Full Description
Audiovisual and Digital Ethnography is a state-of-the-art introduction to this dynamic and growing subject. The authors explain its fundamental aspects in a clear and systematic way. The chapters cover topics including:
learning to see and listen in the field and the role of sensory attention
the mediation of the senses
doing anthropological fieldwork with video
observational filmmaking
ethnographic drawing
multimodal anthropology
digital ethnography
interactive documentary
the ethics and management of audiovisual and digital data.
The result is a much-needed, up-to-date and concise guide to both the fundamental skills required for audiovisual and digital ethnographic production and the essential theoretical knowledge relating to this. It will be particularly useful for students and scholars in the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Social Sciences, Media, Design, Art Practice and Sound Studies.
Contents
1. Audiovisual and digital ethnography at Leiden 2. Learning to see 3. Sonic ethnography 4. Graphic anthropology: a foundation for multimodality 5. Dialoguing events: an audiovisual toolkit for extended participatory observation 6. Observational cinema as process, skill and method 7. Interactive documentaries 8. Digital ethnography, or 'deep hanging out' in the age of big data 9. Navigating conflicting instruments of data morality
