Can I Paint It? Exploring the 'Art-tool' Method in Anthropology

Paola Tine

About this exposition

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.

type	research exposition
keywords	nature, city life, consumerism, visual methods, painting, anthropology
date	07/02/2019
published	24/06/2019
last modified	24/06/2019
status	published
affiliation	The University of Adelaide
license	All rights reserved
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/564763/564764
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.564763
published in	Research Catalogue

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