John Collier Jr.
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American anthropologist and photographer
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John Collier Jr.'s Degrees
- PhD Anthropology Columbia University
Why Is John Collier Jr. Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Collier Jr. was an American anthropologist and an early leader in the fields of visual anthropology and applied anthropology. His emphasis on analysis and use of still photographs in ethnography led him to significant contributions in other subfields of anthropology, especially the applied anthropology of education. His book, Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method is one of the earliest textbooks in the field and is still in use today. He is also notable as someone who overcame significant learning and hearing impairments to succeed on a larger stage.
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