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This second part of the article adresses the photographic technique and the analysis process ofcollected information as part of an anthropological research report on poverty in Senegal (Dakar) and Ethiopia (Dire Dawa). The principle of observation through photography Visual observation is a cultural process. For this reason, it is socially imbued and, as such, an […]

This series of two articles discusses the practice and use of photography as part of anthropological research report on poverty in Senegal (Dakar) and Ethiopia (Dire Dawa). The analysis focuses on the scientific value of the information provided by photos as an ethnographic document. The research field of the anthropologist constitutes a complex environment. Moreover,