视觉人类学的理论视野

Theoretical Perspectives of Visual Anthropology

将视觉人类学"工具化"、"技术化"及研究对象的不同界定和对视觉研究理论的陌生,导致视觉人类学被"边缘化"。视觉人类学的当代研究,不仅需要研究人类视觉文化遗物和通过镜像聚焦和折射的文化视像,还需要直接面对人类活态的视觉文化现象,面对不同群体的视觉表达、视觉传播和视觉行为,研究人类的群体性图像信息、视觉符号和视觉文化行为,关注视觉媒体和媒体革命对文化的影响,考察在现代视觉媒体影响下的文化涵化、文化冲突和文化变迁。

Visual Anthropology is marginalized by the ＂instrumentalization＂ and ＂technicalization＂ of visual anthropology, by the different demarcation of the object of study and by the unfamiliarity of the theory of the visual anthropology. What the contemporary researches of visual anthropology should focus is not only on the visual cultural heritage and the cultural image reflected by camera lens, but also on the group images, visual symbols and visual action of men through the study of the visual culture of how people live their lives and the visual expression, visual communication, visual action of different groups. The contemporary study of Visual Anthropology should also pay attention to the influence on culture brought by the visual media and visual revolution, investigating the cultural conflicts and changes brought by the visual media.