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Studying Public Events Visually: Capturing and Analyzing Visual Moments
Studying Public Events Visually: Capturing and Analyzing Visual Moments
Wednesday, 13 July 2016: 16:00-17:30
Location: Hörsaal 13 (Juridicum)
WG03 Visual Sociology (host committee) Language: English
Different visual methods such as photo-elicitation interviews, visual ethnography, participatory videos, visual critical analysis and visual documentation can considerably increase our understanding of dynamics, interaction orders and institutional settings related to different public cultural and political events. While visual is a prominent part of many events, the frontstage of the spectacle often eclipses the larger context of visual sphere and the backstage in which it has been produced.
This session aims to gather scholars interested in approaching events from a visual sociological perspective, specifically related to the questions of how different events are visualized by different participants and how conflicts arise in relation to diverging visual narratives, expressive repertoires (symbols) and ideological meanings of events.
We are particularly interested in papers that help advance theoretical understanding of an event from a symbolic interactionist perspective focusing on the analysis of observable chains of interactions and interaction rituals. But other theoretical angles are also very welcome. The scope of events in this session is not limited by public mega-events, protest events or celebratory events (festivals, carnivals, national holidays, etc.), and private/family/corporate events can also be considered for analysis.
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