Paola Tine

Australia, Italy (citizenship)
research interests: Visual Anthropology, Semiotics, Social Anthropology, Phenomenology
affiliation: Victoria University of Wellington, The University of Adelaide, The International Visual Sociology Association
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I am a researcher and artist working in the fields of socio-cultural anthropology and public health. My academic research and writing are closely intertwined with my artistic practice and I cannot imagine one without the other.

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  • Can I Paint It? Exploring the 'Art-tool' Method in Anthropology (2019) author(s): Paola Tine published in: Research Catalogue
    This essay is divided in two sections: a theoretical reflection on the premises and advantages of painting in anthropological research, and a practical experiment. The first section offers a proposal for the use of painting within anthropological outcomes as an important tool for representing the feelings of the researcher and of the people observed, as well as mediating between their perspectives. Additionally, the proposed visual essay, entitled ‘City and Nature’ is a visual exploration of human life within the modern globalised world, focusing on nature and consumerism through dark surreal images. The exploration of the possibilities of expression offered by artistic practice can be a great way to explore the sphere of perception and interpretation, that deeper world of meanings and understandings, that is the real heart of anthropology.
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