Audiovisual and Digital Ethnography: A Practical and Theoretical Guide
ISBN: 9781003132417
Platform/Publisher: Taylor & Francis / Routledge
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Audiovisual and Digital Ethnography is a state-of-the-art introduction to this dynamic and growing subject. The authors explain its fundamental aspects in a clear and systematic way. The chapters cover topics including:

learning to see and listen in the field and the role of sensory attention the mediation of the senses doing anthropological fieldwork with video observational filmmaking ethnographic drawing multimodal anthropology digital ethnography interactive documentary the ethics and management of audiovisual and digital data.

The result is a much-needed, up-to-date and concise guide to both the fundamental skills required for audiovisual and digital ethnographic production and the essential theoretical knowledge relating to this. It will be particularly useful for students and scholars in the fields of Anthropology, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Social Sciences, Media, Design, Art Practice and Sound Studies.


Cristina Grasseni is Professor of Anthropology at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Bart Barendregt is Professor of Digital Diversity at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Erik de Maaker is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Federico De Musso is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Andrew Littlejohn is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Marianne Maeckelbergh is Professor of Political Anthropology at Ghent University, Belgium, and Professor of Global Sociology at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Metje Postma is a Lecturer of Visual Ethnography at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Mark R. Westmoreland is Associate Professor of Visual Anthropology at Leiden University, the Netherlands.

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