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Dr. Barrie Machin CV
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Born 18/12/39
Social science research
Ethnographic film production
Dr. Barrie Machin LDS Royal College of Surgeons (Eng)
Dip Soc Anth (Oxford University)
M Litt (Oxford University)
Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Many International awards in visual anthropology
Winner of the Blue Ribbon American Film Festival 1984,
Anthropos-Omega Award, Festival dei Popoli 1988,
Principal Prize Parnu 1988
Greek Films
These are currently on one inch originally shot on single system super 8. Approximately ten hours original footage.
Pioneered first single system super 8 ethnographic film.
| 1984 | Sitari (10 mins) Threshing in Western Crete. |
| 1984 | Eagle Nests of Crete (15 mins) Herding in Western Crete. |
| 1985 | Passing Shadows (30 mins) Death ritual in Western Crete.
Past distribution Pennsylvania State University Audio-visual services. |
| 1985 | Burnt Harvest (9 mins) A poignant film about charcoal making. Screened at the 12th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Zagreb, 24-31 July 1988. Screened at the Second International Visual Anthropology Festival, Parnu Estonia, October 1988. |
| 1988 | Warriors and Maidens (54 mins. This film examines the way history economics and religion combine to produce enduring gender codes governing the social relationships between men and women.
Screened at the 12th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. Zagreb, 24-31 July 1988. |
| 1988 | Warriors and Maidens a discussion (48 mins). With Margaret Papandreou and leading Greek feminists. Screened at the New University of the Aegean December 1988. |
Sri Lanka
Footage originally shot in 1982 on half inch VHS videotape. Not suitable for broadcast but now very rare historic documents. Pioneered use of domestic video camera for lengthy takes in video.
There is 38 hours of original footage.
| 1984 | Iramudun (45 mins) The exorcism of the forenoon blood demon.
Winner of the Blue Ribbon Trophy first prize in Cultural Studies American Film Festival 1984.
Prize for a film of outstanding scientific and artistic excellence, Second International Visual Anthropology Film Festival, Parnu Estonia October 11-18, 1988.
Screened at: the Australian Anthropological Society Conference 27-30 August 1984, WASA 6 May 1985 and at the 12th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences, Zagreb, 24-31 July 1988. Past distribution Pennsylvania State University Audio-visual Services. |
| 1986 | Mahasona (54 mins) A complex ritual involving many gifts to the gods and the whole demon army in a series of masked dances and comic performances. Screened at the Australian Anthropological Conference 27-30 August 1984. |
| 1986 | Mahasona Baliya (10 mins). |
| 1987 | Cinnamon Pickers (8 mins). |
| 1987 | Suniyama (60 mins) The anti-sorcery ritual. |
| 1987 | Coir (4 mins) A simple representation of making rope from coconut hemp. The film is a didactic Indian Footage |
India
Probably 20 hours of original footage left to cut: Hemis, Naggar ritual for peace and Harmony, Siva Minjar
| 1989 | Ladakh Funeral (31 mins) A funeral in Ladakh. |
Brazil
Shot on Hi 8 transferred to beta good quality image 14 hours of original footage with outtakes probably 10 hours.
| 1991 | Nambiquara Earth and Moon (8.5 mins). Traditional life and ecological problems amongst the Nambiquara Indians, Brazil. |
| 1992 | Guarani Land Rights (10 mins) Brazil. |
The current sum of completed footage comprise 396.5 minutes
The Sri Lankan (1982) and Greek footage (1979) now have important World Heritage values. The Sri Lankan material is a unique ethnographic record of Sri Lankan exorcist rituals.
BOOKS
Every day is 9/11 Mobipocket Lulu.com Booksurge 2007 ( The war in Iraq).
Warriors and Maidens Cultural Codes in Western Crete coming to Booksurge 2009
Antarctica a travel survival guide on Lulu.com coming to Booksurge 2000
Nyungar the people Indigenous people in Western Australia coming in 2009
Japan
Shot in 2006-2007
Coming: Short videos:
Wedding
Japanese farmer in Brazil
Obon Odori
Fire Festival
Other books written in revision and formatting stage
Beyond the Cringe satirical sketches
Essays in Greek ethnography
Essays in anthropology
Why try? educational aspirations in Oxford
Sri Lankan Essays
Consultant reports
Approximately 200 ethnographic reports, including six major studies,
For Government Institutions, Aboriginal groups and many major companies.
MAJOR REPORTS
| 1992 | Report: Organisational Analysis of the Ethnic Child-Care Resource Unit The Management Committee ECCRU. |
| 1993 | Management Plan for Aboriginal Sites: Murchison River, Kalbarri Barrell Well Aboriginal Community and the Aboriginal Legal Service |
| 1990 | Ethnographic Survey: Old Swan Brewery LandCorp April |
| 1993 | Critical Analysis of Reports Written about the Swan Brewery Bluegate Nominees |
| 1994 | Report on the Swan Brewery in Relation to Liquor Licensing Application. Bluegate Nominees |
| 1995 | Native Title Research Pilbara for Robe River Mining |
| 1995 | Report on Heritage for the Ballaruk Aboriginal Corporation Heritage Commission of Western Australia |
| 1996 | Native Title Research Ballaruk Corporation |
| 2002 | Native Title Research Wongatha |
| 2005 | Ethnographic Evaluation of the Desalination Plant for the Water Corporation |
Multimedia development
| 2006-2007 | Wongatha Aboriginal project failed to raise funds |
Teaching
1975-1989 University of Western Australia: Senior Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Delivered a variety of courses in social anthropology and sociology including introduction to sociological thought, fieldwork methods and epistemology, medical anthropology, religion and ritual, Mediterranean peasants, the French School of sociology etc.
From 1976 major courses in visual anthropology and sociology, ethnographic film, ethnographic film production, film and the interpretation of cultures, gender codes and media representations.
Recognition
Past head of the national body of Australian Anthropologists and past President and Vice-President of the West Australian Anthropology Society. Elected member of the Association of Commonwealth Anthropologists, elected Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Elected Fellow of the Australian Anthropological Society as well as professional member of the West Australian Anthropological Association.
Exhibitions
Several exhibitions including Hiroshima Exhibition in 1978.
Research
Dr. Machin has done more fieldwork research in more countries than most other social scientists. He has spent over 38 years doing original fieldwork in Oxford, Greece, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Fiji, Brazil and Australia.
Dr Machin has consulted in work in organisational analysis and conflict resolution. Of late research and consultancy has been with indigenous peoples in Australia.
He has carried out major sociological research in educational aspirations in schools in Oxford, cultural codes, religion and child-rearing in Greece with pioneering publications and films in this area; He has also carried out sociological research on migration with Greek people in Melbourne
He studied and filmed traditional medicine and religion in India and Sri Lanka
Wide experience in public speaking and mass media
Especially in relation to environment and nuclear power
Other offices and memberships
Past Commissioner for the Commission on Visual Anthropology, a body of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences.
Elected Member Association of Commonwealth Anthropologists.
Elected Fellow Royal of the Anthropological Institute.
Elected Fellow of the Australian Anthropological Society.
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