Visual Studies

Visual Studies

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Aims and Scope:

Visual Studies is a major peer-reviewed journal to be re-
launched in 2002. Published on behalf of the International 
Visual Sociology Association the journal will provide the 
key resource where issues of a visual nature, whether it be 
epistemological, methodological, empirical, symbolic, or 
ethical may be aired and debated.

The journal will include articles on a broad cross section 
of topics and will be genuinely interested in all work that 
is visually oriented. The cross-disciplinary and multi 
modal nature of the journal will be reflected by the 
coverage of anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, 
media studies, visual culture, symbolic interaction, 
documentary photography (moving and still images), 
information technology, visual literacy, visual 
intelligence, and communication studies. 

This cross-disciplinary approach is born out of the belief 
that researchers in the field of the visual benefit from 
reading about different methodologies, innovative methods, 
and techniques and alternative visual paradigms.

The aims of Visual Studies are to:
. Provide an international forum for the development of 
visual research. 
. Promote acceptance and understanding of a wide range of 
methods, approaches, and paradigms that constitute image-
based research. 
. Reduce the disparity in emphasis between visual and 
written studies in the social sciences. 
. Promote an interest in developing visual research 
methodology in all its various forms. 
. Encourage research that employs a mixture of visual 
methods and analytical approaches within one study. 
. Encourage debate between empirical and symbolic visual 
researchers in order to enhance mutual understanding. 
. Provide an arena for in-depth exploration of various 
approaches (e.g. social semiotics), particular methods 
(e.g. photo-elicitation), themes (e.g. material culture), 
and visual phenomena (e.g. posture and dance). 

Editor: Jon Prosser, University of Leeds, Department of 
Education, UK

Publication Details: 
Volume 18, 2003, 2 issues per year 

ISSN 1472-586x

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