Traversing Art Practice and Anthropology: Notes on Ambiguity and Epistemological Uncertainty

Mjaaland, Thera

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“…In this way, photographs evoke more than they represent (Hamilikis et al 2009), and this article becomes a photographically supported essay on an “evocative encounter” with these objects, as described by Mjaaland (2009, 2013). It attempts to describe the ensuing atmospheric experience as an “embodied situation relating to wider sociocultural, historical, and politico‐ideological contexts” (de Beauvoir, 1949, as quoted by Mjaaland 2013, 394, emphasis in original). By combining walking, commenting, and taking photographs, we demonstrate “that emplaced sensing, feeling and analytical knowing should all be treated as part of the same unfolding experience, and that moreover, such an approach is well‐suited to investigate atmospheres precisely because of their excessive and ineffable qualities” (Sumartojo et al 2019, 2).…”

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“…The comments that are made in writing and supported by photography include a spectrum of impressions and pieces of information. In this way, photographs evoke more than they represent (Hamilikis et al 2009), and this article becomes a photographically supported essay on an "evocative encounter" with these objects, as described by Mjaaland (2009Mjaaland ( , 2013. It attempts to describe the ensuing atmospheric experience as an "embodied situation relating to wider sociocultural, historical, and politico-ideological contexts" (de Beauvoir, 1949, as quoted by Mjaaland 2013, 394, emphasis in original).…”

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Catching the Urban Atmosphere of Taichung, Taiwan

Richard,

Pai

2023

Visual Anthropology Review

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This article proposes an ethno‐phenomenographic essay combining writing and photography to examine the contemporary atmosphere in Taichung, Taiwan. It explores the atmospheric effect of painted powerboxes. A selection of situations and atmospheric characteristics is described from different angles, and the history of the painting of these boxes is reflected upon, while themes and colorization of their peinture (painted image, my translation) are presented. Combined methods of photography and commented walk show an overall picture of this effect. The photographs illustrate how these boxes are present as people pass them by in their daily lives. Our comments sketch how these boxes and their environments weave themselves in and out of the perception of passers‐by to create a certain city atmosphere. We use photographs and writing in this way to support each other through dialogue. We contribute to the discussion of the phenomenology of the atmosphere through the use of visual anthropology.

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Catching the Urban Atmosphere of Taichung, Taiwan

Richard,

Pai

2023

Visual Anthropology Review

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On hybridisation. Three exercises in crossbreeding anthropology and photography

Borelli

2023

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Drawing reflections from my experience of close collaboration with photographers, this piece presents three projects representative of different but complementary ways of putting anthropology and photography into dialogue. The first one is the work Delta (2014-2022) that Camilla de Maffei developed through in-depth field research in the Danube delta in Romania; the second project is Lorenzo Vitturi’s Caminantes (2017-ongoing), an exploration through images and matter of the artist’s mixed heritage connecting apparently unrelated places such as Venice and Peru; the third example is Dialect (2020-2023), by Felipe Romero Beltrán, both a photographic series and a performative act exploring the indefinite state of suspension that migrant bodies are subjected to while waiting to be admitted into the receiving society. Through an analysis of these artistic practices, some common threads emerge, ways of thinking and making that bring the work of the photographer closer and closer to that of the anthropologist. In this piece, we ask ourselves what can be gained from such a disciplinary juxtaposition, especially regarding a possible renewal of anthropology.

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Traversing Art Practice and Anthropology: Notes on Ambiguity and Epistemological Uncertainty

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Catching the Urban Atmosphere of Taichung, Taiwan

Catching the Urban Atmosphere of Taichung, Taiwan

On hybridisation. Three exercises in crossbreeding anthropology and photography

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