Visual Methods in Social Research by Marcus Banks (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Visual Methods in Social Research by Marcus Banks, David Zeitlyn An interdisciplinary guide to the field, this book fuses advanced theory with practical advice and examples to provide all readers with the ultimate resource on visual methods FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Second Edition of this popular text confirms the books 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. Author Biography 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.David Zeitlyn is Professor is Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. He has been working with Mambila people in Cameroon since 1985 on various research topics including traditional religion, sociolinguistics, kinship and history. In 2003/4 he was the Evans-Prichard Lecturer at All Souls College, Oxford presenting a series of lectures on the life-history of Diko Madeleine, the first wife of Chief Konaka of Somié village (see _Web/). In recent years he started to work with Cameroonian photographers. In 2005 this led as part of Africa′05, to an exhibition of two Cameroonian studio photographers at the National Portrait Gallery, London in a display called ′Cameroon-London′. Some images from an earlier showing in Cameroon are online at _Show/. More recently he has worked with the British Library′s ′Endangered Archives Programme′ to create an archive of the contents of the studio of Toussele Jacques, a photographer from Mbouda in Cameroon. He has long standing interests in multimedia and how internet technologies can be used to illuminate and access museum collections and archives. His work on Mambila spider divination as a ′technology of choice making′ led to some pioneering observational work on how library users choose which books to read. Table of Contents READING PICTURESThe trouble with picturesAn introductory exampleUnnatural visionReading narrativesFormal readingsPlanning a research project with visual methodsENCOUNTERING THE VISUALOn TelevisionVisual forms produced I: representations of societyInterpreting Forest of BlissStill and moving imagesVisual forms produced II: representations of knowledgeVisualisationNetworksDiagrams of Nuer lineagesVisual forms encounteredEncountering ′indigenous′ mediaThe image as evidence′Us′ and ′them′?MATERIAL VISIONObject and representationThe materiality of visual formsDisplaying family photographsExchanged goodsMarket exchangeSize mattersTransformations: digitisation and computer-based mediaDigital manipulationDigital pornography: constraining the virtualDigital pornography: exchange and circulationRESEARCH STRATEGIESSilk thread to plastic bagsResearching image use and production in social contextsWatching televisionSoap opera in India and EgyptTelevision as social presenceDoing things with photographs and filmsPhoto-elicitation with archival imagesPhoto-elicitation with contemporary imagesLearning from photo-elicitationFilm-elicitationWorking with archival materialPhotographic archives and picture librariesFilm archivesMAKING IMAGESObservingCreating images for researchDocumentationA ladder climbed then discardedDocumentary explorationDocumentary controlCollaborative projectsIndigenous media collaborationsCollaborative after effectsEthics and visual researchEthical reviewPermissionsReturning imagesPRESENTING RESEARCH RESULTSAudiencesPresenting photographsThe photographic essayPresenting ethnographic and other filmsStudy guides and other contextualisationDatabases and digital imagesCan computer see?Multimedia projectsInteracting with YanomamoCopyrightPERSPECTIVES ON VISUAL RESEARCHThe state of visual researchThe place of visual researchThe nature of visual research Review 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 SchneiderA classic text for undergraduates and practitioners interested in using visual materials in social research. The emphasis on theory and practice makes it an enduring work for anyone approaching visual sociology or visual anthropology. -- John AitkenThis excellent new edition provides a clearly structured and accessible introduction to the research potential of the visual, as both object of study and method. It is richly illustrated with examples, from archival photographs and ethnographic films to new social media, which demonstrate how a critical and reflexive visual sensibility can expand the social research imagination. -- Darren NewburyThis revised edition of Visual Methods in Social Research builds on earlier strengths with a series of welcome and contemporary updates. Well structured, engagingly written and full of helpful methodological scaffolding, this enjoyable guide will be of great help to scholars and students committed to developing their visual literacy. -- Mark TurinThe book sets out to provide views from an anthropological base, in relation to the visual, that would be useful for researchers across diverse disciplines such as sociology, education, health, and cultural geography. The first edition of Visual Methods in Social Research was presented to readers where the visual path was less travelled, now it has become a path far more travelled, across disciplines and approaches. For this reason, a second edition was timely and I am sure that it will provide a useful map and guide for students, researchers and practitioners who incorporate visual materials in their projects. ????????????????????? ??????????? -- William G Feighery Review Quote This revised edition of Visual Methods in Social Research builds on earlier strengths with a series of welcome and contemporary updates. Details ISBN1446269744 Author David Zeitlyn Edition 2nd ISBN-10 1446269744 ISBN-13 9781446269749 Format Hardcover Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Replaces 9780761963639 Year 2015 DEWEY 300.721 Short Title VISUAL METHODS IN SOCIAL RESEA Language English Media Book Residence ENK Affiliation Oxford University, UK Pages 208 Illustrations Yes Publication Date 2015-06-02 UK Release Date 2015-06-02 NZ Release Date 2015-06-02 Edited by James J. Fawcett Birth 1974 Position Former Professor of International Commerical Law Qualifications Ph.D. Edition Description 2nd Revised edition Alternative 9781446269756 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Publisher Sage Publications Ltd Imprint Sage Publications Ltd AU Release Date 2015-06-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160684003;

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