Film and Discussion Group: Grizzly Man
GTC Medical Anthropology Film and Discussion Group
Tuesday 4 June 2019 15:30 to 17:00Location: |
EP Abraham Lecture Theatre, Green Templeton College |
Everyone is welcome to attend this session which will explore the film Grizzly Man (2005), directed by Werner Herzog.
This documentary chronicles the story of controversial animal rights activist Timothy Treadwell, who lived among wild grizzly bears in Alaskaβs Katmai National Park before he and his girlfriend were mauled to death by one. The documentary features Treadwellβs own film footage, interspersed with the thoughts of friends, family and animal experts.
The Green Templeton College Medical Anthropology Film and Discussion Group explores the extent to which film can complement, enrich and further the study of medical anthropology themes, topics and methods. We discuss a film’s content and approach, and interrogate its capacity to support the analysis of issues relating to illness, crisis, health and wellbeing.
This term we ‘cross boundaries’ with medical humanities. We discuss clips from feature films on different kinds of ‘boundaries’: body-mind; body-environment and human-animal being.
Location:Β
EP Abraham Lecture Theatre
Green Templeton College
43 Woodstock Road
Oxford
OX2 6HG
