“…In methods too, contributions have conducted explorations of synergies, as with digital humanities on distant viewing (Hiippala, 2021). Synergies have been established with other domains and professions, such as explorations of light in architecture (Lowings, 2021) and product design in human-computer interaction (Khot et al, 2021), which shows applications of multimodal research for everyday needs such as facilitating healthy relations with snacking. New fields have been launched or mapped further, particularly through the journal special issues, such as Multimodal anthropology (special issue 1.3) with papers on memory, senses, feminism and urbanism, migration, and the colonial gaze, as well as multimodality and race (special issue 3.3), while in volume 4, the special issue will map and consolidate further the application of multimodality in museums.…”