GEOGRAFIA E RICERCA VISUALE

The visual research, through the direct observation or visual methaphors, is an geographic instrument to interpret the world. Geography makes deep spatial analisys through

image interpretation; these pictures may already be produced or may be produced ad hoc for the purposes of the analysis. Through the course, the student will be able to

acquire a greater ability to observe phenomena and social relationships formed in space and with space. The student will be able to produce new images to support his /

her training project.

Frequentanti: Geografia e ricerca visuale: Strumenti e metodi

di Elisa Bignante

Laterza 2011

Drawings, papers, maps, photographs: geography has built specific and different ways of looking at and interpreting the world over time. The author introduces tools and new technological means for carrying out geographical research using photography and video.

Per la preparazione dei non frequentanti va aggiunto il seguente testo: Ricerca visuale e trasformazioni socio-culturali

di Annalisa Frisina

UTET 2013

Visual search produces original data, otherwise unobtainable, and today it is increasingly widespread to answer relevant research questions from both a cognitive and pragmatic point of view. This book shows how the use of visual methods is now indispensable to investigate the socio-cultural transformations taking place at a global level, to explore new phenomena, to raise new questions and provide plausible interpretations. The text traces the debate on visual sociology, showing how it is possible to study and use images in a rigorous way. Furthermore, it takes up considerations developed within visual anthropology, focusing on the role of images in building collaborative relationships between the researcher and the research subjects, who are personally involved in the subjective production of photographs or videos. This book is aimed at anyone who wishes to experiment with visual methods, primarily university students of social sciences. In each chapter you will find short summaries, definitions, boxes within the pages with in-depth analysis, activities to test yourself by experimenting in the field with what you are studying in an abstract way and key words to summarize the main concepts. Finally, the book crosses over online, where multimedia materials (texts, images, voices) are found to better convey the multisensory nature of which social research and daily experience are made, experimenting with less linear learning paths.