Where Is the Theory in Visual Anthropology?

Hockings, Paul; Tomaselli, Keyan G.; Ruby, Jay; MacDougall, David; Williams, Drid; Piette, Albert; Schwarz, Maureen Trudelle; Carta, Silvio

doi:10.1080/08949468.2014.950155

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“…The first encompasses all that anthropologists examine (that which is human‐made and intended to be seen) and distinguishes between what Jay Ruby terms “pictorial objects and visual events [that] ought to be studied ethnographically” (Hockings et al. , 443). If Lang Dúlay's textiles are “pictorial objects,” a subject I have covered elsewhere in research focused on Mindanao textiles (Quizon , ), this article focuses instead on filmed encounters and other “visual events” that involved the weaver as herself.…”

Section: Ethnography and The Visual Anthropology Of Indigenous Personsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The second comes from David MacDougall, who invites reflection on visual anthropologists’ forays with film and video to understand “what one may discover through using visual media in the field” (Hockings et al. , 445). In the case of “Lang Kambay Dúlay,” this includes the work and processes of freelance videographers hired for the project as well as the responses and reflections of filmed Indigenous weavers in Mindanao.…”

Section: Ethnography and The Visual Anthropology Of Indigenous Personsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Though the “ethnographic” is a “continuously variable property of many films,” Karl Heider argues that when “ethnographic demands conflict with cinematographic demands, ethnography must prevail” (, 2–3). Paul Hockings takes a similarly contingent view, stating that ethnographic film is “very poor at generalizing about a culture, but full of rich indicators of behavioral themes in a particular society” (, 440). Among professionally and academically trained filmmakers, Nandini Sikand notes how socialization through the “ideological encoding of the cinematic apparatus” affects these assessments (, 44)—a process that is itself uneven among anthropologists.…”

Section: Ethnography and The Visual Anthropology Of Indigenous Personsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the next sections, I discuss critical and informative events that transpired before, during, and after filming of the video for the exhibition that frame Jay Ruby's notion of “visual events … studied ethnographically” (Hockings et al. , 443). I begin with a period prior to filming concerning found images and “video gifts,” along with observations on hiring a team in the Philippine “gig economy.” This is followed by observed visual conventions about Indigenous persons that emerged during filming.…”

Section: Ethnography and The Visual Anthropology Of Indigenous Personsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Weaver's House: Ethnography, Translation, and Video in the Highlands of Mindanao

Quizon¹

2019

Visual Anthropology Review

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When short video embedded in museum exhibitions aims to present the voice of Indigenous artists, what constrains desired outcomes? This ethnographic study examines the processes behind one such video that focused on Lang Dúlay, a T'boli weaver from Mindanao, the Philippines. Written from the perspective of the researcher/director/producer newly using video in the field, it examines overlaps in ethnographic and visual anthropological theory and uses them to analyze video‐mediated events in the field. The failure to tell the story that the weaver cared most about along with responses and modes of resistance by filmed Indigenous interlocutors is also presented and analyzed.

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Section: Ethnography and The Visual Anthropology Of Indigenous Personsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ethnography and The Visual Anthropology Of Indigenous Personsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ethnography and The Visual Anthropology Of Indigenous Personsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ethnography and The Visual Anthropology Of Indigenous Personsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Weaver's House: Ethnography, Translation, and Video in the Highlands of Mindanao

Quizon¹

2019

Visual Anthropology Review

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“…Visuell antropologi kan forstås både som å forske på visuelle uttrykk (media-, film-resepsjonsstudier med mere) og som å bruke visuelle verktøy til å bedrive forskning (Grimshaw, 2001;Hockings et al, 2014;Piault, Silverstein & Graham, 2015;Willerslev, 2007)…”

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«Å tenkje som en fauel»

Sundsvold¹

2018

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SPESIALSEKSJON OM VISUELL ANTROPOLOGI «Å tenkje som en fauel» Med videokamera i utforskning av relasjonsbygging og meningsdannelse mellom menneske og fugl «To think like a bird» A visual exploration of an anthropology beyond the human Bente Sundsvold Postdoktor, UiT, Norges arktiske universitet bente.sundsvold@uit.no Forfatteren er ansatt i post.doc-stilling ved Norges Fiskerihøyskole, UiT, og har tidligere vaert tilknyttet Visuelle Kulturstudier hvor hun også tok sin PhD. SAMMENDRAGI artikkelen undersøkes hvordan bruken av videokamera i feltarbeidssituasjonen kan bidra til å utforske og utvikle tilnaerminger til relasjonsbyggingen mellom to ulike arter, menneske og fugl. Empirien er hentet fra aerfuglrøkt på Helgelandskysten, og til en kvinnes arbeid med å bygge opp et nedlagt egg-og dunvaer. Hun skal venne ville aerfugler (Somateria mollissima) til mennesker, bygge opp en ny stamme av «tamme» aerfugler. Forfatteren har fulgt henne med videokamera i dette arbeidet, som kan forstås som et eto-/etnografisk feltarbeid, hvor fuglenes bevegelser og handlinger har vaert like viktige å forstå som menneskets. Gjennom videoopptakene studeres situasjoner som kan gi inntak til meningsproduksjon mellom to arter som verken deler språk, persepsjon eller element. Ritualteori, performativitet og Kohns bruk av «semiosis» er teoretiske tilnaerminger i disse undersøkelsene. NøkkelordAErfuglrøkt, Antropologi ut over det menneskelige, Eto-/etnografi, Visuell antropologi, Helgelandskysten ABSTRACTThe article seeks to explore the potential of using video footage in approaching inter-species communication and interaction. The empirical field is eider down harvesting practice on the coast of Helgeland, in particular the work of rebuilding an abandoned eider rookery and adjusting wild eider ducks (Somateria mollissima) to humans. In this work, the birds play a key role, and the fieldwork approach may be understood as etho-ethnography, where human and birds gets equal attention. By use of the video footage, the author tries to understand how meaning is established between the two species, which neither Årgang 29, nr. 3-4-2018, s. 179-198

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Ethnocinematographic Theory. How to Develop Migration Theory Through Ethnographic Filmmaking

Verstappen

2021

IMISCOE Research Series

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Film and text can be complementary modes of theory formation in the field of migration studies. If the theoretical potential of filmmaking is recognized in research, this also opens opportunities for teaching migration theory through film. This argument is illustrated here through the project Living like a common man, in which both film and text were used to observe, analyse, and theorize the migration experiences of young Indians to the UK - as ‘middling migration’. The resulting film offers a stand-alone argument that is used as teaching material in courses of migration studies; while accompanying texts make the argument explicit and clarify its significance for migration scholarship.

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Where Is the Theory in Visual Anthropology?

Abstract: Is there a real theoretical underpinning for visual anthropology? Or are we just borrowing theoretical concepts, as needed, from other disciplines? Here eight visual anthropologists offer their thoughts on this fundamental question succinctly

Cited by 24 publications

References 11 publications

The Weaver's House: Ethnography, Translation, and Video in the Highlands of Mindanao

The Weaver's House: Ethnography, Translation, and Video in the Highlands of Mindanao

«Å tenkje som en fauel»

Ethnocinematographic Theory. How to Develop Migration Theory Through Ethnographic Filmmaking

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