KSA Film Screenings 2022
In the winter semester of 2022, the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology hosts four film screenings in the presence of the filmmakers. Discussions will address the anthropology of the body, peace, art, wildlife conservation, and the role of documentary film as a form of anthropological work.
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 6pm/Seminarraum A
Workshop Environmental Dis-ease
Screening of
The Body Blow (2022)
followed by Q&A
with the artist | filmmaker Ilona Sagar, Lecturer, BA Fine Art & History of Art Goldsmiths College, University of London
"The Body Blow"
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 5pm/HS-C
KSA Department Seminar
Screening of
Chocolate de Paz (2016)
followed by Q&A
with the anthropologist-filmmaker Dr. Gwen Burnyeat
"Chocolate de Paz"
Wednesday, November 23, 2022 16:45pm/HS-A
KSA Department Seminar
Screening of
Nothing new in media society? From rock painting to Instagram
followed by Q&A
These videos will be presented in the presence of the filmmakers of the CREOLE MA-program 2022
File size: 2.5 MB
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 5pm/HS-A
VVAL Screening
Screening of
"Rhinos under Pressure" ©Angelica V. Marte and Werner Zips
Rhinos under Pressure (2022)
According to the WWF, poaching of rhinos in South Africa has increased by an incredible 9000 percent since 2007. Black rhinos are critically endangered with an estimated population of 6000 animals across Africa. According to conservation organizations like Pro Wildlife, the wildlife trade has become the largest illegal business after drug, weapon and people smuggling. Its annual turnover is around 20 billion US dollars. Now that the increasing demand leads to the extermination of an iconic animal species, conservationists respond by taking more drastic measures. The short film "Rhinos under Pressure" (2022) was recorded in South Africa and transmitted on television by the Austrian public broadcasting company ORF.
"Dak´Art" - Nampémania Disparus Sans Visage 2022
Dak'Art (2022)
Dakar, Senegal's capital, is considered the metropolis of contemporary African art. One of the reasons for this is the art fair held in Dakar every two years since 1990: Dak'Art. From May 19 to June 21, 2022, the 14th Dak'Art took place under the motto "Out of Fire" - a reference to the major crises of the present: pandemic, climate crisis, and war. The short film Dak'Art reports on the 2022 edition of the art fair and highlights its role as a platform for encounter, confrontation, and activism. It displays art works with a special focus on Africa and includes interviews with artists and experts. One of the interviewed is Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, who co-edited the book Dak'Art: The Biennale of Dakar and the Making of Contemporary African Art (2020, together with the University of Vienna's Prof. Thomas Fillitz). The film was transmitted on television by the Austrian public broadcasting company ORF.
followed by Q&A with the
anthropologist-filmmaker Prof. Werner Zips
The film Dak`Art by Prof. Werner Zips is inspired by the book
Dak´Art: The Biennale of Dakar and the Making of Contemporary African Art. 2020. Edited by Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi and Prof. Thomas Fillitz. London: Routledge.