Co nowego widać (i dlaczego warto się temu przyglądać)? Uwagi o socjologii wizualnej
What New is There to be Seen (and Why Is It Worth Looking At)? Visual Sociology

Summary/Abstract: The starting point is Douglas Harp’s reconstruction of problem areas and research instruments of visual sociology. It provides the context for critical analysis of the way this area of research is thought of, which dominates and impedes its further development. By analyzing the deployment of image in sociological narrative, the function of visual technology in the transformations of research practices as well as theoretical grounding of these research, the author strives to identify the main problems responsible for the current state of affairs in the discipline and the chances of remedy. A change of the method of conceptualizing photography in sociology is advocated, in order to give up its comprehension in terms of representation and move towards understanding it as a social practice. By adopting this assumption, apart from indicating the evaluation of methodological, theoretical and ethical background of visual research, it is also possible to outline the plan to expand its current problem area.

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