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Friends & Colleagues,

Tallinn University's Audiovisual Ethnography MA is taking in applications for the 2018 intake.

See a description below. Feel free to forward it around:

The Audiovisual Ethnography Pathway in Social Anthropology is a 2 year (4 semester) course designed for researchers interested in acquiring practical and conceptual skills in audiovisual methodologies within the context of Visual Anthropology. The curriculum also addresses anthropologically informed discourses and practises of observation, representation, and perception. The pathway offers a diploma of MA in Social Anthropology using Audiovisual Methods and it operates within the current MA programme in Social Anthropology at the School of Humanities.

The curriculum's content is designed to incorporate anthropological and media production practise into the use of audiovisual methodologies in social research. The module has a primary focus on the practical production of audiovisual ethnography. However, it also explores topics such as history of visual anthropology, the development of documentary film, media ethnography, production, the relationship between art, ethnography and cinema, and philosophies of representation. It is taught and designed in collaboration between the School of Humanities and the MA in Documentary Arts programme of the Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School of Tallinn University .

The culmination of the pathway is the completion of an independent project, under the supervision of a tutor, that demonstrates competence in the production or textual analysis of film, photography, material display, and sound recordings.

The different approaches that will be covered in the course-work and research process will be linked together through a commitment to anthropological perspectives, ethics, and methodologies. The particular approaches to audiovisual media of this pathway are consistent with our intellectual traditions and ethical positioning within Social Anthropology and to the practical circumstances under which anthropologists normally work.

Intended Outcomes

• To familiarise researchers with the main theoretical and methodological issues posed by the use of visual and aural media within anthropology.
• To master the basic techniques of operating a video camera, sound recording equipment and editing software.
• To understand the principles of structuring the produced material into an ethnographically informed narrative.
• To gain experience in conceiving and realizing a fieldwork-based research project using audiovisual methods.
• This pathway prepares researchers for further postgraduate work in anthropology or a related branch of academic life. It also prepares practitioners to further develop these skills in an appropriate sector of the media industries.

This pathway will be of interest to researchers with a specialization in the Human Sciences, who wish to familiarise themselves with the conceptual and technical aspects of using audiovisual media as the main methodology of ethnographic research. It will also create opportunities for audiovisual practitioners to familiarise themselves with discourses and practises associated with Social Anthropology.

TO APPLY CLICK HERE!

The website indicates that the cost of the course is 830 EUR per semester. However, we offer a substantial amount of scholarships on a competitive basis.

You can also contact me for more details.

Carlo A. Cubero, PhD Department of Social & Cultural Anthropology

School of Humanities 5 Uus Sadama #314 Tallinn, Estonia 10120

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