Drawn to See: Drawing as an Ethnographic Method

by Andrew Causey

Overview

In this meditation/how-to guide on drawing as an ethnographic method, Andrew Causey offers insights, inspiration, practical techniques, and encouragement for social scientists interested in exploring drawing as a way of translating what they "see" during their research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442636651
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	11/04/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Andrew Causey is Associate Professor in the Humanities, History, and Social Sciences Department at Columbia College, Chicago.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Etudes
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
2. Can't See?
3. Dare to See and Dare to Draw
4. Seeing Edges as Lines
5. Seeing Inside Edges
6. Seeing Movement
7. Seeing Absence
8. Final Words

Appendix
References
Index

What People are Saying About This

Carol Hendrickson

Drawn to See is a call for people engaged in ethnographic projects to take up their pencils and draw their way to insight.

Tim Ingold

Artist-ethnographer Andrew Causey shows that drawing is not just a way of describing what we have observed; it gives us an immensely versatile means of observing. It draws us to see. Through a series of practical exercises, Causey encourages us to drop our inhibitions, to slow down, and to get drawing. The rewards should be more than worth the effort, and they could transform anthropology.

Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld

Causey ... extends the connections between drawing and the practice of ethnography in a remarkable—and practical—way.

Betty Edwards

With wit, passion, and empathic understanding of the bad feelings many (if not most) people have about their ability to draw what they see, this timely book provides a clear path to a powerful tool for anthropological research.

Editorial Reviews

Artist-ethnographer Andrew Causey shows that drawing is not just a way of describing what we have observed; it gives us an immensely versatile means of observing. It draws us to see. Through a series of practical exercises, Causey encourages us to drop our inhibitions, to slow down, and to get drawing. The rewards should be more than worth the effort, and they could transform anthropology.—Tim Ingold, University of Aberdeen
With wit, passion, and empathic understanding of the bad feelings many (if not most) people have about their ability to draw what they see, this timely book provides a clear path to a powerful tool for anthropological research.—Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Drawn to See is a call for people engaged in ethnographic projects to take up their pencils and draw their way to insight.—Carol Hendrickson, Marlboro College
Causey... extends the connections between drawing and the practice of ethnography in a remarkable—and practical—way.—Rudi Colloredo-Mansfeld, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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