Date of Award

2012

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Vesperi, Maria D.

Keywords

Visual Anthropology, Ethnographic Film, Digital Audio

Area of Concentration

Anthropology

Abstract

Digital video has the potential to democratize the field of visual anthropology. The digital medium allows filmmakers to create and transmit their work at an substantial rate. I explore and defend visual anthropology as a subfield, looking to previous literature to examine some concerns that have plagued the field. I reflect on fieldwork at CrossFit Sarasota, a local gym in Sarasota, FL, between September and December 2011 that resulted in my short ethnographic film, Constantly Varied/Functional. I separate my method into the three sections of video production: pre-production, production and postproduction. In addition, I describe details that my film was not able to capture, in order to demonstrate the limitations of my ethnographic film. I examine the ethical dilemmas of ethnographic authority and representation. I delineate the editing techniques that I utilized to experiment with reflexivity. Finally, I demonstrate that affordable digital video production is a possibility at a small liberal arts college with little institutional support. While the digital medium brings up new cause for concern, it has allow visual anthropology to become more accessible as a subfield.

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