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15 Aug 06
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Interactive media has the potential to integrate the best resources of scholarship in anthropology (Biella 1993).
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(available in the "Historical Texts" submenu of the Contents.)
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A mouseclick on a "Blow-by-Blow" paragraph causes the film at the top of the computer screen to sync up with the moment that is currently described.
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The Ax Fight provides a model for scholarship in visual anthropology that has been adopted and extended in this CD.
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Despite the best conditions despite multiple informants, excellent visual documentation and strong language skills errors will occur and interpretations will need to be revised. Thus, The Ax Fight offers another insight into the creative process of anthropological interpretation. Contrary to the illusion produced by slickly-edited documentaries, the process is not simple. Interpretation is created in fits and starts. Meaning has a history.
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Part I introduces The Ax Fightfilm as the centerpiece of this exercise in anthropological multimedia, and discusses how the film's remarkable structure foreshadows interactive media.
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