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Centre for Visual Anthropology Current Projects

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Read more about some of the ongoing projects that CVA researchers are working on, from Emma Tarlo's work tracking the global circulation of human hair and its uses and meanings in different milieus, to Gabriel Dattatreyan's exploration of the role of cinema in creating and sustaining ties across nations in Africa and South Asia. 

Filming people gathered on a roof

Desiring Bollywood

Dr Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan explores the role of cinema in creating and sustaining affective, economic, and political ties between postcolonial nations in Africa and South Asia.

Hands holding pieces of human hair

Hairy Matters

Professor Emma Tarlo tracks the global circulation of human hair and its uses and meanings in different milieus.

people by a river

Pedegral Digital

Pedregal Digital is a long term remote collaboration between Dr Ricardo Leizaola and Luis Enrique Reyes Farfan.

two mountains

Tindaya Cosmopolitics

Dr Isaac Marrero Guillamon explores the controversy surrounding the mountain of Tindaya (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands).

Film & Photo Archive: MA in Visual Anthropology

Each year, students on the MA Visual Anthropology programme produce a final piece of film or photographic work.

Photography in the Solomon Islands

Gathered in the smoke-filled shade of a large communal cooking hut, the villagers of Bulelavata pass around a photograph of two Roviana teenagers.

Musicians' Lives

Documentaries on diverse aspects of musical production by Dr Ricardo Leizaola and Professor Emeritus Stephen Nugent.

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