October 2006
Semiotics for Beginners by Daniel Chandler
semiotics, like connotation, and metaphor and metonymy are terms that convey how images bear meaning; valuable for anyone interested in film and photography
Street Media: A Thesis Proposal
Images found in an urban environment and how to evaluate them: a key component of photography, film, photos, visual anthropology.
course outline on social construction of space
understanding this topic is crucial for folks in the visual arts, especially documentarians
"Junk Food Nation: Colwyn Griffith's Tourism Photographs" by Robert Evans
theory of tourist photogaphy discussed
H-Net Review: John C. Ehrhardt on Tourism: Between Place and Performance
For students of documentary, it is useful to conceptualize place, space, locale, and social performance all at the same time.
September 2006
SPF 583 - Visual Ethnography
excellent course outline
WEB RESOURCES FOR VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY
2001 updated
Visual Ethnography and Anthropology Links
of interest to anyone interested in documentary
July 2006
BBC Cumbria - Digital Lives
important video autobiography project for UK television
May 2006
CJR Daily
"realtime media criticism from the Columbia Journalism Review"
