Visual sociology between tradition and new frontiers of research

Visual studies, although consolidated in European and North American academia, are still developing. The research fields associated with them are also affected by multidisciplinary approaches ranging from the fields of ethno-anthropology, art, communication, sociology, semiology, forming a semantic and epistemological mosaic in continuous evolution. The essay presented here proposes, on the one hand, a reflection on visual culture and, on the other, an introduction to some of the most interesting lines of research in visual studies. In this way we want to deepen the epistemological/methodological value of visual sociology, and at the same time give witness to the achievements and innovative proposals that make this field of study one of the most interesting in social research.