Drawing Culture, or Ethnography as a Graphic Art: The Making of Lissa June 7, 2018June 4, 2018Multimodal Anthropologies In this post, Sherine Hamdy and Coleman Nye discuss the making of their graphic novel Lissa, with commentary from Julie Livingston.
The Knot in the Wood: The Call to Multimodal Anthropology June 5, 2018June 4, 2018Multimodal Anthropologies In this post, Roxanne Varzi describes her multimodal work in ethnographic fiction, film, and sound projects.
Minecraft Multimodal May 16, 2018May 14, 2018Multimodal Anthropologies “Minecraft Multimodal” was presented at the 2018 joint SVA/SCA conference, “Displacements.” It summarizes the multimodal editors’ philosophies and introduces some of the work that has been published in the section.
Repurpose, Remix, Bend: Piloting A Locally Defined Technology Curriculum April 10, 2018April 10, 2018Multimodal Anthropologies In this post, Casey Anderson describes his efforts to create a hands-on technology curriculum in rural Haiti.
With the Smartphone as Field Assistant: Designing, Making, and Testing EthnoAlly, a Multimodal Tool for Conducting Serendipitous Ethnography in a Multisensory World February 21, 2018February 21, 2018Multimodal Anthropologies In this post, Paolo S. H. Favero and Eva Theunissen show us how to use EthnoAlly, a smartphone-based fieldwork app.
The Workshop Sketchbook November 1, 2017Multimodal Anthropologies This online sketchbook accompanies the essay, “Drawing as Radical Multimodality: Salvaging Patrick Geddes’s Material Methodology," and illustrates how drawing can be used in ethnographic research and reflection.
Tainted Frictions: A Visual Essay by Paolo Favero April 27, 2017April 28, 2017Multimodal Anthropologies "Tainted Frictions" is a nonlinear visual essay that generates a creative set of tensions between photographs and texts. Favero invites viewers to "swim" in the image.
