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For an "expanded" visual/sensory ethnography University of Antwerp
The present chapter explores the topic of death in the context of contemporary New Delhi, India. Building upon what I chose to call an ‘expanded ethnography’, it explores the multiple ways in which sensory, visual and digital mediations and tools can help researchers address such an existentially delicate topic. Building on a mix of online visual ethnography (of computer screens and smartphones), of bodily/sensory practices, of sound recording ...
The image is a cure University of Antwerp
What is an image? Roundtable transcription, International Visual Sociology Association annual conference, 16 September 2022 University of Antwerp
Doing audio/visual/sensory ethnography with and on smartphones University of Antwerp
This article explores the intersection between smartphones and audio-visual-sensory ethnographies. The text opens with a brief introduction addressing the possible consequences of the growing spread of smartphones for the practice of ethnography. It then proceeds to reflect on some theoretical assumptions that underpin work in the area of digital visuality before finally unpacking the terrain of smartphone ethnography. The latter is address ...
Making life stories visible University of Antwerp
This paper analyses the lived experiences of people living with HIV in South Africa through the use of body mapping as a visual research method, by focusing on the physical and symbolic use of the body within the broader context of anthropology and medical anthropology. The study consists of an empirical analysis of the body maps themselves and the accompanied narratives of seven participants, six female and one male participant living with HIV ...
It begins and ends with an image reflections on life/death across autobiography and visual culture University of Antwerp
A three-act session of storytelling, this visual essay explores the connection between photographs (and images at large) and death. A piece of authobiography, it follows the intimate journey of the author accompanying his father's departure first and his own grief later. The article positions photographs as objects that are more than mere representations. They are living things that accompany us during our lives. And photography, the author ...
Octopuses, remoras, and surfers University of Antwerp
This paper focuses on the inventive everyday digital practices that Cubans have put into place to surf the waves of digital scarcity. The paper itself is an experiment in what Donna Haraway calls SF stories (Science Fiction, Speculative Fabulation or Speculative Feminism). We will engage in a process of speculative narrative exploring stories about digital practices in Cuba by connecting them to the animal world. Through the use of metaphors ...
Image-Making-India University of Antwerp
Veiling the image/framing the body University of Antwerp
Focusing on male transgender cammers on adult web page Chaturbate, this article goes into depth with issues of labour, archiving and in/visibility. The article starts by examining the production processes that characterize adult camming and argues that much of the labour involved is hidden behind the live screen. Next, we will look into the archival procedures that accompany camming shows. We suggest that adult camming is characterized by a ...