Shireen Walton
Biographic Data
| ID | 129259 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shireen Walton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shireen |
| FAMILY NAME | Walton |
| SIGNATURE | WALTON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Goldsmiths University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0598-0389 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Grandparenting and Retirement
In this article we comparatively explore experiences and notions of retirement in two ethnographic sites of Milan, Italy, and Yaoundé, Cameroon, by paying attention to how grandparenting is perceived and practiced in relation to kinship roles and responsibilities. The paper draws on comparative insights from the ASSA project and focuses on Walton's research in Milan and Awondo's in Yaoundé, carried out between 2018-2019. The paper explores how bo…
Doing Multimodal Anthropology of Ageing with Smartphones
Anthrovision, 9.2 | 2021 1 time, we draw on substantive, analytical aspects of our research findings to illustrate how working in/with multimodal ways and forms was directly connected with the research topic.Linking methodology with epistemology in thinking about how we produce certain kinds of knowledge, is central, we argue, to the intentions and realisation of a critical multimodal ethnographic enquiry, of the kind we've sought to practise and…
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Lineages and Advancements in Material Culture Studies
Lineages and Advancements in Material Culture Studies
This volume comprises a curated conversation between members of the Material Culture Section of UCL Anthropology. In laying out the state of play in the field, it challenges how the anthropology of material culture is being done and argues for new directions of enquiry and new methods of investigation. The contributors consider the ramifications of specific research methods, and explore new methodological frameworks to address areas of human expe…
Re-Envisioning Iran Online
Digital photography and the Internet play important roles in contemporary cultures. They can create semiotic spaces in which ‘local’ imaginaries are projected in ‘global’ frames and cultural representations can be collectively challenged. This article discusses the genre of popular photography and its convergence with the Iranian social web in the form of photoblogs (photography-oriented blogs). It describes how everyday images posted on photoblo…
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Re-Envisioning Iran Online
Digital photography and the Internet play important roles in contemporary cultures. They can create semiotic spaces in which ‘local’ imaginaries are projected in ‘global’ frames and cultural representations can be collectively challenged. This article discusses the genre of popular photography and its convergence with the Iranian social web in the form of photoblogs (photography-oriented blogs). It describes how everyday images posted on photoblo…
Lineages and Advancements in Material Culture Studies
Lineages and Advancements in Material Culture Studies
This volume comprises a curated conversation between members of the Material Culture Section of UCL Anthropology. In laying out the state of play in the field, it challenges how the anthropology of material culture is being done and argues for new directions of enquiry and new methods of investigation. The contributors consider the ramifications of specific research methods, and explore new methodological frameworks to address areas of human expe…
Doing Multimodal Anthropology of Ageing with Smartphones
Anthrovision, 9.2 | 2021 1 time, we draw on substantive, analytical aspects of our research findings to illustrate how working in/with multimodal ways and forms was directly connected with the research topic.Linking methodology with epistemology in thinking about how we produce certain kinds of knowledge, is central, we argue, to the intentions and realisation of a critical multimodal ethnographic enquiry, of the kind we've sought to practise and…
Book notes
Grandparenting and Retirement
In this article we comparatively explore experiences and notions of retirement in two ethnographic sites of Milan, Italy, and Yaoundé, Cameroon, by paying attention to how grandparenting is perceived and practiced in relation to kinship roles and responsibilities. The paper draws on comparative insights from the ASSA project and focuses on Walton's research in Milan and Awondo's in Yaoundé, carried out between 2018-2019. The paper explores how bo…
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