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Framing nature: visual representations of ecological paradigms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2017

Sarah M. Franzen
Sarah M. Franzen*
Affiliation:
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Author for correspondence: Sarah M. Franzen, E-mail: sarfranzen@gmail.com
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Abstract

This paper provides a brief discussion on the implications and outcomes of ethnographic filmmaking as a means to understanding environmental perception among farming communities. I argue that the unique contribution of filmmaking as a research method lies in its epistemological ability to engage with diverse ways of knowing. In this paper, I provide a close examination of a vignette filmed during my research to demonstrate how this methodological and analytical approach can be used to reveal environmental perception and knowledge as processes, rather than as substances.

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change communicationclimateenvironmental knowledgeenvironmental perceptionethnographic filmmakingtraditional knowledgevisual methods

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Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems , Volume 33 , Special Issue 3: Themed Content: Ag/Food Systems and Climate Change , June 2018 , pp. 256 - 258
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