Simone de Boer och Hanna Charlotta Wernersson

Sal: 220

In this seminar we will delve into creative and collaborative ways of doing and presenting ethnography. We will explore various forms of multimedia/creative ethnography, such as interactive web documentaries and creative writing, and discuss their potential opportunities and pitfalls.

Before the seminar, you are to 1) read the literature detailed below, and 2) complete the preparation exercise.

Preparation exercise instructions.

Literature:

De Musso, Federico (2021) ‘Chapter 7. Interactive Documentaries’ 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 (scroll down to chapter 7).

We also encourage you to have a look at the other chapters (before or after the seminar) to see if they are of interest to you. Each chapter explores a different medium/aspect of audiovisual/digital methods – including ethics and data management – and contains short practical assignments to get acquainted with them.

Ingridsdotter, Jenny & Kim Silow Kallenberg (2018) ‘Ethnography and the Arts: Examining Social Complexities through Ethnographic Fiction’. Etnofoor 30(1): 57-76.

You can download the article here.

For more inspiration we also encourage you to have a look at the other creative ethnography articles in the Stories and Futures issues of Etnofoor, before or after the seminar.

Matsutake Worlds Research Group (2009) ‘A New Form of Collaboration in Cultural Anthropology: Matsutake worlds’ American Ethnologist 36(2): 380-403.

You can download the article here. Focus on the sections by Tsing (page 380-384) and Inoue (page 397-399).

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For those of you who are interested in exploring this topic further, we compiled a list of additional sources and inspirational examples.