Working Images：Visual Research and Representation in Ethnography

Visualmethodssuchasdrawing,painting,video,photographyandhypermediaofferincreasinglyaccessibleandpopularresourcesforethnographicresearch.InWorkingImages,prominentvisualanthropologistsandartistsexplorehowoldandnewvisualmediacanbeintegratedintocontemporaryformsofresearchandrepresentation.Drawinguponprojectsundertakenboth'athome'intheirnativecountriesandabroadinlocationssuchasEthopiaandVenezuela,thebook'scontributorsdemonstratehowvisualmethodsareusedinthefield,andhowthesemethodscanproduceandcommunicateknowledgeaboutourownandothercultures.Aswellasfocusingonkeyissuessuchasethicsandtherelationshipbetweenwordandimage,theyemphasizethehugerangeofvisualmethodscurrentlyopeningupnewpossibilitiesforfieldresearch,fromcartoonsandgraphicarttonewmediasuchasdigitalvideoandonlinetechnologies.