Joshua M Bluteau
Biographic Data
| ID | 669695 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua M Bluteau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua M |
| FAMILY NAME | Bluteau |
| SIGNATURE | BLUTEAU J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Coventry University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5078-016X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 43 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Tailoring an Image: Tailoring an Image , Anglesey Abbey, 1 st July 2025–31 st October 2025
The observant visitor to Anglesey Abbey might have spotted bundles of brown paper hanging from the ceiling as they passed through the gift shop-cum-visitor center. Closer inspection would reveal th...
Crafting the Digital Self: Exploring Instagram Self-Portraiture as an Anthropological Endeavor
Instagram is a social media platform where users upload digital images for others to like and comment on. Ostensibly, this seems to be a clear-cut reciprocal practice, but it is far more nuanced than it would initially appear. Drawing on over two years of digital ethnographic fieldwork with Instagram, this article uses images uploaded by the author to explore how digital selves are constructed in a digital landscape, how these manifestations of s…
Tales from the field: Giving voice to my digital self
This tale from the field began as a commission for a menswear magazine. Unpublished due to complications that arose during Covid, this account of getting dressed and walking to work sat untouched on a shelf for a number of years until it was disturbed once again by its author. Re-reading the work they were shocked to find that it was not in their 'voice'. Reproduced here in full, the original article was instead written in the voice of their onli…
Thick poetry: Soho after dark
There is no conflict of interest to report.
Fractal Time in the Digital World (of Instagram): A Kaleidoscope of Infinite Presents
This article introduces the phenomenon of fractal time in the digital world of social media, experienced by the researcher as a continual series of instantaneous overlapping presents. Building on the established anthropological notion of chronologies, multiple presents experienced in the digital landscape will be conceptualised as one infinite kaleidoscopic simultaneous set of presents-allowing the digital landscape to be a place where infinite p…
The Peacock Revolution: Men’s Fashion from 1966 to 1970 The Peacock Revolution: Men’s Fashion from 1966 to 1970 , Pickford’s House, Derby Museums (9th April 2022 – 6th May 2023)
Exhibition review of The Peacock Revolution: Men’s Fashion from 1966 to 1970, Pickford’s House, Derby Museums (9th April 2022 – 6th May 2023)
Turning around the camera: Self-portraits of an anthropologist on Instagram
This photo essay explores the practice of digital self-portraiture as an epistemological practice. Drawing on the well-established role of photography within the anthropological canon, this photo essay looks with a new criticality on the act of self-portraiture by an anthropologist as both performative praxis and ethnographic tool. Employing a series of digital photographs taken in Venice, this essay explores how the practice of taking self-portr…
Undercover—From Necessity to Luxury: The Evolution of Face Coverings during Covid-19
Undercover—From Necessity to Luxury: The Evolution of FaceCoverings during COVID-19,Westminster Menswear Archive,London, May 11, 2021 (officially closed on June 5, 2021 but stillaccessible via Instagram) (Exhibition held Online)
Gazing on invisible men: Introducing the gallery gaze to establish that (in)visibility is in the eye of the beholder at Westminster Menswear Archive
The Westminster Menswear Archive, housed at the University of Westminster held an exhibition in 2019 entitled 'Invisible Men'. The purpose of this show was to "shine a light" on men, or more accurately menswear which had been hitherto neglected by scholarship and exhibitions featuring dress (Groves and Sprecher, 2019). This article draws on research conducted at this exhibition to ask anthropological questions as to the nature of menswear both in…
Legitimising digital anthropology through immersive cohabitation: Becoming an observing participant in a blended digital landscape
Debate regarding how to conduct digital anthropology is currently contested, with two primary methodologies emerging: researchers who conduct projects wholly in cyberspace, and those who look at the use of digital technologies by their informants, contextualised in the offline world. This paper suggests a third way, arguing that immersive cohabitation is possible where online and offline fieldsites are viewed as part of a larger blended field. Th…
Legitimising digital anthropology through immersive cohabitation: Becoming an observing participant in a blended digital landscape
Debate regarding how to conduct digital anthropology is currently contested, with two primary methodologies emerging: researchers who conduct projects wholly in cyberspace, and those who look at the use of digital technologies by their informants, contextualised in the offline world. This paper suggests a third way, arguing that immersive cohabitation is possible where online and offline fieldsites are viewed as part of a larger blended field. Th…
Turning around the camera: Self-portraits of an anthropologist on Instagram
This photo essay explores the practice of digital self-portraiture as an epistemological practice. Drawing on the well-established role of photography within the anthropological canon, this photo essay looks with a new criticality on the act of self-portraiture by an anthropologist as both performative praxis and ethnographic tool. Employing a series of digital photographs taken in Venice, this essay explores how the practice of taking self-portr…
Gazing on invisible men: Introducing the gallery gaze to establish that (in)visibility is in the eye of the beholder at Westminster Menswear Archive
The Westminster Menswear Archive, housed at the University of Westminster held an exhibition in 2019 entitled 'Invisible Men'. The purpose of this show was to "shine a light" on men, or more accurately menswear which had been hitherto neglected by scholarship and exhibitions featuring dress (Groves and Sprecher, 2019). This article draws on research conducted at this exhibition to ask anthropological questions as to the nature of menswear both in…
Thick poetry: Soho after dark
There is no conflict of interest to report.
Fractal Time in the Digital World (of Instagram): A Kaleidoscope of Infinite Presents
This article introduces the phenomenon of fractal time in the digital world of social media, experienced by the researcher as a continual series of instantaneous overlapping presents. Building on the established anthropological notion of chronologies, multiple presents experienced in the digital landscape will be conceptualised as one infinite kaleidoscopic simultaneous set of presents-allowing the digital landscape to be a place where infinite p…
Legitimising digital anthropology through immersive cohabitation: Becoming an observing participant in a blended digital landscape
Debate regarding how to conduct digital anthropology is currently contested, with two primary methodologies emerging: researchers who conduct projects wholly in cyberspace, and those who look at the use of digital technologies by their informants, contextualised in the offline world. This paper suggests a third way, arguing that immersive cohabitation is possible where online and offline fieldsites are viewed as part of a larger blended field. Th…
Undercover—From Necessity to Luxury: The Evolution of Face Coverings during Covid-19
Undercover—From Necessity to Luxury: The Evolution of FaceCoverings during COVID-19,Westminster Menswear Archive,London, May 11, 2021 (officially closed on June 5, 2021 but stillaccessible via Instagram) (Exhibition held Online)
Gazing on invisible men: Introducing the gallery gaze to establish that (in)visibility is in the eye of the beholder at Westminster Menswear Archive
The Westminster Menswear Archive, housed at the University of Westminster held an exhibition in 2019 entitled 'Invisible Men'. The purpose of this show was to "shine a light" on men, or more accurately menswear which had been hitherto neglected by scholarship and exhibitions featuring dress (Groves and Sprecher, 2019). This article draws on research conducted at this exhibition to ask anthropological questions as to the nature of menswear both in…
The Peacock Revolution: Men’s Fashion from 1966 to 1970 The Peacock Revolution: Men’s Fashion from 1966 to 1970 , Pickford’s House, Derby Museums (9th April 2022 – 6th May 2023)
Exhibition review of The Peacock Revolution: Men’s Fashion from 1966 to 1970, Pickford’s House, Derby Museums (9th April 2022 – 6th May 2023)
Turning around the camera: Self-portraits of an anthropologist on Instagram
This photo essay explores the practice of digital self-portraiture as an epistemological practice. Drawing on the well-established role of photography within the anthropological canon, this photo essay looks with a new criticality on the act of self-portraiture by an anthropologist as both performative praxis and ethnographic tool. Employing a series of digital photographs taken in Venice, this essay explores how the practice of taking self-portr…
Crafting the Digital Self: Exploring Instagram Self-Portraiture as an Anthropological Endeavor
Instagram is a social media platform where users upload digital images for others to like and comment on. Ostensibly, this seems to be a clear-cut reciprocal practice, but it is far more nuanced than it would initially appear. Drawing on over two years of digital ethnographic fieldwork with Instagram, this article uses images uploaded by the author to explore how digital selves are constructed in a digital landscape, how these manifestations of s…
Tales from the field: Giving voice to my digital self
This tale from the field began as a commission for a menswear magazine. Unpublished due to complications that arose during Covid, this account of getting dressed and walking to work sat untouched on a shelf for a number of years until it was disturbed once again by its author. Re-reading the work they were shocked to find that it was not in their 'voice'. Reproduced here in full, the original article was instead written in the voice of their onli…
Thick poetry: Soho after dark
There is no conflict of interest to report.
Fractal Time in the Digital World (of Instagram): A Kaleidoscope of Infinite Presents
This article introduces the phenomenon of fractal time in the digital world of social media, experienced by the researcher as a continual series of instantaneous overlapping presents. Building on the established anthropological notion of chronologies, multiple presents experienced in the digital landscape will be conceptualised as one infinite kaleidoscopic simultaneous set of presents-allowing the digital landscape to be a place where infinite p…
Tailoring an Image: Tailoring an Image , Anglesey Abbey, 1 st July 2025–31 st October 2025
The observant visitor to Anglesey Abbey might have spotted bundles of brown paper hanging from the ceiling as they passed through the gift shop-cum-visitor center. Closer inspection would reveal th...
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