Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/baxter-paul-c771all.aspx Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:44:09 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/boran-herdsmen-p205.aspx Product205 Thu, 26 Jul 2018 09:36:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/boran-herdsmen-p205.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/boran-herdsmen.jpg" alt="Boran Herdsmen" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/boran-herdsmen-p205.aspx">Boran Herdsmen</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/boran-herdsmen-p205.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$495.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div><i>Boran Herdsmen</i> demonstrates the time-honored solutions to the problems associated with the Boran's dependence on cattle for living. Direct government intervention and the indirect impact of modernization are forcing the old patterns to change. The film depicts herding practices, movement patterns, watering strategies, and the lifestyle of the herdsmen.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>The film has special currency for issues in rural development and agricultural, environmental, and human adaption. Courses that emphasize Third World problems, cross-cultural techniques of adaptation, the role of the environment in questions of human survival, and the role of government in rural development will find the film useful.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Major Concepts: Pastoralism, nomadic-sedentary interaction, environmental adaptation, role segregation of men and women in economic and ritual affairs, ritual and the role of the supernatural.&nbsp;</div><div><div><br /></div><div><b>Films in the Kenya series</b></div><div><a href="https://store.der.org/boran-herdsmen-p205.aspx">Boran Herdsmen</a><div><a href="https://store.der.org/boran-women-p206.aspx">Boran Women</a><br /><a href="https://store.der.org/harambee-p778.aspx">Harambee: Pull Together</a><br /><a href="https://store.der.org/kenya-boran-p715.aspx">Kenya Boran</a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>About the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.der.org/faces-of-change-collection-p945.aspx">Faces of Change Collection</a>&nbsp;</b></div><div><div><div><i>Faces of Change</i>&nbsp;is comprised of 25 films that examine five cultures selected for their distinct geographic locations: starting with the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.der.org/faces-of-change-china-coast-p978.aspx">China Coast</a>&nbsp;at sea level and moving up to&nbsp;<a href="https://store.der.org/faces-of-change-taiwan-p980.aspx">Taiwan</a>, then to&nbsp;<a href="https://store.der.org/faces-of-change-afghanistan-p976.aspx">Afghanistan</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://store.der.org/faces-of-change-kenya-p979.aspx">Kenya</a>&nbsp;and finally to the mountains of&nbsp;<a href="https://store.der.org/faces-of-change-bolivia-p977.aspx">Bolivia</a>. Each location is examined through five themes: Rural Society, Education, Rural Economy, Women, and Beliefs.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>This innovative collection of 16mm films and videos was funded by the National Science Foundation, produced by Norman Miller and directed by some of the finest ethnographic filmmakers of its time.&nbsp;</div></div></div></div></div><div><div></div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/baxter-paul-c771all.aspx">Baxter, Paul</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>