Visual Ethnography, Thick Description and Cultural Representation
The purposes of this paper are threefold: to cover historical, theoretical and methodological overview of visual ethnography (photography and film) as a research tool in studying culture; to examine visual ethnography as a means of cultural representation, and to discuss visual ethnographic method w...
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doaj-346b932d46284b8589b17e1f975ba9cd2020-11-25T02:10:12ZengTribhuvan UniversityDhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology1994-26641994-26722015-12-019014716010.3126/dsaj.v9i0.1402611024Visual Ethnography, Thick Description and Cultural RepresentationDipesh Kharel0University of Tokyo, JapanThe purposes of this paper are threefold: to cover historical, theoretical and methodological overview of visual ethnography (photography and film) as a research tool in studying culture; to examine visual ethnography as a means of cultural representation, and to discuss visual ethnographic method with Clifford Geertz’s idea of “thick description”. I hope to bring some clarity and consensus to our understanding how visual ethnography can be an adequate research tool for “thick description” and a study of culture. Furthermore, in this paper, I begin by seeing visual ethnography in the context to visual anthropology, photography, ethnographic film, and semiotics.http://nepjol.info/index.php/DSAJ/article/view/14026Visual Ethnography, Thick Description, Photography and Ethnographic Film |
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The purposes of this paper are threefold: to cover historical, theoretical and methodological overview of visual ethnography (photography and film) as a research tool in studying culture; to examine visual ethnography as a means of cultural representation, and to discuss visual ethnographic method with Clifford Geertz’s idea of “thick description”. I hope to bring some clarity and consensus to our understanding how visual ethnography can be an adequate research tool for “thick description” and a study of culture. Furthermore, in this paper, I begin by seeing visual ethnography in the context to visual anthropology, photography, ethnographic film, and semiotics. |
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