Timothy Asch, the rise of visual anthropology, and the Human Studies Film Archives

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Summary

Discusses the role of Timothy Asch (1932-1994) in ethnographic filmmaking and the development of the field of visual anthropology.

Subject

  • Asch, Timothy
  • Smithsonian Institution Human Studies Film Archives
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology

Category

Smithsonian History Bibliography

Citation information

Series Studies in Visual Culture

Contained within

Timothy Asch and Ethnographic Film (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

2004

Topic

  • Visual anthropology
  • Ethnology
  • Anthropology
  • Motion pictures in ethnology
  • Anthropolgy
  • Museums
  • Anthropologists
  • Anthropological museums and collections

Place

United States

Physical description

Number of pages : 20; Page numbers : 185-204

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