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Retro Nuosu: Reclaiming the Past, Present, and Future through Participatory Portraits in Southwest China

“…While I wanted to experience the art photograph process and listened to the photographer's idea about clothing, posing, and setup, the students I photographed had very specific ideas about how they wanted to be seen, suggesting larger processes of subject formation and agency through the photographic event. The method thus offered an opportunity to inquire ethnographically into self-making, allowing a deeper "knowledge of being" to emerge through the reflexive photographic process (Grimshaw and Ravetz 2005;MacDougall 2005). Through participatory portrait sessions, it became apparent that students' desire to take art photographs in Nuosu clothes was about more than simply wearing an outfit for ethnic display.…”

A Long Term Visual Ethnography in a Bosnian Village: Tracking Epistemological and Methodological Issues

“…Finally, the camera also captures what is happening in the background, which can provide a surplus of information that can be useful for research (see also Bromhead 2014: 234). In this way, the use of the camera provides a way to participate as a researcher in the research process during which knowledge is not preset in advance but emerges from the process of filming (MacDougall 1992;Crawford, Simonsen 1992;Banks 1998;MacDougall 1998;Grimshaw, Ravetz 2005;Grimshaw, Ravetz 2009;Ruby 2005;Pink 2011;Vávrová 2014; see also Crawford 1993;Loizos 1993;Jonsen 1993;MacDougall 2005;Lydall, Strecker 2006;Jenssen 2009;Grossman 2010;Favero 2013).…”

“…Namely, we intensify this relationship with the camera's presence and open a new field of intimacy and interpersonal exchange of information and meanings, which can help us better understand and be more sensitive to the ways that people experience, perceive and live their life views and worlds on an everyday level. The visual researcher/filmmaker's distinct position is a significant factor, as is his or her background: who they are, what interests them, how and if they understand others (Loizos 1993;Lydall;Stecker 2006;Postma 2006;Piault 2006;Henley 2006;Crawford 2006;Grimshaw, Ravetz 2005;Jenssen 2009).…”

Долгорочна Визуелна Етнографија Во Едно Босанско Село: Следење На Епистемолошките И Методолошките Прашања

“…Конечно, камерата исто така го доловува она што се случува во заднина, кое може да обезбеди вишок информации што можат да бидат корисни за истражување (в. исто така Bromhead 2014: 234). На овој начин, употребата на камерата обезбедува начин да учествувате како истражувач во истражувачкиот процес, при што знаењето не е однапред дефинирано, туку произлегува од процесот на снимање (MacDougall 1992;Crawford, Simonsen 1992;Banks 1998;Grimshaw, Ravetz 2005;Grimshaw, Ravetz 2009;Ruby 2005;Pink 2011;Vávrová 2014;в. исто така Crawford 1993;Loizos 1993;Jonsen 1993;MacDougall 2005;Lydall, Strecker 2006;Jenssen 2009;Grossman 2010;Favero 2013).…”