1219 - Visual Sociology

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Visual sociology concentrates on the visual representation of society and culture. Implicitly comparative and historical, visual sociology typically studies visual data, including photographs and video. While cell phone cameras have made visual data nearly ubiquitous, visual sociologists seek to identify patterns across society, culture, and social relationships that reveal power, inequality, and social change.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Session

Session Organizer

• Brian Gran, Case Western Reserve University

Presider

• Jordanna Chris Matlon, American University

Individual Presentations

• Collaborative Seeing: A Reflexive Approach for Visual Analysis - Wendy Luttrell, Graduate Center, CUNY

• Video Games and Visual Storytelling: Finding Voice and Agency through Creation and Play - Karen Ann Stewart, SUNY Oneonta

• Photography and Bounded Rationality: The Problems and Politics of Twilight - Michael W. Raphael, CUNY Graduate Center