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Videographic geographies

Using digital video for geographic research

Bibliographic Data

ID5828847
AuthorsBradley L Garrett (Royal Holloway University of London), Bradley Garrett (0000-0003-0414-3175, Royal Holloway University of London, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume35
Issue4
Pages521-541
Publication date2010-12-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueProgress in Human Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0309-1325 • E-ISSN: 1477-0288
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0309132510388337
OpenAlexW2133283348
LanguageEN
Citations received138
References cited88

This article is a review of the ways in which human geography has engaged with film and video. Beginning with a look at the history of cinematic analysis within the discipline, the paper outlines different possible uses for digital video, focusing on its merits as a multisensory ethnographic method. The article encourages geographers to make the move from analysis to production, citing examples from successful recent projects which have done so, endorsing further integration of video into fieldwork and an increase in digital publication to create what we might call videographic geographies

Art · Digital video · Ethnography · Frame (networking · Media studies · Multimedia · Sociology · Telecommunications · Visual arts · Anthropology · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Spatial and Cultural Studies

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Unique citing works138
Citations per year9,2
Citation span2011 - 2026 (16)
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