Abstract
While interest in visual representations of animals is well established in visual sociology, this article explores another set of possibilities connected with practices of looking at animals. In particular, I examine the social organization of visual experience in whale watching, with a focus on the role of narration. Using detailed transcriptions of whale watch narration as data, I argue that naturalists produce publicly witnessed trip sightings by coordinating what can be seen in the water with understandings of whales as objects of scientific research and environmental concern.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 782-806 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Journal of Contemporary Ethnography |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Dec 1 2018 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Anthropology
- Sociology and Political Science
- Urban Studies
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Looking at Whales : Narration and the Organization of Visual Experience. / Grahame, Peter R.
In: Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Vol. 47, No. 6, 01.12.2018, p. 782-806.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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