ANFAA is a research group in Alternative Narrative Forms in Audiovisual Anthropology. Our researchers and artists explore subversive narrative structures and audiovisual practices that open up alternative ways of arranging, telling, feeling, and thinking about the world; and communicating our ethnographic field experiences.

The scientific-artistic project of ANFAA envisions ways to go beyond dominant and textual forms of representation of reality, by using multimodal modes and methodologies - cinethnographic, sensory, collaborative, ... By doing so, we question the politics of normativity, ethnocentrism and hegemony implied in dominant audiovisual and anthropological narrative structures.

ANFAA A*Midex Chair of Excellence is hosted at Aix-Marseille University and IDEAS (CNRS-amU lab)

"Yurugu: Invisible Lines" by Petna Ndaliko Katondolo & Laurent Van Lancker, Production Yolé Africa et Polymorfilms. Selection Berlinale'76 Forum Expanded

"Strata" - a collective work born out of a shared desire: to rethink the way social science research is written and transmitted. The Book. The Site.

"Cinéthnographies: S'immerger dans d'autres cultures par le cinéma" - book by Laurent Van Lancker

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Double Vision - a monthly double bill of programs that take radical, transformative and visionary works of cinema and pair them with their mirror selves. Featuring critical essays, curated film / video programs, visiting international filmmakers and focusing on films drawn from the rich and complicated histor/ies of visual anthropology and experimental cinema, DOUBLE VISION looks to draw an emotional, political, visceral and critical line of influence between what is felt, what is seen, what is known and what can be understood. CURATION: Ben Russell, Claire Lasolle, Laurent van Lancker, Jeff Silva

BAAB is a unique 12-month program designed for artists and researchers working on audiovisual projects at the intersection of art, anthropology, and cinema. Based out of Marseille, the vibrant port city in the south of France BAAB offers an inspiring mix of four collective feedback sessions, one-on-one mentoring, and international networking opportunities in a supportive and benevolent environment.

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ANFAA - IDEAS/MMSH

5 rue du Château de l'Horloge
13090 Aix-en-Provence, France

contact@audiovisualanthropology.net