ICES 3.1 Project: Photography between truth and fiction, in the digital imaginary

We believe that a digital anthropology of the photographic imaginary is influenced by four main domains in which photography is now qualified, in terms of both its production and the products obtained: the artistic, the scientific, the journalistic and the popular. For a unification of these approaches in a consolidated theory of photography, we need new investigations in: the concept of photographic representation, in the hermeneutics of photography, in the epistemology of photographic discourse and in the ethnography of image production in the public-private environment. The fundamental concepts used as regulatory factors within this research project will be: alethic value, pertinence, relevance, aesthetic value, personal value, discourse, representation.

– no. of researchers: 1 full-time researcher, CS III dr. Codrin Dinu-Vasiliu

– no. of doctoral students: –

– no. of postdoctoral students: –

Funding – source, amount: Budget

External collaborations (collaborators from abroad): NO

Internal collaborations (collaborators from the country); NO

Research theme for 2024: Photography between image and representation

General objective: Presentation of the concept of photographic discourse starting from the concepts of image and representation

Specific objectives: Critical presentation of the concept of symbolic effect in photographic discourse; Investigation of symbolic effects at the discursive level in photography.

Operational objectives:

O1: Investigation of the research topic. Documentation.

O2: Systematization and dissemination of research results.