Human Studies Film Archives

Guide to the University Research Expeditions Program: Kenya and Tanzania videos, 1986

Summary

Collection ID:
HSFA.2012.07
Dates:
1986
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
77 Videocassettes (Betacam)
27 hours
color sound
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Videotape field project shot by Ken Forsyth in Africa for the University Research Expeditions Program, University of California, Berkeley, focusses on three groups in Kenya and Tanzania. Videotapes of the Rendille, pastoralists from northern Kenya are concerned primarily with water resources and capture daily life includng scenes of young men digging wells, women collecting water and loading camels, traditional housing, camels in satellite camps managed by young warriors and various interviews about issues of water and sedentarization and shrinking acess to pasture with Rendille elders, a local missionary and the director of a UNESCO project in the Rendille area. The videotapes of the Barabaig, a pastoralist group of the Nilotic Datoga of central Tanzania was shot in conjunction with the Tanzanian National Museum material culture collecting project and documents pottery making, blacksmithing, prepartion of a beaded hide skirt and various images of daily life. The videotapes of the Luo from central Kenya around Kisumu document tradtional healers and includes scenes of the village, collecting and pressing plants and interviews with traditional healers.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or Anthropology Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.

Administration

Custodial History
Previously titled "University Research Expeditions Program Videotapes: Kenya and Tanzania 1986."
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Received from Jean Colvin and the University of California, Berkeley in 2012.
Processing Information
Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Preferred Citation
University Research Expeditions Program: Kenya and Tanzania videos, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Number

Local Number
HSFA 2012.7.1


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Africa, East Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kenya Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tanzania Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rendile (African people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Barabaig (African people) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Water-supply Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ceramics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Blacksmithing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beadwork Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shamans Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Traditional medicine Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Medicinal plants Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Video recordings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

Human Studies Film Archives
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