Fürer-Haimendorf, C.
Full Name[edit]
Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995)
Affiliation[edit]
Austrian Anthropologist
Other Information[edit]
Files for download - pictures and two books: 'Return to the Naked Nagas' and 'The Konyak Nagas'
The Fürer-Haimendorf Film Collection:
Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf lived and worked as an anthropologist throughout the Himalayas from the 1930s through the 1980s. Fürer-Haimendorf's specific interests included the Naga ethnic groups of the North Eastern Frontier Area of India and the Sherpa ethnic group of north-eastern Nepal. However, he travelled far and wide throughout the entire region, taking over 100 hours of film throughout his career. Extraordinary in both its breadth and its depth, the Fürer-Haimendorf collection is one of the finest extant ethnographic film collections that document Himalayan cultures. The collection includes both archival footage from Fürer-Haimendorf's lengthy research career in the Himalayas, as well as interviews with the Professor himself recorded on video. Samples of both appear below. The Fürer-Haimendorf film collection is currently located in the Department of Social Anthropology at Cambridge University. DART (Digital Anthropology Resources for Teaching) has compiled a selected set of Haimendorf's fieldwork notes on the Sherpas of Nepal which will appeal to scholars interested in his ethnographic field techniques.
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