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Overview

Robert Lemelson is a cultural anthropologist and ethnographic filmmaker. Lemelson received his M.A. from the University of Chicago and Ph.D. from the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Lemelson's area of specialty is Southeast-Asian studies, psychological anthropology and transcultural psychiatry. He specializes in transcultural psychiatry, Southeast Asian Studies, and psychological and medical anthropology. He currently is a research anthropologist in the Semel Institute of Neuroscience UCLA, and a adjunct professor of Anthropology at UCLA. is scholarly work has appeared in numerous journals and books.

Lemelson is also the president of the Foundation for Psychocultural Research, a research foundation that supports work integrating the social and neurosciences. Lemelson founded Elemental Productions, a documentary production company, and has directed and produced several ethnographic films.

Filmography

Film Title Type Release Date Short Synopsis TRT Official Website
40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy Documentary Feature 2009 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy is the first documentary to explore the personal effects of the mass killings 500,000 to over a million people in Indonesia in 1965-66. The film follows the testimonies of four individuals and their families as they break their silence for the first time. 96 min http://www.40yearsofsilence.com
Shadows and Illuminations Documentary Short 2010 Shadows and Illuminations is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 1: Psychotic Disorder. The film follows Nyoman Kereta and explores how non-normative mental events and behavior, including auditory and visual hallucinations, can be understood or interpreted in multiple ways outside the confines of western psychiatric diagnosis. 35 min http://www.afflictionsfilmseries.com
Memory of My Face Documentary Short 2011 Memory of My Face is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 1: Psychotic Disorder. The film follows Bambang Rudjito and illustrates how the residues of colonialism and the pervasive influence of globalization affects the subjective experience of mental illness. 22 min http://www.afflictionsfilmseries.com
Ritual Burdens Documentary Short 2011 Ritual Burdens is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 1: Psychotic Disorder. The film follows Ni Ketut Kasih and questions how communal spiritual obligations may be folded into personal schemas of stress to trigger episodes of mental illness 25 min http://www.afflictionsfilmseries.com
The Bird Dancer Documentary Short 2010 The Bird Dancer is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 2: Neuropsychiatric Disorders. The film follows Gusti Ayu Suartini and focuses on the social stigma of neuropsychiatric disorder and the human suffering it entails. 40 min http://www.afflictionsfilmseries.com
Family Victim Documentary Short 2010 Family Victim is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 2: Neuropsychiatric Disorders. The film follows Estu Wardhani and examines the bi-directional influences between an individual considered to have a disruptive or troublesome personality and his social world. 38min http://www.afflictionsfilmseries.com
Kites & Monsters Documentary Short 2011 Kites & Monsters is part of the Afflictions: Culture & Mental Illness in Indonesia - Volume 2: Neuropsychiatric Disorders. The film follows Wayan Yoga from boyhood to manhood and discovers the influential and protective aspects of culture that may guide developmental neuropsychiatric processes. 22 min http://www.afflictionsfilmseries.com
Jathilan: Trance and Possession in Java Documentary Short 2012 Jathilan: Trance and Possession in Java is a film about Jathi­lan, a folk dance practiced for centuries in Java that uses the power of music and dance to chan­nel pow­er­ful and some­times ter­ri­fy­ing forces. 27 min http://www.jathilanfilm.com

Publications

  • "Anak PKI!: Multigenerational Trauma in a Javanese boy" by Lemelson, R., Ng, Emily and Supartini, N. in Worthman, C., Plotsky, P., Schecter, D. and Cummings C. Formative Experiences: The Interaction of Caregiving, Culture, and Developmental Psychobiology Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010
  • "Children and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" by Lemelson, R. in Shweder, R. et.al. Ed. Chicago Companion to the Child. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
  • "Cultural Formulation of Psychiatric Diagnoses: The Spirits, Penyakit Ngeb and the Social Suppression of Memory: A Complex Clinical Case from Bali". Lemelson R, Suryani L.K. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry. 30(3): 389-413, 2006
  • "Epilogue: Trauma and the Vicissitudes of Interdisciplinary Integration" by Kirmayer, L, Lemelson, R., Barad, M. in Kirmayer, L, Lemelson, R., Barad, M. eds. Understanding Trauma: Integrating Cultural, Psychological and Biological Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University, 2007
  • "Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Traditional Healing in Indonesia: The Question of Efficacy" by Lemelson, R. in Maldonado, M. ed. Psychiatrists and Traditional Healers: Unwitting Partners in Global Mental Health. London, UK: John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
  • "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Bali: The Cultural Shaping of a Neuropsychiatric Disorder." Lemelson, R. Transcultural Psychiatry. 4(30) 377-408, 2003
  • "Strange Maladies". Lemelson, R. December 2001 Psychology Today
  • "Traditional Healing and it's Discontents: Efficacy and Traditional Therapies of Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Bali". Lemelson R. Medical Anthropology Quarterly 18(1): 48-76, 2004
  • "Trauma in Context: Integrating Biological, Clinical and Cultural Perspectives" by Lemelson, R., Kirmayer, L, Barad, M. in Kirmayer, L, Lemelson, R., Barad, M. eds. Understanding Trauma: Integrating Cultural, Psychological and Biological Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  • "Understanding Trauma: Integrating Cultural, Psychological and Biological Perspectives". Kirmayer, L, Lemelson, R., Barad, M. eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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