Marcus Banks was one of the scholars who changed the way visual anthropology and visual methods were regarded in social and cultural anthropology. This collection of Banks' essays considers the role of collaboration in the making of ethnographic films and makes the case for slow research. It discusses the meaning of anthropological research in film archives and illustrates how to analyse a wide range of visual material like maps, diagrams and enigmatic photographs. It situates Banks' work in contemporary visual anthropology and Howard Morphy's Afterword explores how Banks' work helped illuminate his own collaboration with the filmmaker Ian Dunlop in aboriginal Australia.
| ISBN: | 9781836950066 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2025 |
| Author: | Marcus Banks |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 206 pages |
| Series: | Methodology and History in Anthropology |
| Genres: |
Media studies Social theory Social and cultural anthropology |
Marcus Banks was one of the scholars who changed the way visual anthropology and visual methods were regarded in social and cultural anthropology. This collection of Banks' essays considers the role of collaboration in the making of ethnographic films and makes the case for slow research. It discusses the meaning of anthropological research in film archives and illustrates how to analyse a wide range of visual material like maps, diagrams and enigmatic photographs. It situates Banks' work in contemporary visual anthropology and Howard Morphy's Afterword explores how Banks' work helped illuminate his own collaboration with the filmmaker Ian Dunlop in aboriginal Australia.
Understanding Social Images features in the following genres: Media studies, Social theory, Social and cultural anthropology
Understanding Social Images is available in Hardback
Understanding Social Images was written by Marcus Banks and published by Berghahn Books
Understanding Social Images has 206 pages
Yes it is part of Methodology and History in Anthropology series
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