Eckehard Pistrick – Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg/CREM, Paris
DOI: 10.12835/ve2013.1-0015
Abstract
The article accompaining the ethnographic film “Polyphonia-Albania’s forgotten voices” by film director Björn Reinhardt and ethnomusicologist Eckehard Pistrick, introduces an ethnographic perspective to the field of media perception studies. The convergence/divergence of the filmmakers perspective with the expectations of the villagers in Shpati, the ongoing discussion of how to represent local culture visually and aurally and the social relevance of inclusion-exclusion processes are prominent topics of the article. Its material is based on interviews after the screening of the film in April 2012 at the place where it was shot.
Keywords
Albania, polyphony, heritage, ethnographic film, media perception, ethnomusicology, local identity
