Sobre antropología visual

Abstract

Visual anthropology can be traced back to the existence of cinema, especially in documentary films at the beginning of the 20th century. An example of this type of visual representations, such as Nanuk, the Eskimo, was the beginning of a broad methodological spectrum for anthropologists and filmmakers with enough sensitivity to express, show and controvert human realities. At present the anthropological sciences have recognized the contribution of this methodology of doing anthropology, but it has also been criticized from the most conservative edges of anthropology. In this podcast we talk about these ways of doing academia, and also highlighting new ways of understanding the visual, not only from the cinema, but also through the media, photography, and digital forms.