Kummels, Ingrid and Gisela Cánepa. Photography in Latin America: images and identities through time and space. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2018.

Authors

  • Valeria Biffi

    PhD candidate in Geography from the London School of Economics, where she also obtained a master's degree in Culture and Society studies. Graduated in Anthropology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and professor in the Postgraduate Program in Visual Anthropology. Her research topics are related to visual anthropology, historical photography, archives and indigenous representation.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.201807.009

Keywords:

Photography, history, Latin America, memory, ethnographic imagination, identity

Abstract

This volume brings together research on contemporary uses of historical photographs from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, conducted between 1880 and 1980. Case studies discuss how photos of the past, in the light of contemporary times and the challenges of the digital age, are answered, recontextualized and resignified. The volume poses new challenges for visual anthropology, highlighting the contrast between fluency, sense of belonging and affection, to explore the contemporary significance of historical photography in processes of constitution of memory, ethnographic imagination and identity in Latin America.

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Published

2018-12-21

How to Cite

Biffi, V. (2018). Kummels, Ingrid and Gisela Cánepa. Photography in Latin America: images and identities through time and space. Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2018. Anthropologica Del Departamento De Ciencias Sociales, 36(41), 209–213. https://doi.org/10.18800/anthropologica.201807.009

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 41 (2018): Activism: Anthropology for political task and epistemological practice

Section

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