Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Southeast Asian Perspectives
Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-032-90232-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
This volume reorients visual anthropology beyond its historically Western vantage point through a collaborative, cross-cultural editorship. With contributions from anthropologists with cultural connections to the Indian subcontinent, it presents contemporary ethnographic practice as it unfolds across both analogue and digital media. It examines representation across multiple forms—from film and photography to social media ethnography, immersive virtual and augmented realities, and the emerging horizons of artificial intelligence.
Visual anthropology itself emerged from the intellectual ferment of the late 1960s, shaped by debates across literature, visual arts, sociology, psychology, and philosophy, alongside the political reckoning of the post-colonial moment. For students of social and cultural anthropology, its catalytic technologies were the hand-held camera and synchronised sound—tools that allowed ethnography to move, speak, and circulate beyond the written text. Yet the field has always extended beyond cinema. Visual and digital anthropology encompasses photography, art, ritual performance, and material culture, recognising that visual knowledge emerges through diverse representational practices. In the age of the Internet, social media, and mobile devices, images circulate globally and instantly, transforming how ethnographers document, interpret, and share social worlds.
The book will be of value to students, researchers, and teachers of visual anthropology and sociology, as well as to visual ethnographers, documentary filmmakers, and scholars in museum studies. It will also serve as an important resource for practitioners working with artificial intelligence, curators, filmmakers, and general readers interested in photography, video creation, and the expanding visual worlds of the twenty-first century.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert Pop Art, Minimalismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstsammlung, Museen, Ausstellungen
- Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction Part I - Embodied Practices and Local Knowledge Systems 1. Everyday Life in a Gujjar Village: A Visual Representation 2. Visualising Indigenous Knowledge: Traditional Fishing Techniques among the Hanji People of Kashmir 3. Silent Storytelling: A Visual Narrative of Mime Part II - Adapting Ethnographic Fieldwork Methods and Teaching to the Digital World 4. Play, Stretch, Ferment: On Creativity, Materiality, and Ethnographic Collaboration 5. Social Media as the New Ethnographic Field: Exploring Lived Experiences 6. COVID-19: Experiences of Teaching Anthropology Through Facebook Live Sessions Part III - Digital Documentation, Photography, Ethnographic Filmmaking 7. The Narrative Practice of Folk Video Films: Taking ‘The Spring Festival in Eastern Henan in Huamo' as an Example 8. Tradition in Transition: Ethnographic Practice and Digital Spaces Among the Bakarwal Tribe of the Northwest Himalayas 9. The Visuality of Food-Making: A Reading of Indian Village Cooking Vlogs on YouTube 10. Image, the Language of Architecture Education Part IV - Visual Anthropology: Tangible and Intangible Heritage and Culture 11. Understanding Koch Rajbongshi Community through the Lens of Proverbs 12. Catalogue of Desire: Exploring Sexual Dynamics of Khajuraho 13. Propagation of Buddhism through the Thangka Painting with reference to Sikkim Part V - AI and Machine Learning in Museums and Creative Platforms 14. From Sacred to Simulated: Artificial Intelligence and the Visual Mediation of Theyyam 15. Liminality and Embodiment in the Museum: Towards a Reflexive Cultural Interface
