Imagem-conhecimento: antropologia. cinema e outros diálogos

The articles in this volume, the result of work carried out at the Laboratory of Image and Sound in Anthropology, demonstrate that, even within the social sciences, the image constitutes a fertile field for analysis and a mode of presenting research data. According to the editor, for anthropologists the perception afforded by the image resembles that made possible by ethnography. Even when describing what is familiar, ethnography grants access to another reality submerged beneath the apparent familiarity that conceals the gaze. The selected contributions have been divided into three parts. The first brings together articles on the image—especially the language of cinema—from the perspective of the social sciences. These are followed by four photographic essays, each accompanied by brief texts that seek to engage in dialogue with the images, and, finally, three articles by researchers offering critical commentary on the visual production presented.