Video indígena, autoridad etnográfica y alter-antropología

Abstract

“Indigenous video”, a disputed signifier between different agents, fields of knowledge and cultures, is a controversial field for anthropology. This article explores, on the one hand, the conceptualizations about indigenous video in anthropology and, on the other hand, the definitions offered by indigenous organizations and filmmakers. It confronts them to question ethnographic authority, indigenous thought, and the politics of knowledge when it is produced using audiovisual technologies. Finally, it delves into the life, the discourse, and the work of the Ecuadorian filmmaker Alberto Muenala as an example of visual alter-anthropology.