Gruber, Martin: Traditional Beekeeping and Honey Hunting in Central Cameroon. Audiovisual material [dataset]. Qualiservice, PANGAEA, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.963249 (dataset in review)
Abstract:
EN: The materials are video recordings made for the ethnographic documentary "Gbaya. Beekeeping and Honey Hunting" (Gruber 2015) in the Adamaoua Region of Cameroon. The ethnographic documentary film portraits practices of traditional beekeeping and honey hunting with honeybees (Apis mellifera adansonii) in the Adamaoua Region of Central Cameroon. The film follows an accomplished beekeeper on a beekeeping excursion in the Savanna landscape in the vicinity of the city of Ngaoundéré. Together with some of his children, the main protagonist demonstrates the manufacturing of a traditional beehive from reed and grasses, the harvesting of honey from such a hive as well as the salvaging of honey from a wild living colony of honeybees. Ethnographic film was perceived here as an ethnographic research method in the sense of participant observation with a camera (Henley 2000). The archived material constitutes the entire video footage that forms the basis of this film. The material consists of footage of a beekeeper at work, as well as contextualizing interviews with the protagonist. In interviews and informal conversations a local beehunter gives important contextual information, on his practices and situates it as an important element of Gbaya culture. Bees and honey feature importantly in the Gbaya ethnic group, with which he identifies. Traditional beekeeping and honeyhunting are presented as economically and culturally significant activities that afford a high degree of manual skill and embodied knowledge.
DE: Der Datensatz umfasst Videoaufzeichnungen, die für den ethnografischen Dokumentarfilm "Gbaya. Imkerei und Honigjagd" (Gruber 2015) in der Region Adamaoua in Kamerun erstellt wurden. Der Film zeigt Praktiken der traditionellen Imkerei und Honigjagd mit Honigbienen (Apis mellifera adansonii) in der Region Adamaoua in Zentral-Kamerun, indem er einen erfahrenen Imker auf einem Ausflug in sein traditionelles Jagrevier in der Nähe der Stadt Ngaoundéré begleitet. Zusammen mit seinen Kindern demonstriert der Imker die Herstellung eines traditionellen Bienenstocks aus Schilf und Gräsern, die Ernte von Honig aus einem solchen Bienenstock sowie die Ernte von Honigwaben aus einem Bienenvolk, das unbetreut in einer Baumhöhle lebt (Honigjagd). Ethnografischer Film wurde hier als eine ethnografische Forschungsmethode im Sinne der teilnehmenden Beobachtung mit der Kamera verwendet (Henley 2000). Das archivierte Filmmaterial umfasst das gesamte Rohmaterial des Films. Es zeigt einen erfahrenen Imker bei der Arbeit und enthält Interviews und informelle Gespräche, in denen er wichtige kontextuelle Informationen über seine Praktiken liefert und diese als bedeutendes Element der Gbaya-Kultur darstellt. Bienen und Honig spielen eine zentrale Rolle in der ethnischen Gruppe der Gbaya, mit der er sich identifiziert. Die traditionelle Bienenzucht und Honigjagd werden als wirtschaftlich und kulturell bedeutsame Tätigkeiten dargestellt, die ein hohes Maß an handwerklichem Geschick und verkörpertem Wissen erfordern.
Supplement to:
Gruber, Martin (2016): Gbaya: Beekeeping and Honey Hunting [audiovisual]. https://vimeo.com/ethnofilm/gbaya (Ethnografic film)
Related to:
Gruber, Martin; Sanda, Mazi (2017): Honey Hunting from Earth Nests [audiovisual]. https://vimeo.com/238761231 (Ethnografic film)
Coverage:
Date/Time Start: 2015-03-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-04-30T00:00:00
Event(s):
BeeCultures_Footage * Date/Time Start: 2015-03-01T00:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2015-04-30T00:00:00 * Event type: DataCollection * Instrument: Guidelines.Flex * Methodology: The video data were created by means of ethnographic filming. The filmmaking was realised as form of participant observation with the help of a camera. * Mode of collection: FaceToFace * Location: Ngaoundéré, Cameroon * Campaign: BeeCultures (Traditional Beekeeping and Honey Hunting in Central Cameroon) * Method/Device: Beobachtung. Teilnehmende Beobachtung (TeilnehmendeBeobachtung)
Domain attribute(s):
Access type: On-site * Kind of data: Observations.Video * Statement: Upon request by Qualiservice * Study class: SecondaryUse.Research&Teaching * Title language: en * URI: unihb.eu
Comment:
Study-Materials note: The context material includes an interview guide. The data set contains data in the following languages: French, Fulfulde and Gbaya.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Data ID | Data ID | ||||
| 2 | File name | File name | ||||
| 3 | General data format | Data format | ||||
| 4 | File format | File format | converted | |||
| 5 | File size | File size | kByte | kBytes 1024 | ||
| 6 | Event duration | Event duration | video duration | |||
| 7 | Device type | Device | ||||
| 8 | Data collection date | DC date | ||||
| 9 | Language | Language | ||||
| 10 | File content | Content | observational data; interview data; both | |||
| 11 | File content | Content | video title | |||
| 12 | Keywords | Keywords | Beekeeping; Honey hunting | |||
| 13 | Start offset | startOffset | video segments | |||
| 14 | End offset | endOffset | video segments | |||
| 15 | File content | Content | title segments | |||
| 16 | Annotation | Annotation | biology | |||
| 17 | Annotation | Annotation | anthropology | |||
| 18 | Keywords | Keywords | keywords segments |
License:
Qualiservice License (QS) (License comes into effect after moratorium ends)
Size:
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