State of the ethics in visual anthropology

Visual Anthropology Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-104

  Perry, Sara ^a,b,c   Marion, Jonathan S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Society of Antiquaries   (United Kingdom)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropological responsibility; Imagery; Visual data; Visual ethics; Visual media

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650487400     PISSN: 10587187     EISSN: 15487458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-7458.2010.01070.x     Document Type: Review

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