Beyond Ethnographic Representation
Willim, Robert LU
(2026)
In Routledge International Handbooks
p.84-93
- Abstract
- This chapter deals with ways in which digital technologies can be utilized to work with moving media in hybrid ways. I will shortly present a practice of what I call probing. It is an extended, evocative, and open-ended process of art making and research. I will present a selection of projects that explore notions of noise, blend modes, and live cinema. I will discuss notions of noise, the provisional character of audiovisual renditions, and multi-layered compositing. I will also discuss how film can be not just screened but also performed live in a more open-ended manner. All in all, by seeing mediated audiovisual expressions as part of processes of probing, I suggest some ways to tweak the understandings of the practices of ethnographic... (More)
- This chapter deals with ways in which digital technologies can be utilized to work with moving media in hybrid ways. I will shortly present a practice of what I call probing. It is an extended, evocative, and open-ended process of art making and research. I will present a selection of projects that explore notions of noise, blend modes, and live cinema. I will discuss notions of noise, the provisional character of audiovisual renditions, and multi-layered compositing. I will also discuss how film can be not just screened but also performed live in a more open-ended manner. All in all, by seeing mediated audiovisual expressions as part of processes of probing, I suggest some ways to tweak the understandings of the practices of ethnographic film. (Less)
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- 2026
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- The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnographic Film and Video
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- Routledge International Handbooks
- editor
- Vannini, Phillip
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- 10 pages
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- Routledge
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- 978-1-003-60488-4
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- 10.4324/9781003604884-9
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