Experience culture through eyes of the anthropologist.

VISUAL AND MEDIA ANTHROPOLOGY

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A BRIEF HISTORY •  First to use

ethnographic !lm was Felix-Louis Regnault in 1895

•  John Collier—visual and applied anthropologist

•  Margaret Mead http://www.interculturalstudies.org/Mead/index.html

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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

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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION IN VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY

“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, sign language).”

—Society for Visual Anthropology

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TEMPLE UNIVERSITY •  Exclusively a doctoral program in

Anthropology •  No certi!cates available •  Classes taught in all four !elds,

as well as anthropology of visual communication.

•  Has use of laboratory facilities, access to the !lm school, and professorial advisement by visual anthropologists to guide your dissertation and thesis projects. alphasigmarho.net pulmonary.templehealth.org

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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY •  Certi!cate in Culture and

Media in conjunction with the NYU Department of Cinema Studies and the NYU Film School.

•  Certi!cate in Museum Studies

•  Faculty extremely interdisciplinary and connected to other departments of the University.

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“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 practice of visual anthropology.”

- “Rethinking the Visual”

Areas of Research/Interest: Social anthropology; ethnographic !lm; ethnography of media; indigenous media; social movements in the United States; Disability.

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http://anthropology.as.nyu.edu/object/fayeginsburg.html

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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, certi!cate in Culture and Media studies

  How has the field of Visual Anthropology changed

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?

Find that area or topic that sparks a thousand questions in your mind and pursue it!

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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

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REFERENCES/WORKS CITED: •  http://anthropology.as.nyu.edu/object/fayeginsburg.html •  http://www.aaanet.org/ •  http://www.temple.edu/anthro/schiller/index.html

•  http://www.temple.edu/anthro/graduate/index.html •  http://societyforvisualanthropology.org/

•  http://savageminds.org/ •  http://altx.com/visual/ginsburg.html

•  http://gsas.nyu.edu/page/grad.admissions.html •  www.pbs.org

•  www.http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/titanic/?source=banner_semgngc_202

•  Principles of visual anthropology edited by Paul Hockings.

A SINCERE THANKS TO DR. NAOMI SCHILLER FOR

TAKING TIME OUT OF HER BUSY SCHEDULE TO SPEAK

WITH ME.