Paparazzi Ethnography Blog
Summer 2010 – Winter 2017
All images and text © Dr. Arthur Mason, Associate Professor, NTNU; Visiting Senior Fellow, LSE; Research Affiliate, U St Andrews.
Support for Paparazzi Ethnography includes US National Science Foundation Exploratory and Standard grants, as well as J. William Fulbright awards through the Fulbright US-Norway program, Fulbright US-Russia program; and Fulbright US-Canada program. Additional recognition includes Wenner-Gren Foundation; Ciriacy-Wantrup Fellowship; and European Research Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship. Use of text and images is accompanied by acknowledgment: Re-printed with permission of Arthur Mason, Paparazzi Ethnography 2010-2017.
Paparazzi Ethnography: An Anthropology of Surfaces and Curated Interactions is a specialized methodological and visual project conducted between 2010 and 2017 that examines the fleeting, performative dynamics of elite energy politics. The project documents how expert knowledge is staged and performed in high-stakes environments where power is enacted through visibility, access, and performance. Its core tenets are the study of fleeting moments, the anthropology of surfaces, and the capture of Anthropocene visuality (emblematic data).
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