I-International Visual Sociology Association (IVSA) iyinhlangano engenzi nzuzo, yentando yeningi, egxile ezifundweni ezinikele ocwaningweni olubonakalayo lomphakathi, amasiko, nobudlelwano bomphakathi.
Yasungulwa ngo-1981 ngu-Leonard Henry, u-Douglas Harper, nabanye, i-IVSA iyinhlangano ebhalisiwe, engenzi inzuzo engayikhokhi intela amalungu ayo amele imikhakha ebanzi, okuhlanganisa isayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu, i-anthropology, imfundo, ukuxhumana okubonakalayo, ukuthwebula izithombe, ukwenza amafilimu, ubuciko, nobuntatheli.
Umgomo we-IVSA ukukhuthaza ucwaningo, ukukhiqizwa, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwezithombe, idatha ebonakalayo, nezinto eziqondiswe ekufundiseni, ucwaningo, kanye nemisebenzi esetshenziswayo. Sigqugquzela ukusetshenziswa kwezithombe ezisamile, ifilimu, ividiyo, kanye nezithombe ezithunyelwa nge-elekthronikhi kusayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu kanye nezinkambu ezihlobene. I-IVSA isebenzela ukukhuthaza (1) izifundo zamadokhumentari zempilo yansuku zonke emiphakathini yangaleso sikhathi, (2) ukuhlaziya okutolikayo kobuciko nokuvezwa okubonakalayo okudumile komphakathi, (3) izifundo ezimayelana nomthelela wezenhlalo wokukhangisa nokusetshenziswa kwezithombe ezentengiselwano, (4) ukuhlaziywa kwezithombe ezigciniwe njengemithombo yedatha yomphakathi namasiko, kanye (5) nocwaningo lwenjongo nezincazelo nencazelo yokwakhiwa kabusha kwezithombe zomndeni njengokwenza izithombe zomndeni.
Imisebenzi eyinhloko yenhlangano umhlangano waminyaka yonke ehlobo ngalinye ezindaweni ezifana neKenya, Mexico, neKorea kanye ne-US ne-Europe–kanye nokushicilelwa kwejenali. I-Visual Sociology. Ezinye izinhlelo ze-IVSA zihlanganisa uxhaso oluyinhloko, kanye ne-International Science Council, ye I-Ethnografilm umkhosi ebanjwa njalo ngo-April eParis, eFrance, nase- Ijenali ye-Video Ethnography, ijenali eku-inthanethi yamafilimu ezemfundo ukukhuthaza ukukhuthazwa nokusatshalaliswa kwezindlela zesayensi ezibonakalayo emhlabeni jikelele. I-IVSA kanye ne-ISC futhi ngokuhlanganyela baxhasa i-Workshop yaminyaka yonke Yezesayensi Yokwenziwa Kwefilimu yabafuna ukwenza amafilimu kuyo yonke imikhakha yesayensi.
Leli khasi libuyekezwe ngo-Agasti 2025.
