Visual Anthropology - 2nd semester
Code
711001017
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Antropologia
Credits
6
Teacher in charge
Catarina Alves Costa, Rodrigo Lacerda
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
A) Define the uses of the visual image in anthropology and analyse the relations between these and the documentary as a cinematographic genre and a practice of research and production of knowledge in anthropology.
B) Reflect on the questions of authenticity, representation and ethics in the use of the image.
C) Develop the cinematographic and anthropological gaze in research and production of knowledge in anthropology.
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
1) History of the uses of the visual image in anthropology.
2) History of the documentary.
3) History of the uses of the visual image in Portuguese anthropology.
4) Contemporary approaches and themes of cinema in anthropology.
5) Aesthetic-ethical reflection on the use of the visual image in anthropology.
Bibliography
BANKS, Marcus, Howard Morphy (eds), 1999 (1997) Rethinking Visual Anthropology. New Haven, London: Yale University Press.
BANKS, Marcus, Jay Ruby (eds), 2011, Made to Be Seen. Perspectives on the History of Visual Anthropology. Chicago, London: The University of Chicago Press
BARNOW, Eric, 1993 [1974], Documentary. A History of Non-fiction Film. New York: Oxford University Press.
HOCKINGS, Paul (ed.), 1975, Principles of Visual Anthropology, The Hague: Mouton. MACDOUGALL, David, 1998, Transcultural Cinema. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
MACDOUGALL, David, 2006, The Corporeal Image. Film, ethnography and the senses. Princenton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
RIBEIRO, José da Silva, 2004, Antropologia Visual. Da minúcia do olhar ao olhar distanciado. Lisboa: Edições Afrontamento.
ROSE, Gillian, 2012, Visual Methodologies. An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials, London, Thousand Oaks, California, New Delhi, Sage Publications.
Teaching method
The classes include a theoretical presentation of a specific problem, viewing of films related to that subject and participation of the students in the discussion. In the middle of the semester, students will make a presentation in class of a theoretical-practical work.
Evaluation method
10% participation and attendance
40% theoretical-practical photography work (10% written proposal, 30% presentation and oral discussion of the work)
50% final essay (5 pages) written at home + mini short test written in class