Creating Autoethnographies

2015/12/07 2177

Creating Autoethnographies is an introduction to autoethnography, a form of autobiographical personal narrative that explores the writer's experience of life. The first ever practical text on this increasingly popular research method, it provides a background and considers some of the criticisms of the approach. It is suitable for all social science students, both at Continue Reading

Being Ethnographic. A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography

2015/11/19 1613

Full of practical 'how to' tips for applying theoretical methods - 'doing ethnography' - this book also provides anecdotal evidence and advice for new and experienced researchers on how to engage with their own participation in the field - 'being ethnographic'.Continue Reading

Realizing the Witch. Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible

2015/11/19 2304

Realizing the Witch. Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible by Richard Baxstrom and Todd Meyers 2015, Fordham University Press Benjamin Christensen’s Häxan (The Witch, 1922) stands as a singular film within the history of cinema. Deftly weaving contemporary scientific analysis and powerfully staged historical scenes of satanic initiation, confession under Continue Reading

Participatory Visual and Digital Research in Action

2015/10/08 2398

Aline Gubrium, Krista Harper and Marty Otanez Participatory Visual and Digital Research in Action Left Coast Press, 2015 This collection of original articles, a companion to the authors’ Participatory Visual and Digital Methods, illustrates how innovative visual and digital research techniques are being used in various field projects in healt care, environmental policy, Continue Reading

Photographs, Museums, Collections. Beetwen Art and Information

2015/06/20 4228

Elizabeth Edwards and Christopher Morton (eds) Photographs, Museums, Collections. Beetwen Art and Information 2015, London-New York, Bloomsbury The status of photographs in the history of museum collections is a complex one. From its very beginnings the double capacity of photography – as a tool for making a visual record on the one hand and an […]Continue Reading

Études urbaines. Approches photographiques

2015/05/05 2822

Quels sont les usages contemporains de la photographie dans la recherche urbaine ? Quelles questions méthodologiques et épistémologiques soulèvent-elles au sein de ce champ ? Les contributions réunies dans ce dossier apportent chacune une réponse particulière à ces questionsContinue Reading

Penser l’image II. Anthropologies du visuel

2015/04/03 1682

Ces dernières années ont été le théâtre d'une étonnante résurgence de la question anthropologique. Parmi les propositions les plus débattues, il y a eu celle qui consisterait à penser l'homme non pas comme un animal doué de langage, mais avant tout comme un homo pictor ou encore comme un homo spectator, capable de produire et de reconnaître ses propres images. Si Continue Reading

The Camera as Witness. A Social History of Mizoram

2015/02/28 2349

The Camera as Witness. A Social History of Mizoram, Northeast India by Joy L. K. Pachuau & Willem van Schendel Cambridge University Press, 2015 The Camera as Witness lifts the veil off the little known world of Mizoram and challenges – through unpublished photographs – core assumptions in the writing of India’s national history. The […]Continue Reading

Digital Ethnography. Anthropology, Narrative, and New Media

2015/01/26 3877

Digital ethnography can be understood as a method for representing real-life cultures through storytelling in digital media. Enabling audiences to go beyond absorbing facts, computer-based storytelling allows for immersion in the experience of another culture.Continue Reading

VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN SARDINIA

2015/01/15 1635

Visual Anthropology in Sardinia explores the technique, style and methodology of documentary films about Sardinia, investigating how such films construct different experiences and identities, and reflecting on the advantages of the medium of documentary film over written ethnographic texts.Continue Reading