Fürer-Haimendorf Collection

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Created: 2016-08-14 19:17
Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science
Description: 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 Fürer-Haimendorf film collection is located in the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) where he was Professor.
Website: http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/haimendorf/
 

Media items

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Media items

Among the Sherpas of Nepal

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An excerpt from "Among the Sherpas", filmed in Nepal by Fürer-Haimendorf in 1971.

Collection: Fürer-Haimendorf Collection

Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science

Created: Sun 14 Aug 2016


Interview with C. Haimendorf

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Excerpts from an interview with Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. Conducted in Cambridge by Professor Alan Macfarlane in 1987.

Collection: Fürer-Haimendorf Collection

Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science

Created: Sat 20 Aug 2016


Land of the Gurkhas

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An excerpt from "Land of the Gurkhas", filmed in Nepal by Fürer-Haimendorf in 1957.

Collection: Fürer-Haimendorf Collection

Institution: Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science

Created: Sun 14 Aug 2016