Trained eyes, coded faces: Visual instruments and expertise in the sciences of facial and bodily expression
Published online on May 14, 2026
Abstract
History of the Human Sciences, Ahead of Print.
This article traces the divergent approaches to the scientific analysis of facial and bodily movement from the 1950s to the 1970s. Drawing on the writings and exchanges of anthropologists Margaret Mead and Ray Birdwhistell, as well as psychologists Paul ...
This article traces the divergent approaches to the scientific analysis of facial and bodily movement from the 1950s to the 1970s. Drawing on the writings and exchanges of anthropologists Margaret Mead and Ray Birdwhistell, as well as psychologists Paul ...