To Think Like a Bird
The film depicts a single woman, Aud, in her efforts to rebuild an abandoned eider rookery in the Vega Archipelago on the coast of Northern Norway. Eider down harvesting was previously a common practice of the coastal northerners, and the bird was considered holy. The practice is a fascinating examp...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ac7cb3695b904fe5aabb64b0edc1563c 2023-05-15T17:24:38+02:00 To Think Like a Bird Bente Sundsvold 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.15845/jaf.v1i1.1345 https://doaj.org/article/ac7cb3695b904fe5aabb64b0edc1563c EN eng Nordic Anthropological Film Association (NAFA) https://boap.uib.no/index.php/jaf/article/view/1345 https://doaj.org/toc/2535-437X doi:10.15845/jaf.v1i1.1345 2535-437X https://doaj.org/article/ac7cb3695b904fe5aabb64b0edc1563c Journal of Anthropological Films, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2017) co-domestication eider down harvesting Vega Archipelago Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674 article 2017 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.15845/jaf.v1i1.1345 2022-12-30T21:55:55Z The film depicts a single woman, Aud, in her efforts to rebuild an abandoned eider rookery in the Vega Archipelago on the coast of Northern Norway. Eider down harvesting was previously a common practice of the coastal northerners, and the bird was considered holy. The practice is a fascinating example of domestication based on reciprocity between two species: The islanders make nests and build shelters for their seasonal guests; the birds pay “the rent” by leaving behind a wisp of eider down, the most precious duvet filling. The film shows Aud’s approach to a mission doomed impossible, by both traditional harvesters and scientists, to accustom wild eiders to human activities. The film was part of PhD project “Den nordlandske fuglepleie” (The Nordland Birdcare, Sundsvold 2015), where video camera was used to explore the practical dimensions of accustom wild eiders to humans. Grasseni’s approach “enskillment of visions” (2005, 2011) was an inspiration, but whereas Grasseni put emphasis on the human perception of the animal, the video camera became a tool for an etho- ethnographic approach, putting emphasis on performativity in order to explore the relation building between man and bird. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nordland Nordland Northern Norway Vega Nordland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Norway Journal of Anthropological Films 1 1 1345 |
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The film depicts a single woman, Aud, in her efforts to rebuild an abandoned eider rookery in the Vega Archipelago on the coast of Northern Norway. Eider down harvesting was previously a common practice of the coastal northerners, and the bird was considered holy. The practice is a fascinating example of domestication based on reciprocity between two species: The islanders make nests and build shelters for their seasonal guests; the birds pay “the rent” by leaving behind a wisp of eider down, the most precious duvet filling. The film shows Aud’s approach to a mission doomed impossible, by both traditional harvesters and scientists, to accustom wild eiders to human activities. The film was part of PhD project “Den nordlandske fuglepleie” (The Nordland Birdcare, Sundsvold 2015), where video camera was used to explore the practical dimensions of accustom wild eiders to humans. Grasseni’s approach “enskillment of visions” (2005, 2011) was an inspiration, but whereas Grasseni put emphasis on the human perception of the animal, the video camera became a tool for an etho- ethnographic approach, putting emphasis on performativity in order to explore the relation building between man and bird. |
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