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Post by patabasa on Jan 24, 2014 22:04:27 GMT
I've thought for a while that late evening or nighttime ethnographic research could be facilitated by several infra-red cameras placed around a cultural scene. There are models made for home safety and child monitoring that would offer minimal-to-no distraction for the event. Questions that need to be answered: - are there effective models that are powered from non-proprietary batteries (AA, AAA, 9v)
- What limitations are there on distance and resolution?
- Would there be any that could store to flash memory (SD card) without a computer?
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Post by z-cult on May 14, 2014 22:03:03 GMT
What exactly is the cultural event you have permission to capture, and what is the artifact you are trying to create?
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Post by patabasa on May 15, 2014 1:26:13 GMT
z-cult Guest,
I don't have a particular event in mind (and so do not have permissions/consent). I am thinking of any cultural event that occurs at dusk or later, as often is the case in cultures that practice manual horticulture. Singing, dances, story telling, games, cooking, hand-tool repair, etc., could be any of these, or others.
I'd like to create a video artifact suitable for studying motion and relationships between actors, and between actors and objects. Complex movements/behaviors, and simultaneous actions also. The artifact would enable analysis of repitition, that is, repeated viewing of the captured scene, in an effort to grasp what goes on in the particular cultural event.
I realize an infra-red methodology would compromise color composition, and some manners of detail on specific persons and objects; this could be compensated for through color-balanced still and video photography of items and participants at a later time.
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