) (2018). Atali's Gift.

Show author(s) (2017). Tama Gaun - the Copper Village, archaeology and anthropology on film.
Show author(s) (2017). Presenting and discussing Tama Gaun - the Copper Village.
Show author(s) (2017). Intangible Heritage and the use of audio-visual media.
Show author(s) (2017). Etno-film: Between Tradition and Experiment.
Show author(s) (2017). Atali's Gift.
Show author(s) (2017). Anthropology on Film.
Show author(s) (2017). "Cooling and Cleansing – in Kilimanjaro"; and "Atali's Gift".

Show author(s) (2016). Visual Anthropology.
Show author(s) (2016). Levende bilde / levende menneske.
Show author(s) (2016). Keynote: Cultural Heritage and Documentation.
Show author(s) (2016). Film som tekst i formidling av antropologisk innsikt.
Show author(s) (2016). Cultural Heritage - Anthropological Approach.

Show author(s) (2015). The Ontological Turn and Visual Anthropology.
Show author(s) (2015). South Sudan between Ontology and Politics.
Show author(s) (2015). Antropologisk film og etikk.
Show author(s) (2015). Antropologisk film og arkeologi Presentasjon av Tama Gaun - the Copper Village.

Show author(s) (2014). Visual Studies of Africa: Memory, History, Identity.
Show author(s) (2014). Visual Anthropology .
Show author(s) (2014). The Making of The Go-Between, Afar of Ethiopia, .
Show author(s) (2014). The Afar of Ethiopia Introducing The Go-Between, film.
Show author(s) (2014). The Afar Law Introducing The Go-Between, Afar of Ethiopia, film .
Show author(s) (2014). Research Himalaya Introducing Tama Gaun (film by Frode Storaas, Dipesh Kharel, 97 min.).
Show author(s) (2014). On Whose Terms?
Show author(s) (2014). Journal of Anthropological Film and the Academia.
Show author(s) (2014). Introducing The Go-Between, film.
Show author(s) (2014). Film og undervising - vising av The Go-Between, film.
Show author(s) (2014). Anthropology of Law Introducing The Go-Between, Afar of Ethiopia, film.

Show author(s) (2013). Whose Voice - anthropology and filmmaking.
Show author(s) (2013). Anthropology and film, the making of Girls and Other Things - Filip, Macedonia.

Show author(s) (2012). Whose Voices.
Show author(s) (2012). Visual Archaeology.
Show author(s) (2012). The use of film as documentation tool.
Show author(s) (2012). Rainmaking in Southern Africa.
Show author(s) (2012). Presenting his film: If the Vagina had Teeth, From Chassuka, Mosambique.
Show author(s) (2012). Presentasjon av filmane "Frå Solside til Skuggeland" og "Going for Mackerel".
Show author(s) (2012). Industrisamfunnet Ålvik opp, ned og opp.
Show author(s) (2012). Anthropology at Home.
Show author(s) (2012). Anthropology and Visual Anthropology.

Show author(s) (2011). Visual anthropology - a substitute for anthropological writing?
Show author(s) (2011). Visual Anthropologyand and activism. Comparing Fish On! and Upstream Battle.
Show author(s) (2011). Introducing Friends (film 30 min. by Storaas, Koneska).
Show author(s) (2011). Antropologien mellom ord og bilde. Hvordan ta vare på felterfaringen?
Show author(s) (2011). Antropologi på film og i tekst.

Show author(s) (2010). The returning of the film "If the Vagina had Teeth".
Show author(s) (2010). Presentation and screening of the film "If the Vagina had Teeth".
Show author(s) (2010). Presentation and screening of Fish On!
Show author(s) (2010). Evig liv - ei utstilling som lever.
Show author(s) (2010). Collaboration on anthropological filmproject in Mozambique.
Show author(s) (2010). Antropolgisk film - eit grensetilfelle.

Show author(s) (2009). The shooting of the film ”If the Vagina had Teeth”.
Show author(s) (2009). Presentasjon av Making Rain.
Show author(s) (2009). Presentasjon av Fish On!
Show author(s) (2009). Making Rain - film as publication of research.
Show author(s) (2009). Fish On! and political activism.
Show author(s) (2009). Ethnography and Museums.
Show author(s) (2009). Archaeology, Anthropology and Film.
Show author(s) (2009). Antroformanten og representasjonen.
Show author(s) (2009). "If the Vagina had Teeth", filming rituals.

Show author(s) (2008). Whose Story. Anthropological Approach to filmmaking.
Show author(s) (2008). Virkeligheten er best på film - miniseminar om forskning og dokumentarfilm.
Show author(s) (2008). The making of the film Fish On!
Show author(s) (2008). Showing and Saying - film as Documentation and Publication.
Show author(s) (2008). Mediating Camera - introducing Making Rain.
Show author(s) (2008). Making Rain and Local Politics introducing the film Making Rain.
Show author(s) (2008). Lived Realities.
Show author(s) (2008). Images of Africa and the film Making Rain.
Show author(s) (2008). Fish On! Introducing the film.
Show author(s) (2008). Breaking the Barriers -introducing the film Making Rain.
Show author(s) (2008). Beyond the Visual Babylon.

Show author(s) (2007). Tid og Rom - multimodale tekstar og formidling av antropologi.
Show author(s) (2007). The collaboration behind the film Making Rain (57 min.) (by Liivo Niglas and Frode Storaas.
Show author(s) (2007). The Story Behind the film Our Courtyard - Bai People of South West China (59 min.) by Frode Storaas and He Yuan Wang.
Show author(s) (2007). The Story Behind the film Our Courtyard - Bai People of SOuth West China (59 min.) (by frode Storaas and He Yuan Wang).
Show author(s) (2007). The Story Behind the film Making Rain (57 min. by Liivo Niglas and Frode Storaas).
Show author(s) (2007). Presentation of the Film Our Courtyard - Bai People of South West China (59 min. by Frode Storaas and He Yuan Wang).
Show author(s) (2007). Observation and visual literacy.
Show author(s) (2007). Observation - Fieldwork on the Screen.
Show author(s) (2007). Magical beliefs in South and North.
Show author(s) (2007). Lokal politikk og kjønn - Shona folket i Mosambik.
Show author(s) (2007). Kvardagsliv på film - om arbeidet med Our Courtyard - Bai People of South West China (59 min.) av Frode Storaas og He Yuan Wang.
Show author(s) (2007). Filming Everyday Life - a case from Palestine.
Show author(s) (2007). Film as a Medium for Documentation.
Show author(s) (2007). Det tverrfaglege samarbeidet rundt filmen Making Rain (57 min.) av Liivo Niglas og Frode Storaas.
Show author(s) (2007). Chair and Discussant at: "Ethnographic Present" - the relationship between ethnographic collections and anthropological research in the early 21st century.

Show author(s) (2006). Visual Anthropology Today. Opening Speach, Nordic Anthropological Film Association 27th International Filmfestival.
Show author(s) (2006). Virtual Fieldwork and Visual Literacy.
Show author(s) (2006). Presentation of the film Our Courtyard - Bai people of South West China.
Show author(s) (2006). Observation and Virtual Fieldwork.
Show author(s) (2006). Klamath River Basin as an Ecosystem, a filmproject.
Show author(s) (2006). From observation to understanding.

Show author(s) (2005). Visuell antropologi i antropologiundervisinga.
Show author(s) (2005). Visual Literacy and Visual Anthropology.
Show author(s) (2005). The State of Visual Anthropology.
Show author(s) (2005). The Role of the Audience.
Show author(s) (2005). Opening up to the Future - visual anthropology and Internet.
Show author(s) (2005). Guns for Sale in Karamoja, Uganda.
Show author(s) (2005). Fjorden og industrien.
Show author(s) (2005). Etnisitet og konfliktar i Afrika.

Show author(s) (2004). Tru eller Overtru - spøking og vitskap.
Show author(s) (2004). Fieldwork on Screen.

Show author(s) (2003). The future of visual anthropology.
Show author(s) (2003). The Importance of Grandmothers - storytellings for children.
Show author(s) (2003). Tell me your Story.
Show author(s) (2003). My Story.
Show author(s) (2003). Anthropology and Interactive Multimedia.

Show author(s) (2000). Replacing the pastoral staff.

Show author(s) (1998). The Karamojong.

Show author(s) (1997). Visual Antrhopology and Ideology.
Show author(s) (1997). Locha og eg - betyding av å bo i lokale hushold/familie/bofelleskap under feltarbeid.
Show author(s) (1997). Ethnicity and Mobilzation.

Editorial

Show author(s) (2021). Editorial JAF Vol 5 No 02. Journal of Anthropological Films.
Show author(s) (2021). Editorial JAF Vol 5 No 01. Journal of Anthropological Films.

Show author(s) (2020). Editorial. Journal of Anthropological Films.
Show author(s) (2020). Editorial. Journal of Anthropological Films.

Show author(s) (2019). Editorial . Journal of Anthropological Films.

Show author(s) (2018). Editorial. Journal of Anthropological Films.
Show author(s) (2018). Editorial. Journal of Anthropological Films.

Show author(s) (2017). Editorial. Journal of Anthropological Films.

Show author(s) (2004). NAFA läheb itta. Tartu visuaalse kultuuri pëvad. 7-8.
Show author(s) (2004). NAFA goes East. Film Festival of Nordic Anthropological Film Association 2004 Catalogue. 7-8.
Show author(s) (2004). Foreword. Göttingen Internasjonale Film Festival. 7-9.

Show author(s) (2002). Antropologisk avdeling. Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen. 54-55.

Book review

Show author(s) (2003). 6th ASTRA Film Fest - a review. NAFA Network Newsletter.

Popular scientific article

Show author(s) (2010). Miraklet på Tinos - om å filma ein gjenstand. Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen.

Show author(s) (2009). Mi inspirasjonskjelde. På Høyden ( UiBs nettavis).
Show author(s) (2009). Evig liv - men ikkje heilt fredleg. Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen. 33-37.

Show author(s) (2004). Tru, Overtru og Spøking. Grenda posten. 40-41.

Show author(s) (2003). Livet i det gamle Egypt. Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen. 4-7.

Show author(s) (2002). Lafon - på savannen sør i Sudan. Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen. 18-20.

Show author(s) (1998). Tre kyr for ein Kalasnikov - kronikk. Bergens Tidende.

Show author(s) (1997). Presentasjon av "Dei andre" - bilde og antropologi. Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen.
Show author(s) (1997). Det gode liv - som nomade. Bergens Tidende.

Feature article

Show author(s) (2004). Spøkinga på Bergen Museum. Bergens Tidende.

Show author(s) (2002). Minneord om Henning Siverts. Årbok for Universitetsmuseet i Bergen. 50-50.

Show author(s) (1997). Nynorskbrukarar ikkje velkomne til jubileumsutstillinga. På Høyden ( UiBs nettavis). xx.
Show author(s) (1997). Alcoholism Treatment in Norway: The American Way. Reflection: Narratives of Professional Helping. A Journal for the Helping Professions.

Doctoral dissertation

Show author(s) (1996). Being a nomad, Turkana, Kenya.

Documentary

Show author(s) (2018). 50 år på 25 min. Gunnar Langhelle og Universitetsmuseet i ein overgangsfase.

Show author(s) (2017). What do the rocks say?

Show author(s) (2011). Secret Mountain (video 2:27').
Show author(s) (2011). Ostrich debate (video 3:21').
Show author(s) (2011). Okharbot (video 1:51').
Show author(s) (2011). Locals (video 8:12').
Show author(s) (2011). Ilha de Mocambique (video 6:03').
Show author(s) (2011). Gwenzi I (video 4:37).
Show author(s) (2011). Gwenzi 2 (video 2:52').

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Show author(s) (2012). Evig liv Egyptsamlinga og utstillinga på Bergen Museum, Universitetet i Bergen. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2012). Antropologien mellom ord og bilde. 19 pages.

Show author(s) (2009). Shepherd’s staff and the AK-47: Pastoralism and handguns in Karamoja, Uganda. 17 pages.

Show author(s) (2007). Take a Proper Look! Vitual Field Studies. 3 pages.

Show author(s) (2004). Multimedia and the teaching of cultural variations. 8 pages.

Show author(s) (2003). Frå notekurs til Paris. 21 pages.

Show author(s) (1999). Det er røyken vi lever av. 18 pages.

Digital learning tools

Show author(s) (2004). The settlement 2. 24 minutes. Observations from an Afar home settlement in Ethiopia towards midday.
Show author(s) (2004). The Waterhole 27 min. En film om livet rundt et vanningshull blant Afar folket i Etiopia.
Show author(s) (2004). The Settlement. 23 min. Observations from a an Afar home settlemet early in the morning. Location Ethiopia.
Show author(s) (2004). The Night (23 minutes). Observations from a home settlement among the Afar of Ethiopia during the night.

Film

Show author(s) (2021). Samtale med Sametingspresidenten Aili Keskitalo .
Show author(s) (2021). Prøvetaking ved Bergkunsten i Alta - film 13min.
Show author(s) (2021). Om gipsavstøpninger av Samiske hodeskaller.
Show author(s) (2021). Lars Hetta figurer.
Show author(s) (2021). Fandrem Samling.

Show author(s) (2018). A Kali Temple Inside Out.

Show author(s) (2016). Atali's Garden.

Show author(s) (2015). Tama Gaun - the Copper Village, film 90.min.

Show author(s) (2014). The Go-Between, Afar of Ethiopia, film 38min.

Show author(s) (2010). Friends, film 35 min. Macedonia.

Show author(s) (2009). If the Vagina had Teeth.

Show author(s) (2006). Making Rain.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

Publications (since 2012)

Storaas, F. & Alves Costa, C. (2022) Christmas Dinner (film 19min.)

Selected by:

Days of Ethnographic Films, Ljubljana, Slovenia, (Feb. 2023)
Nordic Anthropological Film Festival (NAFA), Cehetel, Romania, (Sept. 2022)
Kratovo International Film Festival, Macedonia (Oct. 2022)
Germany International Ethnographic Film Festival (GIEFF), Gøttingen, Germany (May 2022)https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/803088726

Verstappen, Sanderien, Christos Varvantakis, Fiona P. McDonald, Alice Apley, Harjant S. Gill, Margot Mecca, Caterina Sartori, and Frode Storaas. 2021. "Rethinking Anthropological Film Exhibition and Distribution (Part II)." Visual and New Media Review, Fieldsights, December 7. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/rethinking-anthropological-film-distribution-part-ii

Verstappen, Sanderien, Christos Varvantakis, Fiona P. McDonald, Alice Apley, Harjant S. Gill, Margot Mecca, Caterina Sartori, and Frode Storaas. 2021. "Rethinking Anthropological Film Exhibition and Distribution (Part I)." Visual and New Media Review, Fieldsights, December 2. https://culanth.org/fieldsights/rethinking-anthropological-film-exhibition-and-distribution

Storaas, F., & Wang, H. Y. (2022). Our Courtyard - Bai people of South West China. Journal of Anthropological Films, 6(02). https://doi.org/10.15845/jaf.v6i02.3627

Niglas, L., & Storaas, F. (2021). Making Rain. Journal of Anthropological Films, 5(01). https://doi.org/10.15845/jaf.v5i01.3128

Scott, R. E., Storaas, F., & Perlov, D. (2020). Going for Mackerel. Journal of Anthropological Films, 4(02). https://doi.org/10.15845/jaf.v4i02.2907

Storaas, F., Scott, R. E., & Negussie, G. K. (2019). The Go-Between. Journal of Anthropological Films, 3(1), e1537. https://doi.org/10.15845/jaf.v3i1.1537

Kharel, D. & Storaas, F. (2018) A Kali Temple Inside Out, India, (film 83 min.)

Award: Richard Werbner Award for Visual Anthropology at Royal Anthropological Film Festival (RAI), Bristol, England, (March 2021)

Also selected by:

Ethnofest, Athen, Greece (Dec. 2019)
The 8th Anthropological Film Festival i Jerusalem, Israel (Nov. 2019)
Viscult Ethnographic Documentary Film Festival, Joensuu, Finland (Oct. 2019)
Kratovo Ethnological Film Festival, Macedonia (Sept. 2019)
VIII Moscow International Festival of Visual Anthropology, Russia (June 2019)
Tartu World Film Festival, Estonia (March 2019)
Kratovo International Film Festival, Macedonia, (Oct. 2019)
Germany International Film festival, Göttingen, Germany (May 2020)
Nordic Anthropological Film Festival (NAFA), Lisbon, Portugal (Sept. 2021)

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Myhre, K.C. & Storaas, F. (2018) Antropologi på film – Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift Vol.29, issue 3-4. https://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/issn.1504-2898-2018-03-04-04

Storaas, F. & Myhre, K.C. (2018) Beyond Life – Cooling and Cleansing, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (film 23 min.)

Selected by:

NAFA 2018 International Film Festival, Cluj, Romania (Sept. 2018)
National Museum of Ethnology, Minpaku, Osaka, Japan (March. 2018)

https://nafafilm.org/?q=node/664

Storaas, F. & Myhre, K.C. (2017) Atali's Gift (film 43min.)

Selected by:

World Film, International Film Festival, Tartu, Estonia, March (2018)
Norsk Antropologisk Forening Årskonferanse, plenum, Lillehammer (May 2017)
National Museum of Ethnology, Minpaku, Osaka, Japan (March 2018)

https://nafafilm.org/?q=node/665

Storaas, F. & Kharel D. (2014) Tama Gaun – the Copper Village (film 83 min.)

Award: Nepal Panorama, Best Documentary, Special Mention Kathmandu International Mountain Film (2015)

Selected by:

Kratovo International Film Festival, Macedonia (Oct. 2017
Antropofest, Praha, Tsjekkia (Jan.- 2017)
Göttingen International Film festival, Göttingen, Germany (May 2016)
Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Kathmandu, Nepal, (Dec. 2015)
KIMFF - Macau, China, KIMFF (2016) - New York, USA, (2016)
Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico, Rovereta, Italy, (Oct. 2015
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Yamagata, Japan, (Oct. 2015)
Beeld voor Beeld, Amsterdam, (February 2015)
NAFA 2015 Film Festival and Conference: Images of Cultural Diversity and Heritage, Warsaw, Poland (Sept. 2015)

Distributed by: Heritage Broadcasting Service (archaeologychannel.org)

Storaas, F. & Kharel D. (2015) The Rebirth of Mahadev (film based on Tama Gaun, 25 min.)

Award: Commendation, Material Culture and Archaeology, 14th RAI International Festival of Ethnographic film, Bristol, England, (June 2015)

Also selected by:

Winners of RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Los Angeles, USA (March 2016)
The International Festival of Archaeological Film Fondazione Museo Civico, Borgo Santa Caterina, Rovereto, Italy, (Oct.2015)

Paul Hockings, David MacDougall, Jayasinhji Jhala, Frode Storaas, Antonio Marazzi & Fadwa El Guindi Discussion (2017) Indirect Cinema, in: Visual Anthropology, 2017, 30:1, 75-10.

Storaas, F. & E. Koneska (2012) Girls and other things, Macedonia, (film 30 min.)

https://nafafilm.org/?q=node/251

Storaas, F. (2012) Antropologien mellom ord og bilde, in: Johansen, Anders (red.): Kunnskapens språk, Scandinavian Academic Press c/o Spartcus Forlag AS, Oslo s. 97 - 205

Storaas, F. (2012) Evig liv – Egyptsamlinga og utstillinga på Bergen Museum, Universitetet i Bergen i; Maurstad og Hauan (red.) Museers viten, museumsviten museologiske perspektiver på universitetsmuseenes gjøren Trondheim: Tapir

Storaas, F., S. Katsamudanga, G. Bvocho (2012) Audiovisual recording, multimedia productions and the internet: Experiences from Zimbabwe and Mozambique in recording and disseminating knowledge about the archaeological heritage, in: M. Manyanga, S. Katsamudang (eds.) Prodding the Ancestors: Perspectives on Zimbabwean Archaeology in the post-Independence era, Harare

Storaas has since 1993 been based at the University Museum of Bergen. Before then he had positions at the department of Social Anthropology at UiB in between work for aid organizations in Sudan and East Africa, two years scholarship from Norwegian Research Council and a year as a visiting scholar at the Program for Visual Anthropology at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

His anthropological research has mainly dealt with pastoralists and agro-pastoralists in Sudan, Kenya and Uganda. General anthropology, i.e. adaptation, economy, ethnicity and local politics, has been his main theme.

As a filmmaker he has been involved in projects in Eastern and Southern Africa, in the Middle East, in Mexico and USA, in China and Nepal, on the Balkans and Greece and in Norway. A theme conveyed in most of these projects has been how cultural traditions and ideas influence everyday life of people. As a filmmaker he aims towards creating virtual meetings between the audiences and the people presented on the screen. “I want these meetings not only to communicate knowledge, but also to move spectators emotionally, involving them in an experience that may make a difference.”

A concern related to visual anthropology has been research on media, museology and communication.

Storaas has also been involved in research based on empirical material from Norway, such as fisheries and industrial societies in rural areas.