

An edition of The Ethnographer's Eye (2001)
Ways of Seeing in Anthropology
By Anna Grimshaw
Publish Date
April 30, 2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
eng
Pages
236
Description:
"Grimshaw's exploration of the role of vision within modern anthropology engages with current debates about ocularcentrism, investigating the relationship between vision and knowledge in ethnographic enquiry. Using John Berger's notion of 'ways of seeing', the author argues that vision operates differently as a technique and theory of knowledge within the discipline. Vision is foregrounded in the work of contemporary ethnographers, focusing more general questions about technique and epistemology in ethnographic enquiry, whether image-based media are used or not."--Jacket.