Marcus Banks, David Zeitlyn

Gebundenes Buch

Visual Methods in Social Research

Beschreibung

The Second Edition of this popular text confirms the book s status as an important forerunner in the field of visual methods.

Combining the theoretical, practical and technical the authors discuss changing technologies, the role of the internet and the impact of social media. Presenting an interdisciplinary guide to visual methods they explore both the creation and interpretation of visual images and their use within different methodological approaches.

This clear, articulate book is full of practical tips on publishing and presenting the results of visual research and how to use film and photographic archives.

This book will be an indispensable guide for anyone using or creating visual images in their research.

Autor

Marcus Banks is Professor of Visual Anthropoloigy at the University of Oxford. Having completed a doctorate in social anthropology at the University of Cambridge, with a study of Jain people in England and India, he trained as an ethnographic documentary filmmaker at the National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK.   He is the author Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research (2007) and co-editor of Rethinking Visual Anthropology (1997, with Howard Morphy), and Made to be Seen: Perspectives on the History of Visual Anthropology (2011, with Jay Ruby), as well as publishing numerous papers on visual research.   He has published on documentary film forms and film practice in colonial India, and is currently conducting research on image production and use in forensic science practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd / Sage Publications
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 480g
• ISBN-13: 9781446269749
• ISBN-10: 1446269744
• Artikelnr.: 42317467

Rezensionen

This continues to be a key text for work with and on the visual. Highly recommended and not to be missed by anybody wanting to understand what images mean, both practically and theoretically. Arnd Schneider