Artists’ Diaries: An Ethnographic Method


I use artists’ diaries to document my journeys in the field. More than records, they are art pieces where ideas, forms, and materials stay connected. Over time, my diaries have merged with ethnographic field journals, blending artistic expression with observation. Through narratives, poetry, drawings, maps, and objects, they create sensory accounts of everyday life.


Read more about this approach in the short essay, How Can Artist’s Diaries Be Devices for Fieldwork? 

︎Click on Diary Covers (selected diaries)