Audiovisuella metoder - inspelning och användning av ljud, bild och film - har en mycket lång historia i etnografiskt fältarbete. Ändå verkar det som intresset och spridningen av metoderna bara ökar bland antropologer, troligen också i samband med den teknologiska utvecklingen som gör audiovisuella redskap ständigt mer tillgängliga och enkla att tillämpa. Simone de Boer, doktorand i antropologi på Globala Studier, vill introducera oss till detta viktiga område och visa exempel från sin eget arbete.

Viktigt!: Läs följande anvisningar och titta på materialet i förväg!

The lecture will take place on Zoom: https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/7681033291

In this lecture we will explore some of the opportunities and challenges offered by audiovisual research methods.

Preparation for the lecture:

Read the blog:

https://www.blogalstudies.com/post/lights-camera-action-phd-reflections-on-doing-audiovisual-ethnography-in-pairs

Please also take the time to look at the images and watch the video.

Write down your reflections.

Explore the interactive web documentary:

Go to the introduction page and read the information.
Unfortunately, navigation between the different pages with the arrows is currently not working, so instead, please check out the different themes by clicking the following links:
- Farming with family
- Farming in the garden of the city
- Farming under the sea
- Farming with technology
  > Explore the way you like. Follow your own curiosity.
  > All images are clickable. Clicking will result in enlarging in the case of still images and playing in the case of moving images. Moving images can also be enlarged once they play.
Write down a few reflections on
1) what the different types of media (still image, moving image, sound, etc.) can or cannot do in terms of data production and communication;
2) the interaction between the different media;
3) the interaction between the viewer and the web documentary.
Please keep in mind that the web doc is a work in progress and by no means complete or finished.

Suggested extra literature:

Archer, Dane (1997) Unspoken Diversity: Cultural Difference in Gestures. Qualitative Sociology 20(1):79-105.

Arcidiacono, Francesco and Clotilde Pontecorvo (2019) On Materiality: Home Spaces and Objects as Expanding Elements of Everyday Experiences. Forum : Qualitative Social Research 20(3).

Broesch, Tanya, Patrick L. Carolan, Senay Cebioğlu et al. (2021) Opportunities for Interaction. Human Nature 32: 208–238.

Grasseni, Cristina (2021) Chapter 2. Learning to See. In Audiovisual and Digital Ethnography. A Practical and Theoretical Guide by C. Grasseni, B. Barendregt, E. de Maaker, F. De Musso, A. Littlejohn, M. Maeckelbergh, M. Postma, M. Westmoreland. London and New York: Routledge.
You can download the chapter here: https://doi-org.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/10.4324/9781003132417
I also encourage you to have a look at the other chapters (before or after the lecture) to see if they are of interest to you. Each chapter explores a different medium/aspect of audiovisual methods.

Harper, Douglas (2002) Talking about Pictures: A Case for Photo Elicitation. Visual Studies 17(1):13-26.

If you have found other literature on audiovisual methods that you think is more relevant for your project or more closely related to your interests, please feel free to engage with that instead. And it would be great if you can share the insights you got from this literature with me and your peers during the lecture!