The Dollie House Visual Anthropologists

The Dollie House / An intellectual practice

We help institutions document knowledge, build public trust and create measurable impact through visual storytelling.

An intellectual practice based in Cape Town, working with universities, research institutions, communities, and organisations across Southern Africa.

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Why institutions call us

We help solve the problem between what institutions know and what the public can understand, trust and act on.

Our work sits where visual research, institutional knowledge and lived experience meet. Documentary photography, film, facilitation and participatory inquiry are methods we use to make complex knowledge rigorous, human and publicly useful.

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Published work

Selected publications, research collaborations, image credits, and public-facing work with verified source links.

DearTomorrow and Climate Lounge project documented by The Dollie House
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DearTomorrow x Climate Lounge - And Yet We Imagine

Organisation
DearTomorrow
Publication
DearTomorrow
Date
2025
Work type
Photography and film documentation

DearTomorrow's project page for its Climate Lounge collaboration explicitly credits The Dollie House for the project's images and video.

Published creditImages and video captured by DOLLIEHOUSE

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More Than a Pill academic publication involving The Dollie House
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More Than a Pill: A Qualitative Co-exploration of the Things That Matter for Young Women's Contraceptive Decisions

Organisation
Springer Nature
Publication
Research Involvement and Engagement
Date
2025
Work type
Co-creative research and visual anthropology

A peer-reviewed publication recognising The Dollie House's contribution to collaborative public-health research.

Published creditRizqah Dollie and Reshaan Dollie listed as authors and affiliated with The Dollie House - Visual Anthropology

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Khoi First Nations Forest planting photographed by The Dollie House
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Khoi First Nations Forest

Organisation
SUGi
Publication
SUGi Forest Project
Date
2022
Work type
Community planting and environmental documentary photography

The Dollie House documented the planting and community activity at the Khoi First Nations Forest, with the imagery published on SUGi's permanent forest page.

Published creditPlanting images by The Dollie House

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An archive in motion

Stories, films, photographs, field notes, and projects gathered with care: attentive to observation, memory, place, and lived experience.

Photography

Images as listening: fragments of place, gesture, relation, and atmosphere.

Films

Cinematic documents shaped by attention, time, voice, and encounter.

Research

Field notes, methods, archives, and living questions carried across communities.

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Stories Portraits, memory, everyday gestures, and narratives gathered through attentive listening. Explore Projects Living archives shaped through documentary practice, collaboration, and sustained inquiry. Explore Research Visual ethnography, fieldwork, and creative methods rooted in lived experience. Explore Published Work Selected editorial credits, public projects, and research collaborations. Explore Community A space for exchange between artists, researchers, organisers, and communities. Explore Workshops Participatory sessions for storytelling, reflection, dialogue, and shared making. Explore Films Moving-image work developed through observation, conversation, and place. Explore Photography A visual archive of people, environments, relationships, and cultural life. Explore About The practice, values, and participatory approach behind The Dollie House. Explore Contact Start a conversation about a project, workshop, or research collaboration. Explore