Video oral history of Mexican anthropologist Fernando Camara conducted by anthropologist H. Russell Bernard in Spanish and English. Dr. Camara recounts his childhood in the Yucatan and his subsequent years in Mexico City as a student of anthropology under Daniel Rubin de la Borbolla and Alfonso Cazo, among others. Dr. Camara also speaks at some length about the fieldwork he conducted both in Mexico and in other areas of Latin America and comments on the development of Mexican anthropology and its future.
Legacy Keywords: Cazo, Alfonso ; Comas, Juan ; Redfield, Robert ; Rubin de la Borbolla, Daniel F. ; Tax, Sol, 1907- ; Camio, Manuel ; Universities University of Chicago ; Ecuador ; Peru ; Andes Mountains Peru ; Peru Cuzco ; Special Collections ; Mexicans
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Local Number: HSFA 1989.10.21
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The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
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Collection Citation:
Video Dialogues in Anthropology, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
