Journal of Video Ethnography (JVE)

The Video Ethnography Lab collaborates with DePaul University to produce the Journal of Video Ethnography (JVE). The Editor in Chief is Dr. Gregory Scott.

Purpose:

The aim of this journal is to advance the social scientific use of video/film as a method for exploring human society, systems, and cultures and as a medium for presenting the findings of those explorations.

JVE seeks to fill a gap in scholarly publishing and establish rigorous guidelines for evaluating and creating ethnographic film. Peer review is the fulcrum of scientific discourse; without it, standards and production guidelines will never materialize in an emerging field. All submissions to JVE will be peer-reviewed in a manner identical to and as rigorous as that of print journals.

Scope:

JVE publishes ethnographic studies that feature video as a central methodological component and the primary form of output. JVE’s editors will not consider decontextualized “clips” or videos that require text documents to be understood.

Videos published in JVE address a social scientific research question or subject whose study is best undertaken by the collection and exhibition of videographic data, as opposed to studies where video/film is incidental or merely illustrative/supplemental.

Contact Information

Publisher: Journal of Video Ethnography, Social Science Research Center, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Editor in Chief: Greg Scott
Email: editor@videoethno.com
Address: 990 W. Fullerton Ave., Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60614