This paper discusses the practical foundations of ethnographically informed video analysis by investigating empirically one of the core activities of video research in sociology: the video data session. Most discussions are shaped by methodological considerations, little is known however about actual video analysis practices. By making these practices itself an object of analysis, we do show how interpretation is a social and communicative activity. In doing so, we highlight different forms of knowledge that are a resource for and topic of ethnography and video analysis. To frame our argument, we discuss the current methodological discourse on videography. Subsequently, we focus on empirical video data from video data sessions of a research network in order to discover the details of video analysis practices. We conclude this paper by highlighting our empirical findings: Video analysis is carried out communicatively by labelling knowledge, creating quotable objects through bodily reenactments, translating professional knowledge, and reassessing irritations.

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视频分析和民族志知识：视频分析实践的实证研究

本文通过实证调查社会学中视频研究的核心活动之一：视频数据会话，讨论了人种学知情视频分析的实践基础。大多数讨论是由方法论考虑形成的，但对实际视频分析实践知之甚少。通过将这些实践本身作为分析的对象，我们确实展示了解释如何是一种社会和交流活动。在这样做的过程中，我们强调了不同形式的知识，这些知识是民族志和视频分析的资源和主题。为了构建我们的论点，我们讨论了当前关于录像的方法论论述。随后，我们关注来自研究网络视频数据会话的经验视频数据，以发现视频分析实践的细节。