Visual Ethnography Leiden University

Overview

The Visual Ethnography MSc programme at Leiden University draws upon audiovisual media’s unique ability to share insights about people and places on multiple registers – discursive, sensory, embodied, spatial, etc. Furthermore, with the growing prominence of digital media, Visual Ethnography offers an expanded framework for producing contemporary anthropological research. 

Multimodal approaches have become increasingly important components in ethnographic research for collaborating with research communities and expanding the range of scholarly outputs. Visual Ethnography highlights the vital role anthropology plays in the greater public.

Reasons to choose Visual Ethnography at Leiden University

• Training in how to use audio-visual methods during your master's field research; 

• Know-how of audiovisual methods – from drawing and photography to sound and video recording – during each phase of the research process in order to create your own independent audiovisual research project;  

• The ability to apply different media in different stages of research, producing full-length documentaries and/or combining text, image, and sound in digital multi-media environments.