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Doing Visual Ethnography

by Sarah Pink · 2001 · 248 pages

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This text explores the use and potential of photography, video and electronic media in ethnographic and social research. The book has a reflexive approach to the theoretical, methodological, practical and ethical issues involved when using media.

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Subject
anthropology
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 248 pages

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