Once hailed as a radical breakthrough in documentary and ethnographic film making, observational cinema has been criticized for a supposedly detached camera that objectifies and dehumanizes the subjects of its gaze. Anna Grimshaw and Amanda Ravetz provide the first critical history and in-depth appr[...]
Grimshaw?s exploration of the role of vision within modern anthropology engages with current debates about ocularcentism, investigating the relationship between vision and knowledge in ethnographic enquiry. Using John Berger?s notion of ?ways of seeing?, the author argues that vision operates differ[...]