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( Filmmakers, seholc Southern By BESS McCRAY Gamecock Staff Writer KT^i! ? - - - ^cuiunuiiy-Known scholars and filmmakers were brought together for the first major gathering in-the South of experts in the field of southern anthropology and film. making in a symposium held at USC Thursday. The topics presented in film by the participants in "Projections of the South" ranged from snake handling to revival meetings to quilting bees. Each of the films was designed to capture the essence of southern culture. One presenter shnwpri fiimc collected by his students at East Tennessee University in Johnson City. THE STUDENTS recorded blue grass jam sessions, and talks by i herb and root authorities, story tellers and weavers telling the story of their mountain heritage. Films presented by other media experts showed a revival at a small country church in the Tennessee Mat-tame of cvon dcsi ripiiou orricr beautiful house-plants Salr - slwlfi'li'i"! Ir<>i>s Sl.*> IM) IVtlU'n vci'tiiuivs ! ;iimI iiiuic. Macrame 10% off with this RIP Irussefl house 5 I Oct. 17 - lnterm< Lecture Oct. 18 - Main P< Oct. 19 - Dance Comoo ffl ALL f ROGRA ' gBBWBBMBHBHBM irs attend anthropol mountains and the reactions to the film by ministers of other denominations. It showed the contrast between the two cultures. Women were recognized for their achievements and contributions to southern culture. In one film, four women were recognized as thriving members of their communities rather than as the "little woman" stereotype of the mountain woman often portrayed by television. They were shown as talented women with a story to tell. Each film had a story to tell. Some were told through in-depth cnaracier studies, others through group tales, but each film made a point about southern history. THE IDF.A FOR the symposium was conceived by USC anthropology professor Karl Heider. Heider, a foremost authority and author of anthropology and ethnography on film, began organizing the symposium in March 1976. ' The goal of the group was to share ideas of bringing beautiful /%1 11 pnont ! poRCh Craft & Plant Boutique 733 Santee Ave. custom made for home or ' I I (lolls pillows. Candles ? supplies - f ad to USC students [ HI CULTURAL SEI is proud to announc the residency of IDJOHNSONDAM 3diate Dance - 1:30-3 Bla ^/Demonstration - 3:30-5 srformance - 8:00 p.m. Dr Movement - 10:00 a.m. Rh citi^n _11 'in /-i m Dl?l D^IU tfiovn i i .UV/ u.lll. IM I UUIII MS FREE AND OPEN TO " ogy topic of film and sound ideas together to understand southern culture. According to Heider, the emphasis in USC's anthropology department is not just on foreign 3?jgj culture but on South Carolina and southern heritage as well. J Folksinger and scholar Alan Lomax, a professor at Columbia University, spoke on the topic of television depiction of the southern j[HB stereotype. He stressed film- J||ll makers should not allow TV to homogenize culture, but should celebrate various regions as they fflH actually exist. James "Sonny Ford" JjM Thomas (right) of Leland. JH| Miss, is the subject of one of |^H| the films presented during the symposium. Thomas is a Delta Blues singer. m George Hicks, chairman of the gjjigg anthropology department at 111111 Brown University and author of books on the Applachian culture, said the symposium was a chance ? for him to see what others were doing in his field and to share his profes ideas with them. Harris Mobley, leave professor at Georgia Southern 9uar{e University, said he wanted to see arture "how others are portraying the emplo uves 01 southern subcultures," Drehei particularly the Geechee of the state h Georgia coast. will be Bill Ferris, a professor at Yale rhe University, and Judy Pelser, an b^eakf independent filmmaker, are eo- for dir coordinators for the Memphis meals< Center for Southern Folklore. They than 2* have compiled the first catalogue more f listing every available film dealing $2 mor wiih southern anthropology and For folklore since the cneter opened in amoun 1972. in the J Ferris said he felt "Projections ^ie of the South," "is the most im- expens KMtant single event that's hap- a 1 >ened in the study of southern 's allov ulture. expenj _whatev hhhmmbmi 'other e KIB9 B had to H nighttr e $15 for ||fl and otli mmm\ CK COMPANY I itt Dance Studio I 1 i R.H. Ballroom itf ii ii El? ? symposium BtSF^MKL ^ /Sr> '-. B j ,i :| ^ I, i|i' 11 ,i| V i lj|i|, | H ii I, h | I Tk \ - JUSk WT'- ./ atfe^ag^^^gflgamj^^Mgy ^Bk Jtog -ir/ . g^.. \*;" .- ifrn^^f^^|r*^'YiTiTrcaoj^^ ? R9B?i^KKf^w | J BHV JM Bill Fcrrii cpenses From page 1 sor and othei'state finployes he drove his own car, he would also s his home or head- be reimbursed at a rate of 14 cents rs. The later the. dep- a mile. nine, the less meals an The reimbursement rates for ye will be reimbursed, using one's own ear is the same ' said for each meal, the whether the trip is overnight or as set a specific amount that not. reimbursed. Unless a traveler lives modestly, amount includes $2.25 for he is likely to dip into his own ast. $3.25 for lunch and $5.50 pocket for travel expenses. Dreher iner. Amounts allowed for noted that recently a state employe ?aten in urban areas of more was traveling with some other 0,000 outside the state is $1 persons who had unlimited exor breakfast and lunch and pense accounts. The group stayed e for dinner. nt tho samp hntoi anH k;h overnight travel, a set each person came to $60 leaving t of $25 while professors are the state employe no allowance for itate, $30 while they are out meals. state, and $35 for travel es while they are in cities TO RELIEVE the financial >opulationof 250,000or more burden of persons on state red. From this amount meal business, section 131 of the General ;es are subtracted and Appropriations Act of 1977-78 er is left goes for hotel and allows advances in exDense mnnpv " - - xpenses. where 80 percent of the estimated travel expenses exceed $200. EXAMPLE, if a professor Dean Thomas R. Haggard of the go to Atlanta on an over- USCLaw School said about the new ip, he would be reimbursed provision. "It might help in some meals and $15 for lodging eases, mainly when student groups er expenses. In addition, if have to travel." FREE BEER (r\ r ko\/nrAi/i/* ' - ^ \v. iy b V c I uyc VJI yuui tnoice J TH PURCHASE OF A BURGER h, ma 2005 Green St. Columbia :>er customer, no carry outs please ElE BEER mm OFFER ! with BalPflWilSI EXPIRES iurger 2005 Green St. Nov. 30, i irchase Cola., S.C. 1977 5