The documentary film Hopa lide: The making of Romani representation
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378076%3A_____%2F26%3A00641479" target="_blank" >RIV/68378076:_____/26:00641479 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/var.70015" target="_blank" >https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/var.70015</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/var.70015" target="_blank" >10.1111/var.70015</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The documentary film Hopa lide: The making of Romani representation
Original language description
The article concerns the ethnographic documentary film Hopa lide, which stems from the author's ten years of ethnographic research among Romani musicians in Slovakia. The film is based on documenting the collaborative making of music videos. Firstly, the article critically reflects on Romani representation in contemporary documentary films, arguing that it is often distorted due to tendencies toward exoticization, the monopoly of the non-Romani gaze, challenges in the representation of poverty and story-driven approaches in contemporary documentary practice. Then, it justifies the film's main methodological and ideological standpoints by evaluating the process of pre-production, production, and distribution. In conclusion, the article highlights the importance of ethnographic film as a counterpoint to market-driven storytelling and as a valuable way of representing underrepresented groups of people.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50404 - Anthropology, ethnology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2026
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Visual Anthropology Review
ISSN
1058-7187
e-ISSN
1548-7458
Volume of the periodical
42
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
e70015
UT code for WoS article
001613880200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105021966724