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Examines rural development by observing the different developmental paths of two villages, following the introduction of an irrigation system begun in the 1930s in the Mysore district in South India. An...
Covers ascomycetes and basidiomycetes. Provides a readily available extensive audio-visual archive of mycological phenomena, many of which are documented on film for the first time. With around 350 film...
A DVD of the 3-volume video set produced during 1990-1993 to illustrate the book of the same title by Virgilio Tosi. Part 1: A compilation of documentary film sequences arranged chronologically in six...
Cinematographic sequences and supplementary freeze frames are organised in chapters with comprehensive menus and subject indexes integrated in the disc. When linked to a computer, the disc can form the basis...
Sir Raymond Firth, one of Britain’s most eminent anthropologists, in conversation with Peter Loizos. Firth looks back on memories of New Zealand, Tikopia, and Malaya and recalls other anthropologists. His...
Among the Canela Indians of north-east Brazil, log races for men and women are an almost daily sporting activity, strongly connected with their mythology and ritual life. Introduces Canela culture and then...
Foutura, a 65-year-old woman in Burkina Faso, has produced various kinds of pots all her life, learning the different techniques at certain stsages in her life. Today she is recognised in her village s...
Filmed in Purhépecha, Michoacán, Mexico. As in a passion play the villagers celebrate Holy Week, acting efffigies as well as certain people. Catholic liturgy and folk religion are combined in the ritual...
Flagella and cilia facilitate the locomotion and transportation of material through mammals. The principal structure of the axonem of flagella and cilia is identical, and is shown using electron microscopic...
Looks at the weekly wrestling tournaments of the Sudanese Nuba migrants in Khartoum. Usually these take place between the northern and southern Nuba men. The sport helps them strengthen their ethnic identity...
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