Everything is relatives : William H. R. Rivers, 1864-1922
Film et Vidéo
- Auteurs : Singer André (1945-....) ; Dakowski Bruce ;
- Editeurs : London Royal Anthropological Institute ;
- Date d'édition : 200X
- Sujets : Anthropologues -- Biographies -- DVD -- Grande-Bretagne, Parenté, Société primitive, Films ethnographiques DVD, Rivers, William Halse Rivers -- DVD
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 DVD mono face toutes zones (52 min), : Coul. (NTSC), son.
- Pays de publication : Royaume-Uni
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Stangers abroad, 2,
Notes
Version originale en anglais ; sous-titres en anglais pour certains passages
Résumé
Indiqué sur la jaquette : William Rivers began his career as a medical doctor. In 1898, he was invited to join a Cambridge expedition to study the natives of the Torres Straits, north of Australia. His psychological tests as visual acuity, coulour vision, spatial perception on the islanders made him realise the unexpected importance of relatives in their society. Spencer invited his 'genealogical method', an important step in putting anthropology on a scientific footing. It was only after Rivers had left Torres strait that the full impact of his genealogical method was felt. In 1901, he travelled to the Nilgiri Hills in south Indiato study the Toda. It was their unusual practice of polyandry, in which women took several husbands at one time, which had most attracted the Toda, studding every member of the society, an important breakthrough. Rivers behaved as an observer. Even he learned some Toda, he had to rely on interpreters and was, consequently, still distanced from the people he studied.