1st Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnographic Film and Video
The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnographic Film and Video is a state-of-the-art book which encompasses the breadth and depth of the field of ethnographic film and video-based research. With more and more researchers turning to film and video as a key element of their projects, and as research video production becomes more practical due to technological advances as well as the growing acceptance of video in everyday life, this critical book supports young researchers looking to develop the skills necessary to produce meaningful ethnographic films and videos, and serves as a comprehensive resource for social scientists looking to better understand and appreciate the unique ways in which film and video can serve as ways of knowing and as tools of knowledge mobilization.
Comprised of 31 chapters authored by some of the world’s leading experts in their respective fields, the book’s contributors synthesize existing literature, introduce the historical and conceptual dimensions of the field, illustrate innovative methodologies and techniques, survey traditional and new technologies, reflect on ethics and moral imperatives, outline ways to work with people, objects, and tools, and shape the future agenda of the field. With a particular focus on making ethnographic film and video, as opposed to analyzing or critiquing it, from a variety of methodological approaches and styles, the Handbook provides both a comprehensive introduction and up-to-date survey of the field for a vast variety of audiovisual researchers, such as scholars and students in sociology, anthropology, geography, communication and media studies, education, cultural studies, film studies, visual arts, and related social science and humanities. As such, it will appeal to a multidisciplinary and international audience, and features a dynamic, forward-thinking, innovative, and contemporary focus oriented toward the very latest developments in the field, as well as future possibilities.
1. Introduction
Phillip Vannini
Part 1: Practicing the Art and Science of Ethnographic Film and Video
Introduction
2. Defining Ethnographic Film
P. Kerim Friedman
3. Theorizing in/of Ethnographic Film
Jenny Chio
4. Filming the Other
Stephanie Spray
5. The New Art of Ethnographic Filmmaking
Christopher Wright
6. Beyond Ethnographic Representation
Robert Willim
7. From Ethnographic Media to Multimodality
Samuel Gerald Collins and Matthew Durington
Part 2: Applying and Extending Approaches and Methodologies
Introduction
8. Ethnomethodological Approaches
Asta Cekaite
9. Oral History, Visual Ethnography, and the Interactive Documentary
Kathleen M. Ryan and David Staton
10. Visual Psychological Anthropology
Robert Lemelson and Annie Tucker
11. Video Diaries
Charlotte Bates
12. Feminist and Queer Approaches
Molly Merryman
Part 3: Developing Genres and Styles
Introduction
13. Interactive Media
Peter Biella
14. Sound Matters
Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier
15. Documentary Hybrids
Lorenzo Ferrarini
16. Sensory Vérité
Kathy Kasic
17. Ethnocinema
Anne Harris
Part 4: Working with Others
Introduction
18. Respect, Integrity, Trust
Paul Wolffram
19. Participation, Reception, Consent, and Refusal
Arjun Shankar
20. Collaborative Post-production
Jasper Chalcraft and Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji
21. Filming with Non-humans
Sarah Abbott
Part 5: Working with Tools and Techniques
Introduction
22. Mobile Video Methods and Wearable Cameras
Katrina Brown and Petra Lackova
23. Drones
Adam Fish
24. 360° Video
Mark Westmoreland
25. Screens as Film Locations
Steffen Köhn
Part 6: Distributing and Circulating
Introduction
26, How to Distribute your Ethnographic Film
Harjant Gill
27. Circulating Ethnographic Films in the Digital Age
E. Gabriel Dattatreyan
28. Ethnographic Film/Video as a Graduate Thesis
Catherine Gough-Brady
29. Ethnographic Film Festivals
Carlo Cubero
Conclusion
30. Everything you’ve always wanted to ask Ethnographic Filmmaker but never had a chance to: A Roundtable Discussion
Phillip Vannini, Peter Biella, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Carlo Cubero, Lorenzo Ferrarini, Harjant Gill, Kathy Kasic, Molly Merryman, Mark Westmoreland, and Chris Wright
31. Conclusion: The World According to Rouch
Paul Stoller
Biography
Phillip Vannini is a Professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Royal Roads University in Victoria, Canada, as well as Canada Research Chair in Public Ethnography. He is the author/editor of 15 books, including recent methodological texts such as Doing Public Ethnography and Non-Representational Methodologies. Vannini’s research interests, typically pursued from an ethnographic approach, span the fields of social and cultural geographies, cultural studies, and sociology.
"This deeply fascinating, incisive and well-edited collection reframes the theoretical, aesthetic, methodological, ethical and social landscape of ethnographic film. These essays come across as both collectively cutting-edge and instant staple references individually - no easy feat for a book that spans geographic and disciplinary boundaries." - Bradley L. Garrett, University of Sydney, Australia
"Comprehensive and engaging, this Handbook is essential reading not just for filmmakers but all ethnographers. From the clarification of the ethnographic film concept, through the presentation of essential approaches and the elaboration of both theoretical and practical tools, these chapters cover the full range of issues with which every ethnographic filmmaker should be familiar." - Wesley Shrum, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
"The contributions in this volume, while firmly rooted in (visual) anthropology, invite to take seriously the entanglements of ethnographic film with political concerns, feminist studies, posthumanism, emotion and affect theories. As such, this book is a refreshing and necessary affirmation of ethnographic film as an interdisciplinary, sensuous and critical field." - Domitilla Olivieri, Utrecht University, Netherlands