Core teaching team
The core teaching team brings to the short course the depth of experience that they have developed over many years delivering the Granada Centre's well-established visual anthropology masters and doctoral programmes.
Convener
The course is convened by Paul Henley, director of the Granada Centre and Professor of Visual Anthropology. Trained as a social anthropologist at Cambridge, Paul is also a graduate of the National Film and Television School. He has made documentaries both for academic and television audiences and has produced numerous academic publications in visual anthropology, including The Adventure of the Real, a major study of the work of Jean Rouch recently published by University of Chicago Press.
Principal course tutors
The lead tutor will be Andy Lawrence, who is Film-maker in Residence at the Granada Centre. He is also a lecturer in Visual Anthropology and plays a leading role in the delivery of the MA in Visual Anthropology programme. Andy studied social anthropology at UCL and visual anthropology at the Granada Centre. He now works as a freelance film-maker, using anthropological theories and ethnographic research methods to explore issues in film and video. His recent film, The Lover and the Beloved, A Journey Into Tantra is currently screening at film festivals worldwide
For further details, see Andy's personal website.
Andy will be supported by David Henderson of the University of Manchester Media Centre, who plays a leading role in the Granada Centre's Masters and doctoral programmes as an editing tutor and who has extensive experience of Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro and Pro- Tools software.
Additional contributors
Evening sessions will feature screenings and associated question-and-answer sessions with practising film-makers with various forms of relevant experience. Final arrangements have yet to be confirmed, but these additional contributors may include:
Angela Torresan is a film-maker, writer and lecturer in visual anthropology who has been working with us since 2007 to deliver the MA in Visual Anthropology. Angela has made films in Brazil, Portugal and the UK on topics of transnational migration, ethnicity, national identity, racialisation and class.
More general technical support will be provided by Bill Brown, the Granada Centre technician. Before joining the Granada Centre, Bill worked for many years in the AV industry.
Contact details
Noémie Rouault
Conference Administrator
School of Social Sciences
2nd floor, Arthur Lewis Building
University of Manchester
M13 9PL
Email: noemie.rouault@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: 0161-275-7058