Liparu Lyetu - Our Life : Participatory Ethnographic Filmmaking in Applied Contexts.

Abstract

This dissertation describes and critically assesses the production of the film "Liparu Lyetu - Our Life". The documentary was made by a group of farmers in Northern Namibia in collaboration with anthropologist and filmmaker Martin Gruber. It depicts different forms of natural resource use and discusses related topics. The dissertation illustrates how the approach of "Participatory Ethnographic Filmmaking" was developed during the film's production and discusses how methods originating in Ethnographic Filmmaking and Participatory Video (PV) can contribute to both applied and academic research.