Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology News
Anthropology Faculty Wins Photo Contest
- Tuesday, January 29th, 2019
Image Title: In Focus
Image Caption: “Remote triggering my suction cup mounted DSLR camera to begin audio/video data collection at a mobile meat harvesting unit, Southwest USA.”
Dr. Ashley Stinnett, assistant professor of Anthropology in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology, was one of twelve to win the 2018 American Anthropological Association Photo Image Contest. Her photograph titled “In Focus” is featured in the “The Year in Anthropology” 2019 calendar which was distributed at the annual meeting. The image was submitted to the ‘practice’ category and depicts Dr. Stinnett during her field research with small-scale heritage butchers. Dr. Stinnett is a visual anthropologist and teaches courses on the topic, including an ethnographic film production course.