Visual Methods in the Field: Photography for the Social Sciences

2019/12/13 4127

Terence Heng Visual Methods in the Field: Photography for the Social Sciences 2016, Taylor and Francis book website The use of images, particularly photography, has been steadily gaining popularity in academia, but there has not yet been a book that deals with the act and process of photo-taking in the field. Drawing upon 21 years […]Continue Reading

Picturing Bushmen. The Denver African Expedition of 1925

2019/09/09 1649

Robert J. Gordon Picturing Bushmen. The Denver African Expedition of 1925 OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1997 https://www.ohioswallow.com/book/Picturing+Bushmen The Denver African Expedition of 1925 sought “the cradle of Humanity.” The explorers returned claiming to have found the “Missing Link” in the Heikum bushmen of the Kalahari—and they proceeded to market this image. As Continue Reading

The African Photographic Archive. Research and Curatorial Strategies

2016/06/28 2912

Christopher Morton, Darren Newbury (Eds) The African Photographic Archive. Research and Curatorial Strategies Bloomsbury, 2016 Publisher Website African photography has emerged as a significant focus of research and scholarship over the last twenty years, the result of a growing interest in postcolonial societies and cultures and a turn towards visual evidence across the Continue Reading

NAFA Conference 2016: Ethical challenges of using photos and videos on the internet

2016/04/01 2184

NAFA CONFERENCE 2016 Ethical challenges of using photos and videos on the internet September 21-22, 2016 Tivoli, Det Akademiske Kvarter, Universitetet i Bergen The use of photos and videos is a matter that one must always consider very carefully. Anonymity for participants in a research project is a requirement in most cases. The ethical responsibilities […]Continue Reading

Association Arpia: Call for photo-essays

2016/03/03 3698

Photograph by Tito Mouraz Association Arpia https://associationarpia.wordpress.com/ Appel à candidatures ARPIA, association de recherche et production d’images en anthropologie et art, reçoit de propositions pour une projection dans le cadre des Rencontres d’Arpia et pour sa galerie virtuelle. En 2016, les propositions reçues seront présentées à un comité de sélection Continue Reading

Photographs, Museums, Collections. Beetwen Art and Information

2015/06/20 4567

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

Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues

2015/03/17 1806

Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues The Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts and Social Issues is a unique collaboration between the Photography Department at Columbia College Chicago and Heartland Alliance, a leading global anti-poverty organization. This postgraduate fellowship creates a space for socially engaged artists to produce Continue Reading

​​International Urban Photography Summer School (iUPSS) 2015

2015/02/10 27

Designed for photographers, artists and ethnographers whose work address notions of urban space and culture, the international Urban Photography Summer School provides a highly intensive two-week practical and theoretical training in key aspects of urban visual practice. The course aims to offer participants a wide range of relevant skills resulting in the production of a Continue Reading

Calling the Shots. Aboriginal Photographies

2014/09/16 1900

Historically, photographs of Indigenous Australians were often produced under unequal and exploitative circumstances. Today, however, such images represent a rich cultural heritage for descendants who can use this rich archive to explore Aboriginal history, to identify relatives, and to reclaim culture.Continue Reading

Conference Anthropology and Photography 2014

2014/03/19 2531

Anthropology and Photography 2014 British Museum, Clore Centre, 29-31 May 2014 The Royal Anthropological Institute is pleased to announce that a conference ‘Anthropology and Photography’ will take place at the British Museum, Clore Centre, in conjunction with the museum’s Department of Africa, Oceania and the Americas. The aim of the Continue Reading