ETNOGRAFIEN I KAMERAET

Resumé

Perle Møhi: Ethnography in the Camera

Taking the point of departure in filmed

ethnography, the author discusses the rela-

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tions between the ethnographer and the

people who are studied seen in relation to

the production of knowledge. Through a description

of how the camera can be used in

the field both clearly to mark which part of

the field is under investigation - the one

pointed out by the lense - and when it is under

investigation - when the camera is on

and off - it is argued that the use of the camera

in the field, ideally, works to make the

ethnographic investigation both more visible

and in a sense more democratic. This,

however, also bears some potential for written

ethnography, which is another consideration

in the article.