The Rashomon Effect: When Ethnographers Disagree

Heider, Karl G.

doi:10.1525/aa.1988.90.1.02a00050

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“…But there is a spectrum at work here, from stronger cases to weaker, and no single discipline has an exclusive claim on decoding this kind of complexity. Put another way, with respect to one social science discipline, Heider (1988) said:…”

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The Rashomon Effect and Communication

Anderson

2016

Canadian Journal of Communication

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MoTS ClÉS Incertitude; Négociation; Contradiction; Conclusion; Cinéma mondiale; JaponAt the outset it is essential to say that there really are at least two Rashomon effects arising in and from this famous film. The first Rashomon effect, usually passed over by scholars, is the one experienced by first-time viewers of the film, surrounded by the relentless Bolero-style music, the sound of rain falling heavily around the gate, the bright sparkling sunlight and shade in the forest, and the sudden and subtle switches in the stories, the power of the superb acting. This is a story grounded in twelfth-century Japan and then filmed and completed for screening in 1950, which is a long way back for twenty-first-century viewers. yet, in terms of technique and engagement, few

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The Rashomon Effect and Communication

Anderson

2016

Canadian Journal of Communication

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“…We take for granted the Rashomon effect, whereby different people recall reality in different ways. 27 What I want to emphasize in this concluding section, however, is the degree to which the lack of clarity surrounding Vevcˇani is a product of deliberate misinformation and obfuscation. Narration, in this case, is politics by other means, and as such, it represents an arena for the exercise of a form of nonphysical violence that has real effects in the world.…”

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Order, Reputation and Narrative: Forms of State Violence in Late Socialist Macedonia

Brown¹

2015

European History Quarterly

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Taking the view that micro-historical approaches augment our understanding of how sweeping societal change is experienced and enacted 'from below' by human actors, this paper focuses on the largely forgotten 'Vevčani affair ' (1987-1989) to illuminate some under-examined modalities of violence in the waning years of Communist Party rule in Yugoslavia. In particular, the paper seeks to trace how physical violence by security forces against residents of Vevčani, a village in Western Macedonia, in August 1987 (as well as an earlier confrontation in May 1987) was part of a larger framework of forces, which included three other modalities of violence here defined as existential, reputational and narratival. The paper also examines the degree to which this particular dispute in the Republic of Macedonia became part of broader political battles in Yugoslavia, and how the existence of differentiated 'publics' within an increasingly tenuous federation operated to accelerate the dramatic changes under way in the different republics.

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“…And unlike the detective story, we are not given an explanation wrapped up nicely in truth at the end.' 45 The Rashomon Effect is certainly a tidy way of framing controversies such as Chief Kruger's suicide, as it highlights the fragmentary nature of storytelling. However, in the end I did in fact find out the truth about Chief Kruger.…”

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Causing a Ruckus: Complicity and Performance in Stories of Port Moody

Hayes

2018

Public History Review

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his article is about the suicide of a small-town chief of police, which -according to some -did not actually happen. It is certain that Albert William Kruger, of Port Moody, British Columbia, died on 24 May 1960 after serving as chief of police since 1946. But I encountered three versions of the story of his death. First, that it was not suicide at all, but rather a heart attack that claimed his life while he was at home. Second, that it was indeed suicide, and he shot himself in the head in his home. Third, and most sensational of all, that he attempted to commit suicide by gunshot in his car, but that he failed and dragged himself to his home where he shortly thereafter died, having left a trail of blood behind him.T

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The Rashomon Effect: When Ethnographers Disagree

Cited by 100 publications

References 36 publications

The Rashomon Effect and Communication

The Rashomon Effect and Communication

Order, Reputation and Narrative: Forms of State Violence in Late Socialist Macedonia

Causing a Ruckus: Complicity and Performance in Stories of Port Moody

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