Representing the Bektashis

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_325
dc.contributor.author	Fusari Massimiliano
dc.title	Representing the Bektashis. Exploring Epistemologies in Visual Anthropology
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.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.
dc.relation.ispartof	Eurasian Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2016-07-19
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-086-0/representing-the-bektashis/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/6969-085-3/EUR-6-24
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8879
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9433
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-086-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-085-3
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Albania
dc.subject	Albania
dc.subject	Bekthasism
dc.subject	Bekthasism
dc.subject	Montage
dc.subject	Montage
dc.subject	Photojournalism
dc.subject	Photojournalism
dc.subject	Visual anthropology
dc.subject	Visual anthropology

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Representing the Bektashis

Exploring Epistemologies in Visual Anthropology

Massimiliano Fusari SOAS, London, UK

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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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Keywords: Montage • Bekthasism • Photojournalism • Visual anthropology • Albania

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