Beyond Urban Sketching: Ethnographic Drawing as a Visual Analytical Method
(2023) In Cultural Analysis 21(1). p.38-55- Abstract
- In this article I have chosen a contemporary phenomenon, urban sketching, as an empirical starting point. Through active participation as an urban sketcher through digital publishing, dialogue and interaction, I analyze my analytical process and urban sketching practice. The aim is to examine ethnographic drawing as a visual cultural analytical method. My contribution is based the connection between urban ideals and innovative, creative environments in a local context. An overall knowledge goal is to develop visual methods and perspectives in the borderland between cultural analysis, artistic research, and new academic formats. Sketching and drawing can be compared to written ethnographic notes made during fieldwork or observation.
The... (More) - In this article I have chosen a contemporary phenomenon, urban sketching, as an empirical starting point. Through active participation as an urban sketcher through digital publishing, dialogue and interaction, I analyze my analytical process and urban sketching practice. The aim is to examine ethnographic drawing as a visual cultural analytical method. My contribution is based the connection between urban ideals and innovative, creative environments in a local context. An overall knowledge goal is to develop visual methods and perspectives in the borderland between cultural analysis, artistic research, and new academic formats. Sketching and drawing can be compared to written ethnographic notes made during fieldwork or observation.
The relationship between drawing and taking notes can be regarded as a dialogue, an ongoing conversation in which the importance of adopting a new vision is more important than the competence to draw.
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- author
- Fredriksson, Cecilia LU
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- publishing date
- 2023
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- Contribution to journal
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- subject
- keywords
- Urban sketching, ethnographic drawing, visual methods, urban transformation, autoethnography, Urban sketching, ethnographic drawing, visual methods, urban transformation, autoethnography
- in
- Cultural Analysis
- volume
- 21
- issue
- 1
- article number
- 4
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- University of California
- ISSN
- 1537-7873
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- CROCUS Kulturens rum och kreativitetens villkor
- Service Studies Culture
- language
- English
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- yes
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- f0cf0451-bb74-4ca0-b023-4c08287d6830
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- https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~culturalanalysis/volume21_1/vol21_1_Fredriksson.html
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