The photographs of Jacob Riis, an instrument of documentation and memory, in his investigation on the dramatic conditions of immigrants in New York, have a specific role in the construction of social analysis outside the university and anticipate, as a method, the analytical approach developed later by visual sociology. The cognitive process thus broadens the tools at its disposal acquiring new analytical approaches, historically coherent with the new characteristics of social transformation and with the presence of new technological products in the society. The development of visual sociology, consistent with these premises, highlights over time the renewal within the sociological tradition not only of its theoretical focus but also of methodological one.
Alle origini della sociologia visuale: Jacob Riis, il giornalismo fotografico, le immagini nella ricerca sociale.
Cersosimo, G.
2019
Abstract
The photographs of Jacob Riis, an instrument of documentation and memory, in his investigation on the dramatic conditions of immigrants in New York, have a specific role in the construction of social analysis outside the university and anticipate, as a method, the analytical approach developed later by visual sociology. The cognitive process thus broadens the tools at its disposal acquiring new analytical approaches, historically coherent with the new characteristics of social transformation and with the presence of new technological products in the society. The development of visual sociology, consistent with these premises, highlights over time the renewal within the sociological tradition not only of its theoretical focus but also of methodological one.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
