Visual Sociology
As the old saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Thousands of pictures--over decades--can be worth a lot also when it comes to telling a story of social change in a small community. That's why U of L sociology professor Jon Rieger has repeatedly made the 700-mile trek to Michigan's Upper Peninsula to document the passage and impact of time on Ontonagon County. The result is a "sort of time-lapse photo record of social change" there from his 1970s graduate school days to now.By Judy Hughes
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