Johannes Sjöberg
Biographic Data
| ID | 104707 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johannes Sjöberg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johannes |
| FAMILY NAME | Sjöberg |
| SIGNATURE | SJÖBERG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2817-1034 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Thinking with Soils: Material Politics and Social Theory
This book presents a novel and systematic social theory of soil, and is representative of the rising interest in ‘the material’ in social sciences. Bringing together new modes of ‘critical description’ with speculative practices and methods of inquiry, it contributes to the exploration of current transformations in socioecologies, as well as in political and artistic practices, in order to address global ecological change. The chapters in this ed…
Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds
Moving global horizons: Imagining selfhood, mobility and futurities through creative practice in ethnographic research
This article explores imagined selfhood, mobility and futurities through creative practice in ethnography. Globalisation allows people with varying socio-economic and geographical backgrounds to imagine themselves with more possibilities. How can creative practice such as improvisation in ethnofictions, storytelling and participatory animation be applied in ethnographic research to explore the imaginary realm of selfhood and expectations on being…
Ethno‐Fiction Film
Ethno‐fiction film is an experimental ethnographic film approach where the fieldwork informants are asked to act out their experiences through projective improvisations in front of the camera. It was pioneered by visual anthropologist Jean Rouch during his ethnographic fieldwork research in West Africa during the mid‐1950s
Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds
Anthropology has a critical, practical role to play in contemporary debates about futures. This game-changing new book presents new ways of conceptualising how to engage with a future-oriented research agenda, demonstrating how anthropologists can approach futures both theoretically and practically, and introducing a set of innovative research methods to tackle this field of research. Anthropology and Futures brings together a group of leading sc…
Ethnofiction: Drama as a Creative Research Practice in Ethnographic Film
In the mid-1950s visual anthropologist Jean Rouch started to experiment with improvised fiction in ethnographic films such as Jaguar (1957–1967), Moi, un noir (1958) and La pyramide humaine (1959). Film critics would call these films 'ethnofictions'. After agreeing a story outline, the camera simply follows the subjects' improvisations of their own, and others', lived experiences. The aim is to show aspects of ethnographic research otherwise hard…
An Epistemology of Play: Provocation, Pleasure, Participation and Performance in Ethnographic Fieldwork and Film-making
Drawing on previous and ongoing research on ethnofiction films, this article suggests new perspectives on ethnographic fieldwork and film-making, where play stands at the centre of the epistemology. Projective improvisation in ethnofiction shares common denominators with play and especially role play, in which provocation, pleasure and flow motivate the performance. The article presents co-creative role play as a valid ethnographic method, based …
Ethnofiction: Drama as a Creative Research Practice in Ethnographic Film
In the mid-1950s visual anthropologist Jean Rouch started to experiment with improvised fiction in ethnographic films such as Jaguar (1957–1967), Moi, un noir (1958) and La pyramide humaine (1959). Film critics would call these films 'ethnofictions'. After agreeing a story outline, the camera simply follows the subjects' improvisations of their own, and others', lived experiences. The aim is to show aspects of ethnographic research otherwise hard…
An Epistemology of Play: Provocation, Pleasure, Participation and Performance in Ethnographic Fieldwork and Film-making
Drawing on previous and ongoing research on ethnofiction films, this article suggests new perspectives on ethnographic fieldwork and film-making, where play stands at the centre of the epistemology. Projective improvisation in ethnofiction shares common denominators with play and especially role play, in which provocation, pleasure and flow motivate the performance. The article presents co-creative role play as a valid ethnographic method, based …
An Epistemology of Play: Provocation, Pleasure, Participation and Performance in Ethnographic Fieldwork and Film-making
Drawing on previous and ongoing research on ethnofiction films, this article suggests new perspectives on ethnographic fieldwork and film-making, where play stands at the centre of the epistemology. Projective improvisation in ethnofiction shares common denominators with play and especially role play, in which provocation, pleasure and flow motivate the performance. The article presents co-creative role play as a valid ethnographic method, based …
Ethnofiction: Drama as a Creative Research Practice in Ethnographic Film
In the mid-1950s visual anthropologist Jean Rouch started to experiment with improvised fiction in ethnographic films such as Jaguar (1957–1967), Moi, un noir (1958) and La pyramide humaine (1959). Film critics would call these films 'ethnofictions'. After agreeing a story outline, the camera simply follows the subjects' improvisations of their own, and others', lived experiences. The aim is to show aspects of ethnographic research otherwise hard…
Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds
Anthropology has a critical, practical role to play in contemporary debates about futures. This game-changing new book presents new ways of conceptualising how to engage with a future-oriented research agenda, demonstrating how anthropologists can approach futures both theoretically and practically, and introducing a set of innovative research methods to tackle this field of research. Anthropology and Futures brings together a group of leading sc…
Ethno‐Fiction Film
Ethno‐fiction film is an experimental ethnographic film approach where the fieldwork informants are asked to act out their experiences through projective improvisations in front of the camera. It was pioneered by visual anthropologist Jean Rouch during his ethnographic fieldwork research in West Africa during the mid‐1950s
Thinking with Soils: Material Politics and Social Theory
This book presents a novel and systematic social theory of soil, and is representative of the rising interest in ‘the material’ in social sciences. Bringing together new modes of ‘critical description’ with speculative practices and methods of inquiry, it contributes to the exploration of current transformations in socioecologies, as well as in political and artistic practices, in order to address global ecological change. The chapters in this ed…
Anthropologies and Futures: Researching Emerging and Uncertain Worlds
Moving global horizons: Imagining selfhood, mobility and futurities through creative practice in ethnographic research
This article explores imagined selfhood, mobility and futurities through creative practice in ethnography. Globalisation allows people with varying socio-economic and geographical backgrounds to imagine themselves with more possibilities. How can creative practice such as improvisation in ethnofictions, storytelling and participatory animation be applied in ethnographic research to explore the imaginary realm of selfhood and expectations on being…
Sociology (7 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Ethnography (4 works) · Visual arts (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Anthropologie appliquée (2 works)