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Fellows, former RAI award holders, members and student associates are invited to submit photographs from fieldwork or other research suitable for inclusion in the RAI Annual Report. Up to five photographs may be submitted, and the deadline is 1st March of each year. Contact: Photo Curator.



Annual Report 2008

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Informal beerdrinking; the two central figures, husband and wife, entertain guests. Photograph by I. Schapera, (RAI4040). © Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. PDF

Cover caption: Informal beerdrinking; the two central figures, husband and wife, entertain guests. Photograph by I. Schapera, (RAI4040). © Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.

 

Annual Report 2006

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6th Form students have a chance to experience participant observation for themselves during the “BaLi ethnographic experience,” one of the workshops at the London Anthropology Day 2006 held at the British Museum.    The workshop was originally developed by Dr Luke Freeman (member of the RAI Committee on Anthropology in Secondary and Further Education) and Dr Jerome Lewis from the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of the DART project (Digital Anthropological Resources for Teaching) to give first year undergraduates insight into some of the dilemmas of anthropological fieldwork. The students are divided into two groups and taught how to behave as members of two caricatured cultures, the Ba and the Li. “Anthropologists” from each group are then sent to conduct “fieldwork” amongst the other group and figure out what is going on. In this picture one member of the Li tribe prostrates himself in front of the monarch in return for tokens of prestige, while others engage in competitive staring contests to win cards. PDF

Photo Caption: 6th Form students have a chance to experience participant observation for themselves during the “BaLi ethnographic experience,” one of the workshops at the London Anthropology Day 2006 held at the British Museum. The workshop was originally developed by Dr Luke Freeman (member of the RAI Committee on Anthropology in Secondary and Further Education) and Dr Jerome Lewis from the London School of Economics and Political Science as part of the DART project (Digital Anthropological Resources for Teaching) to give first year undergraduates insight into some of the dilemmas of anthropological fieldwork. The students are divided into two groups and taught how to behave as members of two caricatured cultures, the Ba and the Li. “Anthropologists” from each group are then sent to conduct “fieldwork” amongst the other group and figure out what is going on. In this picture one member of the Li tribe prostrates himself in front of the monarch in return for tokens of prestige, while others engage in competitive staring contests to win cards.


 

Annual Report 2004

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The photographs in this edition of the Annual Report are taken from the Bethlehem, Marseille, Chania, Nicosia (north) and Nicosia (south) sites of the MED-VOICES project web site (www.MED-VOICES.org) to be publicly launched in the autumn of 2005. The RAI is associated with MED-VOICES, which is part-funded by the EC as a component of its EUROMED HERITAGE Programme. The project consists of a three-year collaborative research programme investigating oral history and intangible heritage in 13 Mediterranean cities. Partners include university research units in Alexandria, Bethlehem, Beirut, Nicosia (south), Nicosia (north), Istanbul, Chania (Crete), Ancona, Valletta, Marseille, Granada, Ciutat de Mallorca, and Las Palmas. It is co-ordinated from London Metropolitan University by Julie Scott, Raoul Bianchi, and Tom Selwyn. Further information from 
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Photo Caption: The photographs in this edition of the Annual Report are taken from the Bethlehem, Marseille, Chania, Nicosia (north) and Nicosia (south) sites of the MED-VOICES project web site (www.med-voices.org) to be publicly launched in the autumn of 2005. The RAI is associated with MED-VOICES, which is part-funded by the EC as a component of its EUROMED HERITAGE Programme. The project consists of a three-year collaborative research programme investigating oral history and intangible heritage in 13 Mediterranean cities. Partners include university research units in Alexandria, Bethlehem, Beirut, Nicosia (south), Nicosia (north), Istanbul, Chania (Crete), Ancona, Valletta, Marseille, Granada, Ciutat de Mallorca, and Las Palmas. It is co-ordinated from London Metropolitan University by Julie Scott, Raoul Bianchi, and Tom Selwyn. Further information from This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . The photographs reproduced here have been selected to illustrate four of the project's unifying themes of borders, neighbourhoods, space, and mobility. © MED-VOICES

 

Annual Report 2002

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Dances, Bargesh 1949-50. Photograph by W. B. Fagg, (WBF 49-50/1/10) © Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. PDF

Photo Caption: Dances, Bargesh 1949-50. Photograph by W. B. Fagg, (WBF 49-50/1/10) © Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.

 

Annual Report 2000

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Papua New Guinea. Photograph by  F.W. Barton,  c. 1904.  (RAI 20248). PDF

Photo Caption: Papua New Guinea. Photograph by F.W. Barton, c. 1904. (RAI 20248).

 

Annual Report 2007

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The Bimo Records’, shot by Yang Rui, in the Dailiang Mountains of Sichuan, China in 2006; commendation for the Basil Wright Film Prize 2007 PDF

Photo Caption: The Bimo Records’, shot by Yang Rui, in the Dailiang Mountains of Sichuan, China in 2006; commendation for the Basil Wright Film Prize 2007.

 

Annual Report 2005

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At a meeting in Tokyo, April 2005, the RAI representatives and the Japanese partners reached an agreement to form the Munro Project Consortium.  Standing from right: Yurika Wakamatsu (Project Coordinator, National Museum of Japanese History), Sarah Walpole (Archivist, The Royal Anthropological Institute), Arkadiusz Bentkowski (Photo Curator, The Royal Anthropological Institute), Okada Kazuo (Chief Executive, Tokyo Cinema Inc.; Director, Encyclopedia Cinematographica Japan Archives, Shimonaka Memorial Foundation), Dr Junko Uchida (Assistant Professor, National Museum of Japanese History). © RAI PDF

Photo Caption: At a meeting in Tokyo, April 2005, the RAI representatives and the Japanese partners reached an agreement to form the Munro Project Consortium. Standing from right: Yurika Wakamatsu (Project Coordinator, National Museum of Japanese History), Sarah Walpole (Archivist, The Royal Anthropological Institute), Arkadiusz Bentkowski (Photo Curator, The Royal Anthropological Institute), Okada Kazuo (Chief Executive, Tokyo Cinema Inc.; Director, Encyclopedia Cinematographica Japan Archives, Shimonaka Memorial Foundation), Dr Junko Uchida (Assistant Professor, National Museum of Japanese History). © RAI

 

 

 

 

Annual Report 2003

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A fisherman loading the boats with nets. Thrivumbadi Beach, Kerala, India, Oct. 2003. © Photograph by Miranda McMinn, RAI Student Associate. PDF

Photo Caption: A fisherman loading the boats with nets. Thrivumbadi Beach, Kerala, India, Oct. 2003. © Photograph by Miranda McMinn, RAI Student Associate.

 

Annual Report 2001

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Unionyen sets out for palace with gifts from ‘Ife’ (Festival). Benin, 1958. Photograph by W.B. Fagg, (WBF 58/73/12).  © Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. PDF

Photo Caption: Unionyen sets out for palace with gifts from ‘Ife’ (Festival). Benin, 1958. Photograph by W.B. Fagg, (WBF 58/73/12). © Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.

 


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