Day of the Dead Birds

An Essay and accompanying video made by 3rd Year Ben Macfadyen as part of the Religion and Ritual Course

Essay:  Creating Rites for Lost Species: Mourning, Ecology, and Theatrical Re-­ritualisation [PDF 505.47KB]

Day of The Dead Birds from Ben Macfadyen on Vimeo.

Short Ethnographic Films by First Year Students

Below are first year films produced for the Ethnographic Film Module taught by Raminder Kaur in Autumn 2012.

The coursework for the module centred around the students going out into the wider University, neighbourhood and City to ethnographically record elements of local life that they were interested in.

Many of the students had not made a film before and used any devices that came to hand including their mobile phones. They considered issues to do with representation, ethics, process and social interactions as they pursued their film projects and finally showcased them with accompanying slide presentations.

A sample of some of this year’s films are embedded below.

The Co-Op

by Hannah Stannard, Morizon D. Evans, Patrick Smith and George Edwards

Roots Garden Sound System

by Ejnxh Pepa, Ellie Sanders, Sam Sayers and Tiger Lily Raphael

Moulsecoomb Community Garden

by Augusto Ererbasi, Ruth Chittock and Johanne Eliasson

Hallowe'en

by Louisa Terry, Ivet Valeova, Sandra Vuissoz and Ella Tyldesley

Group Dynamics, Falmer Bar

by Joanna Aldaraji, Sandy Bonnington, Juliet Amoruso, Malini Aryapratheep and Arthus Balagula

Charity Shops and Superstores

by Rosie May, Lauren Metaxas, Maocairang Li (Lumo), Lucy Kelley-Patterson and Vince Luxmoore

Word Associations

by Bex Horobin, Zakiya Harris, Ben Hammersley and Rosie Goodship

Hare Krishna Brighton

Created by students for the First Year Ethnographic methods course

Run and become

Run and Become is a Creative Campus Initiative project run from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Sussex. As well as a cultural project, it is also a research project, aiming to improve our understanding of the human factors involved in training for and completing a marathon run. The two key themes are motivation and transformation. What motivates people to carry on training and carry on running, through the dark days of winter, and when the pain of ‘the wall’ hits them? How are people transformed through the act of training and running a marathon – bodily, emotionally, personally?