Summary
Paul Hockings: Principles of Visual Anthropology
Texts collected in the book Principles of Visual Anthropology, edited by the internationally recognized anthropologist Paul Hockings, point to the importance of visual material, film and video recordings and photographs, in anthropological and ethnographic research. The author points to the special role of visual material in teaching, in the archiving of cultural material, in the presentation of research projects, in field research, and claims that many lecturers are not aware of the importance of recording in ethnographic research.
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