Annotation
This follow-up to the course "Visual Sociology I." introduces the medium of photography as an instrument of sociological methods, in particular of qualitative research, and aims to encourage students to use photography in empirical research. It is designed for those students who have basic knowledge of sociology as well as previous training in photography.
Both photography and sociology originated in the same era; moreover, they have the same focus and intention. In order to examine how these two disciplines are interrelated, the course introduces the relevant concepts of both sociologists and photographers, e.g.
Cours de Philosophie Positive (Comte), "picture literate society" (Mayhew and Benett), and "can opener" (Collier).