Filmowe sposoby antropologicznego poznania

Abstract

The aim of this article is showing the methods of anthropological perception of man, phenomena and forms of culture through a film. All films, regardless of their form and genre, can be the bases of anthropological analysis. The hermeneutic foundation in such analyses is the method of “thick description”, characteristic of the interpretive anthropology model by Clifford Geertz. The elementary notional categories forming the interpretive framework in anthropological film analyses are: the Other, the Ideology, and the Image. Different ways of anthropological perception result from the different accentuation of these categories in particular film genres: ethnographic films, documentaries, main stream feature films, progressive, amateur or “new-media” films.