The Food Studies program at The New School in New York City is seeking a term instructor for its undergraduate course on Food and Film for spring semester 2023. The course will be offered online. Course description: Why is food so common in movies? Why have food movies become so popular in the past few decades? This course examines how food, its production, its consumption, and the socio-political issues related to it have been represented in movies. Students will specifically look at how films illustrate the relationship between food and culture, sex, fantasy and fear. Narrative, visual, and ..read more

The Society for Visual Anthropology welcomes A Presentation of the Salmon People Project in partnership with Children of the Setting Sun Productions. Together, we are hosting a free public screening and dialogue at the SIFF Cinema Egyptian in downtown Seattle, with the intention of broadening awareness, bridging partnerships, and building community through storytelling. We will discuss the decline of salmon and its impact on Indigenous identity, culture, foodways, and environment. Join us on November 10th, 2022, and become an ally to the powerful responsibility of protecting, r ..read more

The 2022 Visual Research Conference will be held November 8 & 9 at the Seattle Convention Center. The program can be downloaded here. Tuesday 9–9:15 Introduction 9:15–9:55 Mitra Emad (Minnesota), Caitlin Nielson (Apple), and Libby Spehar (Minnesota) Making and Moving Meanings: a Collaborative Approach in Graphic Ethnography Production 10–10:40 Joshua H. Roth (Mount Holyoke College) Glimpsing Truths in Opaque Images: A Graphic Memoir about My Father and His Art 10:45–11:15 BREAK 11:15–11:55 Myriam Amri (Harvard) The Analog as Ethnographic Material(ity) 12–12:40 Caterina Sartori (Goldsmiths ..read more

Indigital Save the Date From February 22 – 24, 2023, in Washington DC, the fourth biennial conference—InDigital IV: The Americas—will bring together Indigenous media makers, media trainers, and disperse specialists in film/media studies, media/visual anthropology, and Indigenous Studies in a unique, and as of now, only sustained academic gathering designed to keep pace with the rapid changes occurring with Indigenous People’s engagement with media in both South and North America. Through intellectual exchange and publication of presentations, the conference significantly advances scholarly kno ..read more

Those working on visual, multi-modal, and non-traditional projects sometimes lack peers to offer feedback and insights. In an effort to support networking among visual/multi-modal scholars, the SVA will host a project/writing exchange workshop this fall. If you are looking for a way to meet others working in the field of visual anthropology and are interested in both receiving and giving feedback on papers or projects related to visual/multi-modal scholarship, then this workshop is for you. Participants will exchange work and share their feedback either at the AAA conference or virtually. This ..read more

The Virtual Otherwise Conference is a collaboration between Society for Visual Anthropology (SVA) and Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA). We are the American Anthropological Association’s biennial online Conference, June 2 – 4, 2022. As a part of the conference, we offer a Film Festival Program: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/virtualotherwise/film-festival-program/  Check the conference program to see when films are screening in your time zone: https://web.sas.upenn.edu/virtualotherwise/program/ June 2 FILM SHORTS: Feminist storytelling: engaging the future through the past This ..read more

Film and media offer profound and unique means to address and better understand issues of bias and racism. The Society for Visual Anthropology invites anthropological film and media makers to submit proposals for the Anti-Bias and Anti-Racist Film and Media Grant. This funding opportunity supports projects that directly address issues of prejudice and racism and/or portray visions of an anti-racist/anti-biased world. This grant encourages new projects that experiment or take risks for investigating racism, bias and other forms of oppression or discrimination. We understand that outcomes may b ..read more

Haverford College’s Department of Anthropology is hiring three full-time leave-replacement visiting assistant professors for the academic year 2022/2023, including a position in visual anthropology. Please see the following link for more information. https://apply.interfolio.com/103448 Visual Anthropology in conjunction with the Visual Studies Program. The successful candidate will teach at least one film production course (offered in the Fall) as well as elective courses of their own choosing. At least two courses will be cross-listed with the Visual Studies Program. Candidates should b ..read more

The Society for Visual Anthropology will host a workshop for graduate students interested in applying for the 2022 SVA/Lemelson Fellowship on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM (U.S. Central). Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/SVALemelsonWorkshop2022 for the Zoom link. In this interactive workshop, participants will be able to meet with members of the selection committee as well as past SVA/Lemelson Fellows to learn more about the Fellowship, how to apply for this year’s Fellowship, and get their questions answered. As a reminder, The Society for Visual Anthropology (SVA) an ..read more

The John Collier Jr. Award for Still Photography is awarded periodically by the Collier award committee members of the Society for Visual Anthropology (SVA) to an author or photographer whose publication, exhibit, website, or other multimedia production exemplifies the use of still photographs (both historical and contemporary) for research and communication of anthropological knowledge. The submission must have a strong visual research perspective accompanied by high quality photographs, both technically and aesthetically, and be within six years of the original publication date. Rules for Su ..read more