Series | Eurasian Studies
Edited book | «A mari usque ad mare»
Chapter | Representing the Bektashis
Abstract
As a professional photojournalist collaborating with anthropologists, I have often confronted perspectives from academic scholars with little (if none) practical knowledge of, attention to, and understanding of the visual medium. In such a context, current theoretical approaches to how visual cultures are thought and signified, might offer a valuable and clarifying occasion to address the profound misconceptions visual media, and photography particularly, suffer. Based on my 2008 fieldwork on the Bektashi community in Albania, I aim to foster montage as a practical tool for visual signification of anthropological research. By applying the professional photographer’s hands-on expertise to the academic field of anthropology, and of visual anthropology specifically, I will eventually advocate for a more articulated and aesthetic-led understanding of visual communication.
Language: it
Keywords Bekthasism • Albania • Visual anthropology • Montage • Photojournalism
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Medioevo latino e bizantino
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Storia dell’arte, restauro, conservazione
Storia e dinamiche identitarie riflesse nell’arte
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Fusari Massimiliano |
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Representing the Bektashis. Exploring Epistemologies in Visual Anthropology |
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As a professional photojournalist collaborating with anthropologists, I have often confronted perspectives from academic scholars with little (if none) practical knowledge of, attention to, and understanding of the visual medium. In such a context, current theoretical approaches to how visual cultures are thought and signified, might offer a valuable and clarifying occasion to address the profound misconceptions visual media, and photography particularly, suffer. Based on my 2008 fieldwork on the Bektashi community in Albania, I aim to foster montage as a practical tool for visual signification of anthropological research. By applying the professional photographer’s hands-on expertise to the academic field of anthropology, and of visual anthropology specifically, I will eventually advocate for a more articulated and aesthetic-led understanding of visual communication. |
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Eurasian Studies |
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Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing |
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2016-07-19 |
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http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-086-0/representing-the-bektashis/ |
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10.14277/6969-085-3/EUR-6-24 |
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2610-8879 |
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2610-9433 |
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978-88-6969-086-0 |
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978-88-6969-085-3 |
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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with fulltext |
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no |
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Albania |
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Albania |
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Bekthasism |
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Bekthasism |
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Montage |
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Montage |
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Photojournalism |
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Photojournalism |
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Visual anthropology |
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Visual anthropology |
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