Picturing difference
Juxtaposition, collage and layering of a multi-ethnic street
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12930727 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Suzanne Hall (0000-0002-0660-648X, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology Matters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1758-6453 • E-ISSN: 1758-6453 |
| Publisher | NomadIT (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22582/am.v12i1.187 |
| OpenAlex | W1809676032 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 10 |
My research is an ethnographic exploration of how cultural and ethnic diversity manifests through regular, face-to-face social contact on the Walworth Road in South London. My focus is the small independent shops along the mile length of this multi-ethnic street and the social and spatial interactions between proprietors and customers within them. While absorbed in an ethnography of everyday life, I searched for ways of understanding the layers of place, time and experience that make this street. As an architect, I had a fascination for how urban space is designed and appropriated, and a predilection for a visual reading of the city. As an inexperienced ethnographer, I had to learn about a much slower process of looking; making time to sit, listen and talk. My research methodology has been influenced by a combination of architectural and ethnographic approaches to how individuals appropriate and re-constitute urban space in the habitual rhythm of their day-to-day lives. In this paper I expand on my ethnographic process of exploring difference through pictures made during fieldwork. I use juxtaposition, collage and layering as both illustrative forms and analytic methods for observing and representing difference
Aesthetics · Art · Diversity (politics · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Ethnography · Everyday life · Face (sociological concept · Focus (optics · Linguistics · Reading (process · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Public Spaces through Art
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |