By: Deve Persad on September 19, 2013
For the last five years we sent teams to El Salvador. Short term teams, 8 days, with the specific purpose of building homes for those who have been displaced by earthquakes and hurricanes. Each morning, as the sun climbs above the mountain peaks, our team heads to the worksite, excitement and anticipation always accompany us…
By: Liz Linssen on September 19, 2013
Pink’s book, Doing Sensory Ethnography, is a clever handbook for the traditional ethnographer who wishes to engage in new and additional multi-faceted methods of research. Or should I say, multisensory. For me, Pink exposes additional branches on the tree of research, which in turn provide the ethnographer with tools for producing greater fruit in one’s…
By: Bill Dobrenen on September 18, 2013
Sarah Pink (2009) writes with emotion and humanness in her book Doing Sensory Ethnography. Her primary thesis is that to do ethnographic studies wisely, the ethnographer must be open to looking inside herself (reflexivity) as well as looking into the lives of others. Sensory Ethnography demands a commitment to hands-on research that dives beneath the…
By: Telile Fikru Badecha on September 14, 2013
Reading Doing Visual Ethnography by Sarah Pink is an interesting whole new area that I am introduced to in this book. It is interesting to realize the impact that images have in our lives. I found it fascinating when Pink says, “Images are ‘everywhere’. They permeate our academic work, everyday lives, conversations, our imagination and…
By: Raphael Samuel on September 14, 2013
Posted by Raphael Samuel A picture is worth a thousand words, not sure who said this but it could very well be Sarah Pink. Her book “Doing Visual ethnography” challenges the reader to think of the importance of visual images in the communication of messages. Her insightful discourse on the subject, provides a deeper understanding on a practice…
By: Stefania Tarasut on September 13, 2013
As I was reading through Doing Visual Ethnography, I was reminded of a picture that was taken of me in Honduras this past summer. The picture was posted in a slide show, which was later shown to our congregation. It wasn’t long after the pictures were posted that people started commenting on how hard…
By: John Woodward on September 13, 2013
About fifteen years ago my history professor asked our graduate history class asked a very strange and confusing question: “When we research a moment in history, do we believe we can actually capture some reality that is out there…or are we doing something else?” I was totally baffled by what this professor was getting at.…
By: Miriam Mendez on September 13, 2013
I have to confess that when I first flipped through the pages of, “Doing Visual Ethnography” by Sarah Pink, I wasn’t too impressed by the pictures. I thought it looked rather boring and I wondered why the author only used black and white pictures. My second confession is that I was not familiar with the…
By: Clint Baldwin on September 13, 2013
Sarah Pink’s Doing Visual Ethnography (2006, 2nd ed.) is a solidly researched and articulated text that offers an in-depth overview of utilizing the image – through various forms and methods – as viable research aid. The text does offer an overview, but it really is an overview offered for someone already decently versed in the…
By: Carol McLaughlin on September 13, 2013
My favorite television program to sit down and enjoy is NCIS. Reading Doing Visual Ethnography by Sarah Pink, I was reminded of an episode some years ago (yes there probably is a connection between writing this blog post and my desire to sit down, turn off my brain and watch a NCIS re-run). In this…
By: Bill Dobrenen on September 13, 2013
Ethnography. What a word – or is it more than mere words? In all honesty, this was a tough read for me, not because of the subject matter (I love cultural anthropology), but because of the highly academic style Pink uses in her text. It was like walking through quicksand for me at times, but…
By: Deve Persad on September 13, 2013
Above: Community Fair 2013 The evening was drawing to a close, the shadows growing long. It seems apparent, even in one moment captured in one picture that some kind of fair, carnival or game day was a success. Young and old share some things in common: hot dogs, games, bouncy castles, conversation and smiles. What…
By: rhbaker275 on September 12, 2013
I approached my reading of the text Doing Visual Ethnography by Sarah Pink from the perspective of a student being introduced to a whole new area of learning. My writing review, in the first person, reflects the nature of a new area of study. The book provides a comprehensive guide to understanding and creating visual…
By: Mitch Arbelaez on September 12, 2013
“Say, Cheese!” “Sonríe!” “Lächeln!” “Tabasamu!” “улыбаться!” These are just a few of the countries I have traveled to and taken pictures of wonderful people I have met. We all have pictures of things we have seen, places we have visited, and people we have met. Who would of “thunk” that there was such an enormous…
By: Liz Linssen on September 12, 2013
Doing Visual Ethnography is full of practical considerations for the researcher embarking on this field of work. Pink places visual ethnography firmly within the field of anthropology and examines quite a number of important considerations around integrity and process in this increasingly recognized area of research. From the question of ethics and the large subjectivity…
By: Michael Badriaki on September 12, 2013
During a busy week of work, family and school related activities, Pink’s book “Doing Sensory Ethnography” was an insightful read. The adage, “Don’t judge a book by its cover!” did not stand a chance because from the onset. I was immediately impressed by the green, red, coffee brown, pink, ice cream picture on the front…
By: Ashley Goad on September 11, 2013
Warning: before we go any further, you must know I love pictures. I am nearly addicted to Instagram and documenting my life through pictures. My kids and my youth groups accuse me often of being the paparazzi, embarrassing them to no end, and documenting every life event from plates of food to birthday parties to baseball…
By: Clint Baldwin on September 7, 2013
Paul and Elder’s The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking: Concepts and Tools is a concise work that packs a considerable amount of material between its covers. The insights are solid and accompanied by an engaging and helpful set of diagrams that further elucidate the authors’ perspectives. Overall, the authors’ goal in this text is rather straightforward…
By: John Woodward on September 6, 2013
Richard Paul and Linda Elder’s The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking, 6th ed. is a tremendously helpful and brief tool for reasoning and research. While filled with much helpful advice, what these authors do so well is provide a laundry list of potential pit-falls that researchers often unknowingly fall into. These include recognizing that one’s…
By: Telile Fikru Badecha on September 6, 2013
Reading Richard Paul and Linda Elder, The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking concepts and Tools, 6th ed. has been an eye opening for me. I am not a critical thinker and I really need to learn how to cultivate critical thinking. Reading this book took me back to my middle school and high school experience…
