Földessy Edina, Szűcs Alexandra, Wilhelm Gábor: Tabula 8/1 (Néprajzi Közlemények; Budapest, 2005)

NAGY KÁROLY ZSOLT: A fotóantropológia és az antropológiai fotó lehetőségei a „digitális képi forradalom" korában

KÁROLY ZSOLT NAGY Photoanthropology and the uses of the anthropological photograph in the age of the "digital imaging revolution" That technological progress has repeatedly transformed the realms of public and scientific thought is a commonplace observation; however, branches of the sciences that favour a qualitative approach often look only at the past - regardless of their role establishing the approach in the first place trying to safeguard the present from its transforming influence. In this regard, sciences like anthropology that depend heavily on work in the field are in a position of limited control, as scholars face technological issues on a day-to-day basis. In many cases, this leads to a decidedly ambivalent relationship - "I'll use it, but I don't have to like it". As with matters of research methodologies in general, here, too, one of the greatest problems is that, whether we like it or not, the technical methods applied to research, analysis, and presentation more or less (but most often fundamentally) determine how we think about a given problem. Eventually, thinking about the problem necessarily becomes the object of thought itself, while the resulting achievements are incorporated into research theory and methodology. The present study attempts to explore several theoretical questions regarding the use of fieldwork methods through the example of digital photography and the use of multi and hypermedia. The primary question it seeks to answer is: "can hypermedia be used to explore culture, and if so, to what extent?"