VAR 39.1 SPRING 2023

a person in a hard hat holds a smoking plastic container and crouches in the street in front of a group of protesters

Imagining the Lived Experience of Democracy in Peru



ALONSO GAMARRA

ABSTRACT | PDF
composite image in a vintage monochrome style of three oversized male faces edited into an illustration of a biplane flying above houses

What Time is the Visual?



CHRISTOPHER PINNEY

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abstract closeup of colorful bubbles of different sizes

Polyvocalities

DARCIE DEANGELO
& LEE DOUGLAS

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collaged image layering photos of places, illustrations of a woman's face and child's body, and written descriptions of events from a timeline of the murder of Emmett Till

Seeing Gaslighting



ELIZABETH F. DREXLER

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two people walk on a stone wall alongside a body of water while one person walks in the water

Endurance of Difference



IKAIKA RAMONES

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a man uses a shovel to dig into a field under a clear sky

THE PAGE


That Interim Period

JOSE FAJARDO-ESCOFFIE

ABSTRACT | PDF
cover image from the book Looking with Robert Gardner featuring multiple photos of human faces

CRITIQUE



Looking with Robert Gardner

DANIELA VÁVROVÁ

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closeup of the face of an age-worn figurine wearing a colorful headdress, makeup, and bindi

CRITIQUE




Bela: Sensory Ethnography

VEDANT SRINIVAS

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closeup of an analog film strip

CRITIQUE




4th World Media Lab

MICHELLE HURTUBISE

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scenic overlook with pine trees in the foreground and mountains in the background

DIALOGUE


Producing Indigenous Media

TERESA MONTOYA,
ANGELO BACA,
TERESA MARTINEZ-CHAVEZ,
& IKAIKA RAMONES

ABSTRACT | PDF
closeup of the bottom half of a glossy ceramic cat figurine with a camera around its neck

CRITIQUE




Snapping and Wrapping

CATHRINE BUBLATZKY

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graphic abstract composition of an orb with colorful specks floating around it

CRITIQUE




Worldmaking

ETHIRAJ GABRIEL DATTATREYAN

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SPECIAL SECTION: BUREAUCRATIC PORTRAITURE

closeup of a vintage identity card with stamps and a photo of a woman and child

Bureaucratic Portraiture



NATASHA RAHEJA,
KAREN STRASSLER,
& ZEYNEP DEVRİM GÜRSEL

ABSTRACT | PDF
closeup of a person wearing a suit and walking with a suitcase through an airport

Capturing the Spirit of Bureaucratic Images



ROMM LEWKOWICZ

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composite image with multiple digitally obscured profile images of young Pakistani women and text reading "Pakistan Stop Forced Conversions of Sindhi Hindu Girls"

Visualizing Citizenship



NATASHA RAHEJA

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man in khaki uniform stands in front of a line of women who watch him expectantly

Identity Cards

BENJAMIN HEGARTY

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sketch of a beach and boardwalk scene with an overlaid vintage photo of a family at the beach

Looking Together as Method



ZEYNEP DEVRİM GÜRSEL

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young man with a shaved hair design, paper hat, and polo shirt stands in profile and gestures with his pointer finger

The Impossible Portrait



ETHIRAJ GABRIEL DATTATREYAN

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VISIBLE LANGUAGE x VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY REVIEW

Visible Language 55(3)

EDITED BY MIKE ZENDER

SPECIAL ISSUE

Sympathetic Resonance

ALONSO GAMARRA, ANDREW MCGRATH, MUHAMMAD RAHMAN, D.J. TRISCHLER & MATTHEW WIZINSKY

VIRTUAL ISSUE

DIALOGUE



Turning Points

JESSICA BARNESS,
AMY PAPAELIAS,
STEPHANIE SADRE-ORAFAI &
MIKE ZENDER

ABSTRACT | PDF

 UPDATED MAY 11, 2024