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Course: The Visual Ethnography

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Course title The Visual Ethnography
Course code KSA/VIAD
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hirt Tomáš, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Visual ethnography and visual anthropology: theory, methods, topics, issues. Interpretation of the forms of visualisations in different social, cultural, historical and political contexts. Audio-visual technology as part of social science research methods. Ethnographic film and ethnographic photograph (according to the preferences of the students, it is possible to focus the course either on a historical or theoretical overview of ethnographic filmmaking, or on practical production of ethnographic film).

Learning activities and teaching methods
One-to-One tutorial, Students' self-study, Self-study of literature, Seminar
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 105 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
No prerequisite.
learning outcomes
Students will be able to: - apply current theories of sign to the field of audiovisual communication; - clarify ideas of researchers working in the field of visual anthropology, and apply them in the context of their own research or research project; - critically consider ways of using photography and film in classic and contemporary anthropology; - use a photograph or film in the context of field research as a tool for anthropological interpretation of cultural and social conditions for participants' behaviour; - use specialized software aids in the processing of audiovisual material for presentation purposes (e.g. editing) and for analysis (e.g. evaluation of audiovisual data); - interpret socially shared patterns of behavior through a quantitative and qualitative analysis of visual manifestations of the society observed, and then use relevant software tools in the analysis.
teaching methods
Seminar
Self-study of literature
One-to-One tutorial
assessment methods
Oral exam
Seminar work
Recommended literature
  • Banks, Marcus; Morphy, Howard. Rethinking visual anthropology. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-300-06691-3.
  • Banks, Marcus. Visual methods in social research. London : SAGE Publications, 2001. ISBN 0-7619-6364-2.
  • Barthes, Roland. Světlá komora : poznámka k fotografii. Vyd. 2., upr., (Ve Fra 1.). Praha : Fra, 2005. ISBN 80-86603-28-8.
  • Bateson, Gregory; Mead, Margaret. Balinese character : a photographic analysis. New York : New York Academy of Sciences, 1942.
  • Collier, J. Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method.
  • Edwards, Elizabeth. Anthropology and photography : 1860 - 1920. New Haven : Yale University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-300-05944-2.
  • El Guindi, Fadwa. Visual anthropology : essental method and theory. Walnut Creek : AltaMira Press, 2004. ISBN 0-7591-0395-X.
  • Flusser, Vilém. Za filosofii fotografie. 1. vyd. Praha : Hynek, 1994. ISBN 80-85906-04-X.
  • Heider, Karl G. Ethnographic film. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006. ISBN 0-292-71458-0.
  • Hocking, P. Principles of Visual Anthropology. Berlin, 1995.
  • Monaco, James. Jak číst film : svět filmů, médií a multimédií : umění, technologie, jazyk, dějiny, teorie. Praha : Albatros, 2004. ISBN 80-00-01410-6.
  • Morton, Christopher; Edwards, Elizabeth. Photography, anthropology and history : expanding the frame. Farnham : Ashgate, 2009. ISBN 978-0-7546-7909-7.
  • Pink, S. The Future of Visual antropology: Engaging the Senses. Routledge, 2006.
  • Pink, Sarah. Doing visual ethnography : images, media, and representation in research. 2nd ed. Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2007. ISBN 978-1-4129-2348-4.
  • Ruby, J. Picturing Culture Explorations of Film and Anthropology. University of Chicago Press, 2000.
  • Strong, Mary; Wilder, Laena. Viewpoints : visual anthropologists at work. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-292-70671-2.
  • Sztompka, Piotr. Vizuální sociologie : fotografie jako výzkumná metoda. Vyd. 1. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2007. ISBN 978-80-86429-77-9.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ethnology (11-5) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Ethnology (11-5) Category: History courses 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: -
University of West Bohemia, date of update: 08.11.2024 23:52. Data created for academic year 2024/2025