in the gallery...
Research
Ethnography through Art
December ‘09 brings to fruition two exhibitions about the interesections of ethnographic and art making practices. In Philidelphia USA, Ethnographic Terminalia opens on December 4th at the Metafactory, and on the other side of the Pacific ocean Interventions – experiments between art and ethnography is being held from 9 to 11 December at Macquarie University... »
Empowerment through participation in representation?
Most projects that set out to facilitate community participation in the creation of representations – be it for social justice advocacy; health and wellbeing; or cultural documentation – do so with a belief that participation in the making of representations about ones own community or culture can be empowering and re-construct power dynamics and... »
Participatory Visual Methods in Research
In recent years there has been a significant rise within the social sciences of interest in visual research methods as well as participatory and collaborative practices. This builds on a long history of visual anthropology, and other methodologies, such as participatory action research which are gaining a stronger foot hold within contemporary researchers. Although many... »