Icons of Oil: The Photographer-Researcher and Collaborative Practice
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Abstract: This thesis is a multi-modal exploration of the photographer-researcher as a methodological opportunity to gain multiple, collaborative and collective perspectives on living in relation to the Alberta oil sands zone of North America. Using participatory-photogr...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:10402/era.32099 2023-05-15T16:17:35+02:00 Icons of Oil: The Photographer-Researcher and Collaborative Practice Lozowy, Andriko J Shields, Rob (Sociology) Szeman, Imre (English and Film Studies) Siemens, Elena (Modern Languages and Cultural Studies) Dorow, Sara (Sociology) 2013-07-17 http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.32099 en eng University of Alberta. Department of Sociology. 10402/era.32099 http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.32099 undefined ERA : Education and Research Archive phil art Thesis https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_46ec/ 2013 fttriple 2023-01-22T18:02:38Z Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Abstract: This thesis is a multi-modal exploration of the photographer-researcher as a methodological opportunity to gain multiple, collaborative and collective perspectives on living in relation to the Alberta oil sands zone of North America. Using participatory-photography with youth, this thesis is one part of a larger project that explores notions of ‘community building’ in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Through the camera lenses of the photographer-researcher (myself), and youth-participants this place is seen in relation to the Athabasca Tar Sands and oil industry landscapes in the practices of photographers such as Burtynsky, Essik, Lenz and myself. Fieldwork was conducted relying on cameras and images from my photographic practice and from participants that collaborated in a community-based process to produce representations of place over two years (2009-2011, whereisfortmcmurray.com). As a form of visual ethnography, youth were asked to respond to the question ‘Where is Fort McMurray?’ with cameras, a process that generated temporary community formations around practices of image making. This thesis represents a series of collaborative and negotiated engagements from a number of perspectives resulting in a collective body of work in dialogue with relationships of people and the Alberta oil industry zones. Thesis Fort McMurray Unknown Canada Fort McMurray |
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Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Abstract: This thesis is a multi-modal exploration of the photographer-researcher as a methodological opportunity to gain multiple, collaborative and collective perspectives on living in relation to the Alberta oil sands zone of North America. Using participatory-photography with youth, this thesis is one part of a larger project that explores notions of ‘community building’ in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. Through the camera lenses of the photographer-researcher (myself), and youth-participants this place is seen in relation to the Athabasca Tar Sands and oil industry landscapes in the practices of photographers such as Burtynsky, Essik, Lenz and myself. Fieldwork was conducted relying on cameras and images from my photographic practice and from participants that collaborated in a community-based process to produce representations of place over two years (2009-2011, whereisfortmcmurray.com). As a form of visual ethnography, youth were asked to respond to the question ‘Where is Fort McMurray?’ with cameras, a process that generated temporary community formations around practices of image making. This thesis represents a series of collaborative and negotiated engagements from a number of perspectives resulting in a collective body of work in dialogue with relationships of people and the Alberta oil industry zones. |
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