Empathic Projections: Visual Anthropology Design and Acknowledgement

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Micheal J. Golec

Averting or embracing our capacity for acknowledgement results from what we are willing to take-in what there is to see. In this sense, the photo essay in general confronts us with the limits of our capacities. This essay attempts to examine how it is that the photo essay and its design contend with imagination and acknowledgment. Considering recent editorial initiatives and a redesign of Visual Anthropology Review, and, in greater depth, Feldman and Pérez’s photo essay “Living at the LUX: Homelessness and improvisational waiting under COVID-19,” this essay asks: How does the photo essay—and relatedly, the photograph—in its looks face the possibility of a resistance to acknowledge the reality it depicts?

Author(s):  
Jerome W. Crowder ◽  
Elizabeth Cartwright

As photography becomes more prevalent in ethnographic research, scholars should more seriously consider the photo essay as a medium for sharing their work. In this Position Piece, we present guidelines for the creation of ethnographic photo essays for medical anthropology that do not simply combine image and text, but create a balance that allows words to provide context for the image(s) and images to reinforce or challenge the text. We feel there are three basic elements every photo essay must consider that are informed by the theory and practice of visual anthropology. While a solid background in visual anthropology is not necessary to produce a successful photo essay, being mindful of these three elements in relation to your work will help you develop a photo essay that combines the best of what both media offer your audience.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elder Pereira Ribeiro

SINOPSE:         Esse ensaio fotográfico traduz as minhas viagens etnográficas entre a cidade de Cachoeira e São Félix, no Recôncavo da Bahia. O que falar de Cachoeira e São Félix? Penso que são cidades históricas e culturais que me desperta o desejo pela riqueza bioancestrálica.A pesquisa etnográfica nos permite encontros, afetos, múltiplos conhecimentos, descobrimentos, e assim como já afirmou o antropólogo Marcio Goldman (2003), que defende a ideia de “catar folha”, obtendo resultados satisfatórios pouco a pouco, indo ali, indo cá, andando, e buscando as informações em campo. A partir daí entendo que todas as idas e vindas de viagens fez com que eu pudesse me reencontrar com a ancestralidade.Ao chegar em Cachoeira x São Félix conheci diversas pessoas que me acolheu de coração, como Ekedji Romilda de Sogbó da Roça do Ventura em Cachoeira, Babá Idelson de Ogum Megege do Terreiro Ogunjá em São Félix, Iyá Regina de Avimaje do Terreiro Huntologi, Professora Francisca Marques do (LEAA-Recôncavo), Udinaldo Neto e Letícia Catete do (PPGCS-UFRB) amigos ímpares, dentre outros. As fotos do ensaio em questão registra o meu percurso diário, festivo e turístico nas cidades já mencionadas acima.A diversidade religiosa dos terreiros é imensurável na cidade de Cachoeira x São Félix, porque pude conhecer Terreiros de Nação: Nagô, Nagô-Vodum, Ketu, Jeje Mahin e Angola. Participei da Lavagem de Cachoeira, em 2019, da Festa de Ogum, Oxum e Caboclos no Ogunjá em São Félix, em 2019, o Centenário do Terreiro Raíz de Ayrá, em 2019, e tantos outros espaços religiosos e não religiosos.Referência BibliográficaGOLDMAN, Marcio. 2003. “Os Tambores dos Mortos e os Tambores dos Vivos”. Etnografia, Antropologia e Política em Ilhéus, Bahia”. Revista de Antropológia, vol. 46, n. 2, São Paulo, USP. SINOPSIS:This photo essay reflects my ethnographic travels between the city of Cachoeira and São Félix, in the Recôncavo da Bahia. What about Cachoeira e São Félix? I think they are historical and cultural cities that arouse my desire for bio-estral richness.Ethnographic research allows us to find encounters, affections, multiple knowledge, discoveries, and as stated by anthropologist Marcio Goldman (2003), who defends the idea of “picking leaves”, getting satisfactory results little by little, going there, going here, walking, and seeking information in the field. From then on I understand that all the comings and goings of travels allowed me to rediscover my ancestry.Arriving in Cachoeira x São Félix I met several people who welcomed me from the heart, such as Ekedji Romilda from Sogbo da Roça do Ventura in Cachoeira, Babysitter Idelson from Ogum Megege from Terreiro Ogunjá in São Félix, Iyá Regina from Terreiro Huntologi Avimaje, Professor Francisca Marques do (LEAA-Recôncavo), Udinaldo Neto and Letícia Catete from (PPGCS-UFRB) odd friends, among others. The photos of the essay in question record my daily, festive and touristic journey in the cities already mentioned above.The religious diversity of the terreiros is immeasurable in the city of Cachoeira x São Félix, because I got to know Terreiros de Nação: Nagô, Nagô-Vodum, Ketu, Jeje Mahin and Angola. I participated in the Waterfall Wash in 2019, the Ogum, Oxum and Caboclos Festival in the Ogunjá in São Félix, in 2019, the Terreiro Raíz de Ayrá Centenary, in 2019, and many other religious and non-religious spaces.Bibliographic referenceGOLDMAN, Marcio. 2003. “The Drums of the Dead and the Drums of the Living”. Ethnography, Anthropology and Politics in Ilhéus, Bahia ”. Journal of Anthropology, vol. 46, no. 2, Sao Paulo, USP. Palavras-chave:Cachoeira; São Félix; Etnografia; Antropologia Visual. Keywords:Waterfall; Sao Felix; Ethnography; Visual anthropology. Ficha técnica:Autor: Elder Pereira RibeiroFotografias: Elder Pereira RibeiroDireção, Edição de Imagem e Texto: Elder Pereira Ribeiro Datasheet:Author: Elder Pereira RibeiroPhotographs: Elder Pereira RibeiroDirection, Image and Text Editing: Elder Pereira Ribeiro   


1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 738-738
Author(s):  
M. W. Davidson
Keyword(s):  

CounterText ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-127
Author(s):  
Kirk Kenny ◽  
James Corby
Keyword(s):  

World Cinema and the Essay Film examines the ways in which essay film practices are deployed by transnational filmmakers in specific local and national contexts, in an interconnected world. The book identifies the essay film as a political and ethical tool to reflect upon and potentially resist the multiple, often contradictory effects of globalisation. With case studies of essayistic works by John Akomfrah, Frances Calvert, José Luis Guerín, Jonas Mekas, David Perlov, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Zhao Liang, amongst many others, and with a photo-essay by Trinh T. Minh-ha, the book expands current research on the essay film and presents transnational perspectives on what is becoming a global film practice.


Author(s):  
Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes ◽  
Heather Norris Nicholson

In the rapidly growing study of amateur film, this groundbreaking book addresses the development of British women's amateur visual practice. Drawing upon social and visual anthropology, imperial and postcolonial studies and British, Commonwealth and gender history, the authors explore how women in Britain and overseas, used the evolving technologies of moving imagery to create visual stories about their lives and times. Locating the making, watching and sharing of women's recreational film-making against wider societal, technological and ideological changes, British Women Amateur Filmmakers discloses how women from varied backgrounds negotiated changing lifestyles, attitudes and opportunities as they created first personal visual narratives about themselves and the world around them. Using non-fictional films and animations, the authors invite readers to view films through different interpretative lens and provide detailed contexts for their case-studies and survey of over forty women amateur filmmakers. Whether in remote communities, suburban homes, castles, missionary or diplomatic enclaves, or simply travelling as intrepid sightseers, women filmed their companions, other people and their surroundings, not only as observers but often displaying agency, autonomy and aesthetic judgment during decades when careers, particularly after marriage, were often denied in film and other professions. Research across Britain on films in private hands and specialist archives, interviews and extensive study of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers (IAC's) collections enable the authors to reposition an activity once thought of as overwhelmingly male and middle class.


1994 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Joseph Green
Keyword(s):  

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