VISUAL AND MEDIA ANTHROPOLOGY

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1 VISUAL AND MEDIA ANTHROPOLOGY Experience culture through eyes of the anthropologist. All photos on slide courtesy of Microsoft Clipart

2 A BRIEF HISTORY First to use ethnographic film was Felix-Louis Regnault in 1895 John Collier visual and applied anthropologist Margaret Mead americanimage.unm.edu

3 WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO ANTHROPOLOGY? Visual anthropology is a geniune documentation of how people feel, think, and explain their cultural surroundings. Able to review time and time again Preserves visually what may become extinct x8f8hy_housingproblems_...

4 The Society for Visual Anthropology promotes the use of images for the description, analysis, communication and interpretation of human [and sometimes nonhuman] behavior. Members have interests in all visual aspects of culture, including art, architecture and material artifacts, as well as kinesics, proxemics and related forms of body motion communication (e.g. gesture, emotion, dance, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION Photos courtesy of

5 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Exclusively a doctoral program in Anthropology No certificates available Classes taught in all four fields, as well as anthropology of visual communication. Has use of laboratory facilities, access to the film school, and professorial advisement by visual anthropologists to guide your dissertation and thesis projects. alphasigmarho.net pulmonary.templehealth.org astro.temple.edu

6 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Certificate in Culture and Media in conjunction with the NYU Department of Cinema Studies and the NYU Film School. Certificate in Museum Studies Faculty extremely interdisciplinary and connected to other departments of the University. nyulocal.com www. Pastemagazine.com images.businessweek.com

7 Photos courtesy of amazon.com Areas of Research/Interest: Social anthropology; ethnographic film; ethnography of media; indigenous media; social movements in the United States; Disability. Faye Ginsburg has taken anthropology to a new level. A visual and cultural anthropologist, Ginsburg has effectively integrated cultural activism, politics, film and cinema into theoretical anthropology. Ginsburg, who received her Ph.D. from CUNY in 1986, researches, writes and teaches about the theory and Photos courtesy of amazon.com Photos courtesy of amazon.com

8 Naomi Schiller Worked for an NGO in Caracas, Venezuela and initially studied the telenovela Came back for graduate school and produced Girlstory Earned a PhD at New York University, certificate in Culture and Media studies How has the field of Visual Anthropology changed globalexperiencesofmediareform.wordpress.com Now, there is more of a focus on the perceptions and impacts of the media on cultures. What types of non-academic jobs are there for Visual Anthropologists? Jobs in the media industry, like PBS. What advice would you give those looking into the field of Visual Anthropology? herederos-de-una-venganza.html Find that area or topic that sparks a thousand questions in your mind and pursue it!

9 VISUAL/MEDIA ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY National Geographic work Film industry Media, media, media Time/Journalism Textbook industry Skills Recommended: Anthropological knowledge base Camera/Editing software Foreign Languages Public Relations skills Passion

10 REFERENCES/WORKS CITED: www. source=banner_semgngc_202 Principles of visual anthropology edited by Paul Hockings.

11 A SINCERE THANKS TO DR. NAOMI SCHILLER FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF HER BUSY SCHEDULE TO SPEAK WITH ME.