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Aymará women embody a common paradox. The cultural ideal is that women should be subservient to men, and assigned tasks appropriate to their inferior strength and intelligence. In fact, they perform many...
At dawn the caravan descends on Aq Kupruk from the foothills of the Hindu Kush. In their camp and in commerce with the townspeople, the Maldar reveal the mixture of faith and distrust that has kept nomads...
The Boran of northern Kenya have time-honoured solutions for the problems associated with their dependence on cattle for a living. Direct government intervention and the indirect impact of modernisation are...
The deep division in Andean society between campesinos and mestizos, rural and townspeople, begins at birth, is perpetuated by the schools, and continues through life. Evidence of discrimination’s physical...
The traditional ‘floating population’ that fishes Chinese coastal waters from family-sized junks based in Hong-Kong harbour is in competition with salaried fishermen using motorised boats. The combined...
A fourteen-year-old boy living with his family in a fishing junk near a small island in Hong Kong territory reflects on his visits to an ancient harbour town, on his experience in school, and on his future.
Tai a Chau is a home for both farmers and fishermen, who live aboard small junks and use the island as a permanent harbour. The daily routines of Mr Wong, a fisherman, and Mr Ng, a farmer, are representative...
A growing town and a new road encroach upon the territory of a once isolated desert people. Two fathers and their sons confront difficulties between old ways and new. The films lead to speculation on the...
The Tsao Tung Farmers Association typifies rural co-operatives in Taiwan. It is the centre of social, leisure and economic activities for the ,600 families who own the co-operative and rely on it for...
An old Bolivian man nears the end of his life. He has property and status but not contentment. Possessed of evil spirits, he reveals his anguish.
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