Syllabus and Study Material (Hindi), Society Through the Visual, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Programme, CBCS, Sociology, University of Delhi

BA, Programme, University of Delhi 
Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) 03 
Society Through the Visuals

 

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Lectures in Hindi by Anil Kumar

 

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Please find here lecture and study materials for BA, Programme, Skill Enhancement Coerce (03), Society Through the Visuals. Under Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), University of Delhi.

I taught this course during Odd Semester (July to November) 2019 to Delhi University Students. The lecture was prepared, delivered and given to the students in both Hindi and English Languages to then-current students. Many students were coming from the Hindi Background so I prepared the entire lecture in both languages. The philosophy behind this was very simple, that no one should be deprived of knowledge because of the language barrier/s. There is no correlation between knowledge and language. Language is the only means of acquiring knowledge.

कृपया दें कि यह अंग्रेजी लेख का हिन्दी अनुवाद या विश्लेषण नहीं है, बल्कि अंग्रेजी लेख के आधार पर हिन्दी में लेक्चर है. जिन्हें अंग्रेजी भाषा को समझने में दिक्कत है, उनके लिए हिन्दी में दिए गए लेक्चर पढ़ना काफी है. 

किसी भी लेक्चर में हर पहलू और तथ्य को समाहित नहीं कीया जा सकता है, इसलिए अगर किसी को प्रश्न पूछना हो तो वे बे झिझक कमेन्ट सेक्शन में कमेन्ट करके पूछ सकतें हैं. 

हर किसी का स्वागत है. 

Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Program), Department of Sociology, University of Delhi 
Undergraduate Programme, Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) 
Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) 03 
Society Through the Visuals

Course Objectives: This course intends to train students in the specialized technique of conducting visual research and analysis of visual data. It focuses on the broad fields of Photography, Film and Multimedia as significant tools, used in contemporary research practices.

1. Introduction to the Sociological Study of the Visual 
2. Sociology and the Practice of Photography 
3. Video and Film in Sociology 
4. Sociology, Multimedia and Hypermedia 

1. Introduction to the Sociological Study of the Visual (Week 1-3)

1.1 Mead, Margaret, 1995. ‘Visual Anthropology in a Discipline of Words’ in Principles of Visual Anthropology (ed) Paul Hockings, Second Edition, Mouton de Gruyter, pp 3-10

Lecture in Hindi Link: 


1.2 Pink, Sarah. 2013. Doing Visual Ethnography, Sage Publications Limited, Chaps 1 and 2

Lecture in Hindi Link: 

 

2. Sociology and the Practice of Photography (Week 4 -7)

2.1 Collier, John and Malcom Collier. 1986. Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method, University of New Mexico Press, Chaps 1, 2 and 3

Lecture in Hindi Link: 

 

2.2 Becker, Howard S. ‘Visual Sociology, Documentary Photography, and Photojournalism: It’s (Almost) All a Matter of Context’ in Image-Based Research: A sourcebook for Qualitative Researchers, Jon Prosser ed., Falmer Press, pp. 74-85 36

Lecture in Hindi Link: 

https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/04/Visual-Sociology-Documentary-Photography-and-Photojournalism-In-Context-of-Image-Based-Research-Howard-S-Becker.html 


2.3 Prosser, Jon & Dona Scwartz, 1998. ‘Photographs within the Sociological Research Process’ in Image-Based Research: A sourcebook for Qualitative Researchers, Jon Prosser ed., Falmer Press, pp. 101-115

Lecture in Hindi Link: 

https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/06/Photographs-within-the-Sociological-Research-Process-Image-Based-Research-Jon-Prosser-and-Dona-Schwartz-998.html 

 

3. Video and Film in Sociology (Week 8 -11) 

3.1 Asch, Timothy and Patsy Asch, 1995. ‘Film in Ethnographic Research’ in Principles of Visual Anthropology (ed) Paul Hockings, Second Edition, Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 335-362

Lecture in Hindi Link: 

 https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/06/Film-in-Ethnographic-Research-Timothy-Asch-and-Patsy-Asch-1995-in-Principles-of-Visual-Anthropology-ed-Paul-Hockings.html 

3.2 MacDougall, David. 2011. ‘Anthropological Filmmaking: An Empirical Art.’ in Sage Handbook of Visual Research Methods, Eric Margolis & Luc Pauwels, eds, pp. 99-113 

Lecture in Hindi Link: 

https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/06/Anthropological-Filmmaking-An-Empirical-Art-David-MacDougall-David-2011-in-Sage-Handbook-of-Visual-Research-Methods-Eric-Margolis-Luc-Pauwels.html 


3.3 Schaeffer, Joseph H, 1995. ‘Videotape: New Techniques of Observation and Analysis in Anthropology’ in Principles of Visual Anthropology (ed) Paul Hockings, Second Edition, Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 255-284

Lecture in Hindi Link: 

https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/06/Videotape-New-Techniques-of-Observation-and-Analysis-in-Anthropology-Joseph-H-Schaeffer-1995-in-Principles-of-Visual-Anthropology-Paul-Hockings.html  


4. Sociology, Multimedia and Hypermedia (Week 12-14)

4.1 Harper, Douglas.2012. Visual Sociology, Routledge, Chaps 7,8 and 9

Lecture in Hindi Link: 

https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/10/Multimedia-and-Visual-Sociology-Douglas-Harper-2012.html (Chapter 7) 

https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/10/Photo-Elicitation-Douglas-Harper-2012.html (Chapter 8) 

https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/10/Photo-Elicitation-Douglas-Harper-2012.html (Chapter 8) 


4.2 Pink, Sarah. 2004. ‘Conversing Anthropologically: Hypermedia as Anthropological Text’ in Working Images: Visual Research and Representation in Ethnography, Sarah Pink et al. eds, Routledge, pp. 164-181

Lecture in Hindi Link:

https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/10/Conversing-Anthropologically-Hypermedia-as-Anthropological-Text-AND-Media-Convergence-and-Social-Research-The%20Hathway-Project.html (4.2 and 4.3 have combined lecture) 

4.3 Lewis, Rob W. ‘Media Convergence and Social Research: The Hathaway Project’ in Image-Based Research: A sourcebook for Qualitative Researchers, Jon Prosser ed., Falmer Press, pp. 143-156

Lecture in Hindi Link: 

https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/10/Conversing-Anthropologically-Hypermedia-as-Anthropological-Text-AND-Media-Convergence-and-Social-Research-The%20Hathway-Project.html (4.2 and 4.3 have combined lecture) 

 

Note: The prescribed readings are application and practice-oriented, providing guidelines for conducting Visual Research. The students will be expected to carry out short field research exercises based on these guidelines.

 

Some external links to understand the subject: 

https://scroll.in/article/813146/discrepancies-in-two-postmortems-of-young-woman-killed-by-chhattisgarh-police  

https://www.prokerala.com/news/photos/6-maoist-rebels-killed-in-police-gunfight-in-chhattisgarh-198025.html 

http://searchlight-is-on.blogspot.com/2010/06/this-was-image-on-front-page-that.html 

https://indianvanguard.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/protest-against-the-murder-of-comrade-azad-and-hem-pandey-operation-green-hunt-and-indian-expansionism-at-the-indian-high-commission-in-aldwych-london-on-sunday-15th-august-between-11-am-1-pm/ 

https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/a-year-of-failure/265948 

http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/picture-of-dead-maoists-crpf-bengal-order-probes/635840/ 

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/man-carries-wife-body-on-shoulder-kalahandi-balasore-odisha-337361-2016-08-26 


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https://studywithanil.blogspot.com/2021/04/Question-Bank.html 


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  2. What is visual anthropology? Explain with suitable examples. How do I write an answer to this in my exam? Our teacher barely taught us anything and it's really difficult to understand the reader without any guidance.

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