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Sociology through Photography
Author(s) -
Hyde Katherine
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new directions for teaching and learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.192
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1536-0768
pISSN - 0271-0633
DOI - 10.1002/tl.20120
Subject(s) - photography , creativity , identity (music) , sociology , set (abstract data type) , visual literacy , visual arts , visual methods , literacy , pedagogy , psychology , epistemology , aesthetics , social psychology , computer science , art , philosophy , programming language
This chapter describes how photography can inspire and cultivate sociological mindfulness. One set of assignments uses self‐portraiture to highlight the complexity of visual representations of social identity. Another uses photography to guide sociological inquiry. Both sets of assignments draw on the Literacy Through Photography methodology, using the interplay of image making and writing to foster creativity and insight and strengthen communication and observation skills.