Below is a glossary article post in the category V which discusses the explanation of the meaning, definition and meaning of the acronym, term, jargon, or termonology of Visual Ethnography based on summaries from various types of sources (references) that are relevant, related, and trustworthy.
Understanding Visual Ethnography
So, what is actually meant by Visual Ethnography?
Ethnography is the study and interpretation of social and cultural organizations in everyday life. This is a research -based methodology, and when this research was conducted using photography, video or film, it is called visual ethnography.
Explanation of Visual Ethnography
Artists operating in this field can be said to have originated from the 1930s and 1940s with projects such as mass observation, which documented the daily British life, or agricultural security administration in the US that described the challenges of rural poverty.
The theorist of Foster is of the opinion that visual ethnography emerged as debate in the arts in the 1960s, thanks to the emergence of performance arts and social movements such as feminism. It is no longer possible to describe the audience as an observer, just as it is impossible to describe the institutions where the art is shown in terms of space. As a result, the art of entering the expanded cultural field surveyed by anthropology.
A work of art such as Battle of Orgreave, by Jeremy Deller can be described as an example of visual ethnography in which artists collaborate with the community to restore the suppressed history.
Moreover, as we have seen above, this term is one of a collection of dictionaries, acronyms, terms, jargon, or terminology in the field of arts that begins with an alphabet or prefix V, as well as terms associated with V.
Meaning of Visual Ethnography in the English, Indonesian (Including Javanese and Sundanese), and Malaysian Translation Dictionary
Apart from discussing the meaning and discussion of the definition, to deepen it further, here we also need to know what the word means in the English, Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese) translation dictionaries, as well as Malaysia (Malay).
For easy understanding, in this glossary post, we will explain it in the form of a list of translations of terms from various types of languages as follows:
- English; Terminology = Visual Ethnography.
- Indonesian (including Javanese and Sundanese translations); Terminology = Etnografi visual (Indonesian), Etnografi Visual (Java), and Etnografi visual in Sundanese.
- Malaysian; Terminology = Etnografi visual.
Closing
OK, above there is the discussion and explanation of what is the meaning of Visual Ethnography.
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Footnotes
This glossary post was created by referring to the conclusions of the meaning of definitions from various authoritative relevant references such as Wikipedia, Britannica and several other sources such as MoMA, Tate, ModernArts, and so on. This word is one of a collection of terminology in the field of Art which begins with the alphabet or prefix V. This article wasupdated in Nov of 2024.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=visual-ethnography
- https://www.britannica.com/search?query=visual-ethnography
- View example images of visual-ethnography through Google here
- View example images of visual-ethnography on Bing here
- View example images of visual-ethnography on Yandex here
