Solar Cookers - Something New Under The Sun
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Duration: 25 min
Creator: University of Wisconsin
Format: 16mm
Color: Color
Sound: sound
Credits: Direction, Script: Prof. James Silverberg, Dept. of Anthropology, U. W.—Milwaukee, Prof. Hal Serrie, Dept. of Anthropology, Beloit College; Photography: Gil Olmos, Neil MacLellan, Juan Zamora, Gathel Weston; Editing: Mira Binford; Sound: David LeRoy; Narrator: James Silverberg, Farrington Daniels; filmed in Mexico through the cooperation of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas.
Description: An applied anthropology study of the social use of solar energy in rural regions. Engineers and anthropologists collaborate to adapt advanced technology to the needs of people of underdeveloped areas where conventioanl sources of energy are prohibitively expensive or unavailable. Work and home life in a Mexican village reveal social and economic factors that affect the use of solar cookers.
Metadata Source:Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967)
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