The Visual Turn in Historical Sciences: Ways and Techniques of "Reading" Images by Contemporary Historians

On November 29, 2024, at 5:00 PM, Viktoria Vasilyeva, Visiting Professor at the Department of World History, Historiography and Source Studies of KazNU named after al-Farabi and Visiting Researcher at the Institute of Film and Audiovisual Studies of Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris), will hold an online research seminar on the topic: The Visual Turn in Historical Sciences: Ways and Techniques of "Reading" Images by Contemporary Historians.

Questions for discussion:

• The visual object as historical evidence: its specifics and prospects for the researcher;
• Modes of vision in different cultures: the possibility of comparison;
• The problem of visual documentation in the human and social sciences.

For the seminar, I suggest reading the article:

Sokolov A. B. Text, image, interpretation: visual turn in contemporary Western historiography // Obvious history. Problems of the visual history of Russia in the 20th century. Collection of articles / [editorial board: I. V. Narsky et al.].— Chelyabinsk: Kamenny poyas, 2008. (collection in the appendix).

And also, watch the anthropological film "Water Puppetry in Vietnam" (2012):

Water Puppetry in Vietnam, 2012, 32’, USA, Vietnam, Sam Pack https://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/11053/Water-Puppetry-in-Vietnam–An-Ancient-Tradition-in-a-Modern-World

Link: Zoom Conference https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/96228683738?pwd=o5iRRT37hUuXm0xJItcTYqaGkz0RyC.1

Conference ID: 962 2868 3738 Access code: 395523

Time: Nov 29, 2024 05:00 PM Almaty