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Barrie Machin, MA
OTA ID#: 103281
| Education Experience: |
Licentiate of Dental Surgery, Dentistry, London University, 1962 Postgraduate Diploma Social Anthropology , Social Anthropology, Oxford University, 1966 Master of Literature in Anthropology , Social Anthropology, Oxford University England, 1980 |
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| Focus of Study: | I am an expert in Mediterranean studies, visual anthropology and ethnographic film production, research methods and theory, Mediterranean studies, socio-linguistics and comparative education, religion and ritual in Sri Lanka and India, cultural codes and the socialisation of children, and Indigenous Heritage. |
| Awards: | International awards in visual anthropology
1984 First Prize Blue Ribbon American Film Festival. The first of three Australians to win this award and the first in the cultural studies category. The AFC regarded this as the most important documentary festival in the USA. 1988 Major prize 2nd International Anthropology Film Festival, Parnu Estonia. 1988 Anthropos-Omega award in association with the Festival dei Popoli. Other recipients were Jean Rouch, Claudine de France and Karl Heider. |
| Publications: | 1984 Sitari (10 mins) Threshing in Western Crete.
1984 Eagle Nests of Crete (15 mins) Herding in Western Crete. 1985 Passing Shadows (30 mins) Death ritual in Western Crete. Past distribution Pennsylvania State University Audio-visual services. 1985 Burnt Harvest (9 mins) A poignant film about charcoal making. Screened at the 12th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Zagreb, 24-31 July 1988. Screened at the Second International Visual Anthropology Festival, Parnu Estonia, October 1988. 1988 Warriors and Maidens (54 mins. This film examines the way history economics and religion combine to produce enduring gender codes governing the social relationships between men and women. |
| Work Experience: | 1963, 1968, 1969-72, 1997-2000 Part time private teaching English in Greece and Oxford and Australia.
October 1968- July 1969 HM Prison Oxford: one Academic year Liberal Studies October 1970-July 1971 Oxford College of Further Education: one Academic year liberal studies October 1972- December 1975 Newcastle-Upon-Tyne: Lecturer in Social Anthropology 1975-1989 University of Western Australia: Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology Variety of courses in social anthropology including socio-linguistics, ethnographic film, ethnographic film production, original lecture series on ethnographic film and the interpretation of cultures, fieldwork methods and epistemology, Mediterranean peasants, the political ecology of development with focus on indigenous peoples, poverty and medicine, medical anthropology, ritual and medicine, religion and ritual, witchcraft, women in film, gender and cultural codes in cinema, the French School of sociology etc. Tamora Pty Consultants Social research consultancy with Government bodies, mining companies and with many Indigenous organisations and peoples in: the Pilbara, Geraldton, the Goldfields and all over the south west of Western Australia and in other parts of the world. |
| Skills & Achievements: | Leading expert in Mediterranean anthroplogy and ethnographic film.
Research methods. Leading expert in W.A. in Aboriginal heritage. Past head of the national body of Australian Anthropologists and past President and Vice-President of the West Australian Anthropology Society. Elected member of the Association of Commonwealth Anthropologists, elected Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Fellow of the Australian Anthropological Society. Senior lecturer in Social Anthropology from 1972 until 1989. Dr Machin has received three major international awards for his work in interpretive visual anthropology and documentary film and has many publications to his credit. Maquis Who's Who. 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st century 2002 First Edition International Biographical Centre Cambridge England |
| Career Interests: | I intend to continue to edit my documentary film collection from many years of research and write about my research. I will alkso teach and provide guidance over the inetrnet. |
| Outside Interests: | Sculpture, Web design, Drawing, Gardening, and
Cooking. |
| Message to Students and/or Parents: |
I have many years teaching experience and enjoy one-on-one contact and small groups. I believe in nurturing a person's talents and building on their strengths. I believe in a Socratic dialogue. I also think it is imprtant for students to apply themselves and to read widely. As you can see from my webpage www.geocities.com/mazzachan I believe in continuous learning. was a popular teacher at University. I am available on broadband videocam with global chat and Yahoo Messenger. |
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