‘Breaking the chains’: reflections on the making of an ethnographic documentary on human rights violations against people with mental illness in Indonesia

IF 0.7 4区社会学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Visual Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI:10.1080/1472586x.2023.2274892

Erminia Colucci

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Abstract

Breaking the Chains is an ethnographic documentary about the use of physical restraint and confinement of people with mental illness in Indonesia, a practice known as pasung. The film contributes to an understanding of the socio-cultural meanings of pasung, the sets of beliefs and customs that support such practices (including beliefs about mental illness and healing), and the challenges that must be overcome to eradicate this human rights abuse while highlighting the efforts to eradicate this practice at several levels. This article provides a reflection on the author's experiences and motivations for making Breaking the Chains. It also presents an opportunity to reflect upon the use of film as an applied, public and activist research methodology and the limits and possibilities presented by relying on film-documentary as a ‘generator’ of ethnographic knowledge.

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“打破锁链”:关于印尼侵犯精神疾病患者人权的民族志纪录片制作的思考

《打破锁链》是一部民族志纪录片，讲述了印度尼西亚对精神疾病患者进行身体约束和禁闭的情况，这种做法被称为pasung。这部电影有助于理解pasung的社会文化意义，支持这种做法的一系列信仰和习俗(包括关于精神疾病和治疗的信仰)，以及必须克服的挑战，以消除这种侵犯人权的行为，同时强调在几个层面上消除这种做法的努力。本文将反思作者制作《Breaking the Chains》的经验和动机。它也提供了一个机会来反思电影作为一种实用的、公共的和积极的研究方法的使用，以及依靠电影纪录片作为民族志知识的“生成器”所呈现的局限性和可能性。

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Visual Studies HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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1.20

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： Visual Studies is a major international peer-reviewed journal published on behalf of the International Visual Sociology Association. The journal publishes visually-oriented articles across a range of disciplines, and represents a long-standing commitment to empirical visual research, studies of visual and material culture, the development of visual research methods and the exploration of visual means of communication about social and cultural worlds. Visual Studies is a key resource for all disciplines that engage with images, society and culture, and sets the standard for the scholarly use of visual material. The multidisciplinary character of the journal is reflected in its attention to visually-based research in sociology, anthropology, cultural and media studies, documentary film and photography, information technology, education, communication studies as well as other fields concerned with image-based study. The aims of Visual Studies are to: -Provide an international forum for the development of visual research. -Promote acceptance and understanding of a wide range of methods, approaches and paradigms that constitute image-based research. -Reduce the disparity in emphasis between visual and written studies in the social sciences. -Promote an interest in developing visual research methodology in all its various forms. -Encourage research that employs a mixture of visual methods and analytical approaches within one study. -Critically reflect and contribute to the dialogue surrounding ‘the visual’ across the social sciences and humanities. -Provide an arena for in-depth exploration of various approaches, particular methods, themes and visual phenomena. Most articles published in the journal are accompanied by appropriate visual material, and the journal encourages visually-led submissions.