Where Is the Theory in Visual Anthropology?

Paul Hockings , Keyan G. Tomaselli , Jay Ruby , David Macdougall , Drid Williams , Albert Piette (1) , Maureen T. Schwarz , Silvio Carta

1 LESC - Laboratoire d'ethnologie et de sociologie comparative

Is there a real theoretical underpinning for visual anthropology? Or are we just borrowing theoretical concepts, as needed, from other disciplines? Here eight visual anthropologists offer their thoughts on this fundamental question succinctly.

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Sociologie

Paul Hockings, Keyan G. Tomaselli, Jay Ruby, David Macdougall, Drid Williams, et al.. Where Is the Theory in Visual Anthropology?. Visual Anthropology, 2014, 27 (5), pp.436-456. ⟨10.1080/08949468.2014.950155⟩. ⟨hal-01610312⟩