Visual & Digital Anthropology

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This field explores how humans use visual media and digital technologies to communicate and construct culture. Learners will understand how to analyze digital communities, produce ethnographic media, and study the social impact of the internet and visual arts.

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🎓Courses(1)

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Visual Research Methods

Explore visual research methods in anthropology! Learn to analyze & create visual data with this course from the University of Sheffield.

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📚Books(3)

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Doing Visual Ethnography

Doing Visual Ethnography - A book resource

intermediate🇬🇧

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Digital Anthropology

Digital Anthropology - A book resource

intermediate🇬🇧

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The Ethnographer's Eye

The Ethnographer's Eye - A book resource

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🌐Websites(5)

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Society for Visual Anthropology (SVA)

Official resources, events, and practitioner hub recommended on Reddit

beginner🇬🇧

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Visual Anthropology Review

Open-access articles and reviews

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visualanthropology.net

VisualAnthropology.net is a resource hub for visual anthropology, bringing together articles, case studies, and essays that examine ethnography through image, video, and digital media. It also offers teaching materials, interviews, and curated media to support research and study in visual ethnography.

intermediate🇬🇧

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digitalethnography.org

DigitalEthnography.org is a resource hub for learning and applying digital ethnography, focusing on online fieldwork, ethnographic methods, ethics, and analysis in digital environments. It offers practical guides, tutorials, case studies, and scholarly discussions to help researchers study cultures and behavior online.

intermediate🇬🇧

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savac.net

Savac.net is the online home of the Society for Visual Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association. It provides news, events, awards information, and a wealth of visual anthropology resources, including articles, film/video materials, and teaching resources.

intermediate🇬🇧

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