International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA) ndi bungwe lopanda phindu, lademokalase, loyang'ana kwambiri pamaphunziro lomwe limadzipereka pakuwunika kowoneka bwino kwa anthu, chikhalidwe, ndi maubale.
IVSA idakhazikitsidwa mu 1981 ndi Leonard Henry, Douglas Harper, ndi ena, IVSA ndi bungwe lolembetsedwa, losalipira msonkho lomwe mamembala ake amayimira magawo osiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza chikhalidwe cha anthu, chikhalidwe cha anthu, maphunziro, kulumikizana kowonekera, kujambula, kupanga mafilimu, zaluso, ndi utolankhani.
Cholinga cha IVSA ndikulimbikitsa kuphunzira, kupanga, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zithunzi, zowonera, ndi zida zowoneka bwino pakuphunzitsa, kufufuza, ndi kugwiritsa ntchito ntchito. Timalimbikitsa kugwiritsa ntchito zithunzi, filimu, mavidiyo, ndi zithunzi zofalitsidwa pakompyuta pazachikhalidwe cha anthu ndi zina zotero. IVSA imagwira ntchito kulimbikitsa (1) maphunziro azolemba za moyo watsiku ndi tsiku m'madera amasiku ano, (2) kutanthauzira kutanthauzira zaluso ndi zowonetsera zodziwika bwino za anthu, (3) kafukufuku wokhudza kutsatsa komanso kugwiritsa ntchito zithunzi pamalonda, (4) kusanthula zithunzi zakale monga magwero azinthu zamtundu ndi chikhalidwe, ndi (5) kuphunzira za cholinga ndi matanthauzo a zolengedwa zabanja monga kujambulanso zithunzi.
Zochita zazikulu za bungweli ndi msonkhano wapachaka chilimwe chilichonse m'malo monga Kenya, Mexico, Korea komanso US ndi Europe-ndi kufalitsa magaziniyi. Visual Sociology. Zoyeserera zina za IVSA zikuphatikiza thandizo lalikulu, limodzi ndi International Science Council, ya Ethnografilm chikondwerero imachitika mu Epulo lililonse ku Paris, France, ndi Journal ya Video Ethnography, magazini yapaintaneti yamakanema ophunzirira kulimbikitsa kukwezedwa ndi kufalitsa njira zasayansi zowoneka bwino padziko lonse lapansi. IVSA ndi ISC amathandiziranso limodzi Msonkhano wapachaka wa Sayansi Yopanga Mafilimu kwa omwe akufuna kupanga mafilimu m'njira zonse zasayansi.
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