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Por primera vez, el proyecto Visual Trust tiene el gusto de presentar la película The Eye that Imagines: Hybrid, Authenticity and Documentary Image, producida por Amanda Belanal, doctoranda del proyecto.

El ensayo audiovisual podrá verse en una dinámica colaborativa el 13 de marzo, de 9:45 a 13:30, en La Salle Campus Barcelona, UO.1 (C/ Perú 52, 08018 BCN). @tscriado @friccionsantropologia @braislorenzo @wayraficapal @guillemtrius @nuria_lopez_torres
La película se presentará en el marco del evento Multimodal Ethnography Day, que se celebrará los días 12 y 13 de marzo de 2026.

¡Os esperamos para compartir esta experiencia cinematográfica y reflexionar sobre la imagen documental, la autenticidad y las formas híbridas de representación!

Organizado por CareNet (UOC) con la colaboración de Friccions – Grup d’Antropologia de l’Encontre (ICA) y el Departament d’Antropologia Social (UB).
Con el apoyo de Volkswagen Stiftung y Stadtlabor for Multimodal Anthropology (HU Berlin)

Por primera vez, el proyecto Visual Trust tiene el gusto de presentar la película The Eye that Imagines: Hybrid, Authenticity and Documentary Image, producida por Amanda Belanal, doctoranda del proyecto.

El ensayo audiovisual podrá verse en una dinámica colaborativa el 13 de marzo, de 9:45 a 13:30, en La Salle Campus Barcelona, UO.1 (C/ Perú 52, 08018 BCN). @tscriado @friccionsantropologia @braislorenzo @wayraficapal @guillemtrius @nuria_lopez_torres
La película se presentará en el marco del evento Multimodal Ethnography Day, que se celebrará los días 12 y 13 de marzo de 2026.

¡Os esperamos para compartir esta experiencia cinematográfica y reflexionar sobre la imagen documental, la autenticidad y las formas híbridas de representación!

Organizado por CareNet (UOC) con la colaboración de Friccions – Grup d’Antropologia de l’Encontre (ICA) y el Departament d’Antropologia Social (UB).
Con el apoyo de Volkswagen Stiftung y Stadtlabor for Multimodal Anthropology (HU Berlin)

Don’t miss this film series exploring hybrid memory, authenticity, and documentary images.
Produced as part of Amanda Bernal’s doctoral research within the Visual Trust project.
Now available here: https://www.visualtrust.ub.edu/on-going-research/the-eye-that-imagines-hybrid-memory-authenticity-and-documentary-image/

Demà al @coca.antropologia

30 de gener a les 12h – Aula Magna, Geografia i Història, UB

"Hi ha antropologia més enllà de l’etnografia?"

Coordina: Roger Sansi Roca (@roger_sansi)
Participa: Elisenda Ardèvol (@artdevol), Roger Canals (@visual_trust), Isaac Marrero-Guillamón (@imarregui) i Tomàs Criado (@tscriado)

Des de fa dècades, l'antropologia es qüestiona els seus fonaments com a disciplina, aparentment sense haver arribat a una conclusió consensuada. La relació entre antropologia i etnografia és una de les qüestions més complexes i polèmiques en aquest debat. Per una banda sembla que l'etnografia es elvalor principal de l'antropologia: les teories passen però l'etnografia es queda; la etnografia es allò que caracteritza la disciplina i que cal protegir de l'apropiació d'altres disciplines. Per altra banda, continuen a proliferar les propostes experimentals, multimodals, etc., que sovint es defineixen com a etnogràfiques, però que per altra banda semblen qüestionar els límits del que tradicionalment entenem com a etnografia. De fet tenim una definició clara d’ etnografia, més enllà dels manuals que compartim amb els nostres estudiants? Tindria sentit abandonar el concepte d'etnografia com proposa Tim Ingold? Hi ha antropologia més enllà de la etnografia? I si el que defineix la disciplinarietat és una metodologia, valdria la pena pensar l'antropologia més enllà de la disciplina, no només en termes inter-disciplinars, però anti-disciplinars? Convidem a aquesta taula rodona a antropòlegs que adrecin aquestes qüestions no necessàriament de forma directa, proposant models generals del que es o no es l'antropologia o l'etnografia, sinó a partir de la seva pràctica i la seva experiència. L'objectiu es situar aquestes qüestions en el terreny de què fem com a antropòlegs, no nomes què pensem.

📢 ¡Mira la rueda de prensa y la presentación de resultados de la encuesta pionera sobre alfabetización visual y adolescencia en Cataluña (2025)!https://www.youtube.com/live/djbcDllVKX8?si=LPTwWN3qIqUee0G3

🌟 As part of the 2025 Digital Politics Summer School, hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University, and with the participation of PI Professor Roger Canals, the round tables gave rise to something truly creative and interactive!
💡 The discussions have been captured in beautiful visual maps, highlighting the key concepts and insights shared by each of you as speakers.
🖼️ The graphic recording is now live on the Digital Society Blog. Don’t miss it!!
https://digitalsociety.mmu.ac.uk/2025/09/03/visual-ai-politics-politics-of-visual-ai-graphic-recording/

Call for Abstracts – Online Workshop

✨Divine Devices: Religion and Emergent Technologies of Wonder, Enchantment, and Mediation✨

October 30, 2025

This workshop brings together scholars exploring how emerging technologies, such as AI systems, robots, and novel digital media, intersect with religious practice, imagination, and authority. The event focuses on the material, sensory, and affective dimensions of these interactions, asking how technologies mediate sacred presence, elicit enchantment, and generate trust or suspicion. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions addressing these questions.

🔗Link to the full call in Bio.🔗

Deadline: September 1, 2025
Email submissions to: divinedevices.workshop@gmail.com

📢 Save the dates! From April 28 to 30, 2025, we’ll be in Barcelona for the second International Conference of the ERC project Visual Trust: Reliability, Accountability, and Forgery in Scientific, Religious, and Social Images (2021–2026; PI: Roger Canals).

This year’s theme: Image-assessment 🔍
How do we determine if an image is reliable, forged, or deceptive? What actions or responses do these judgments trigger?

Stay tuned for updates! 🎥📚

#VisualTrust #ImageAssessment #ERCproject #VisualCulture #ImageEthics #ConferenceBarcelona #VisualTrust2025

Up in the Clouds: A Film on Astronomy without the Stars.

Our new research film on how the life at and around Montsec Observatory takes shape when the weather is cloudy. It proposes an experimental narrative unfolding as a conversation, interaction and co-habitation between nature, technology and the scientists/technicians working in the observatory ✨

Up in the Clouds: A Film on Astronomy without the Stars.

Our new research film on how the life at and around Montsec Observatory takes shape when the weather is cloudy. It proposes an experimental narrative unfolding as a conversation, interaction and co-habitation between nature, technology and the scientists/technicians working in the observatory ✨

📢 Open Access!

Our article “Speculative Analogy” by Roger Canals, @alkimerol, and @juanfcuyas is now available in open access! This piece explores the use of 360 film and VR glasses to co-imagine religious experience and reflect on speculative methodologies in anthropology.

🔗 Read it here: www.americananthropologist.org/online-content/speculative-analogy

#OpenAccess #Anthropology #SpeculativeAnalogy #AcademicResearch #MultimodalAnthropology #VRResearch

📢 Open Access!

Our article “Speculative Analogy” by Roger Canals, @alkimerol, and @juanfcuyas is now available in open access! This piece explores the use of 360 film and VR glasses to co-imagine religious experience and reflect on speculative methodologies in anthropology.

🔗 Read it here: www.americananthropologist.org/online-content/speculative-analogy

#OpenAccess #Anthropology #SpeculativeAnalogy #AcademicResearch #MultimodalAnthropology #VRResearch

📢 New Open Access Article!

“Sounding of the Idols: Visual Deception and Religious Images in Brazil” by Mihai Andrei & Roger Canals is now available in Open Access!

This research explores how deceptive religious imagery was used in the 2022 Brazilian elections to manipulate public opinion. Combining visual analysis and fact-checking, it sheds light on the intersection of politics, religion, and digital disinformation.

📖 Read it for free now!https://tinyurl.com/3detjscw

#OpenAccess #VisualTrust #ReligiousImagery #Disinformation #Elections #Brazil

On February 17th, we had the pleasure of hosting the seminar “Seeing is Believing: Photography, Artificial Intelligence, and the Believable Image” with artist @mishkahenner . A fascinating discussion on how AI is reshaping our perception of images and reality.

Image: Mishka Henner, The Crucifixion, 2024

#VisualTrust #SeeingIsBelieving #MishkaHenner #AI #Photography #BelievableImage

Amanda Bernal’s latest piece explores the concept of hybrid memory, where personal experience and external stimuli—like photographs—merge to create layered understandings of the past. In a world shaped by fake news and post-truth, trust in images increasingly depends on the authenticity of their creators.

Photography is not just about capturing reality; it’s a co-creation of imagination, memory, and intention. Amanda’s reflections invite us to rethink traditional notions of truth, storytelling, and how we relate to images.

Article based on Amanda’s collaboration with @wayraficapal @guillemtrius and @braislorenzo

Discover more on the Visual Trust website!

#VisualTrust #Photography #Authenticity #HybridMemory #PostTruth #Storytelling @_amandabernal_

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