To whom does memory belong? The image as a mnemonic device: Digital photographic archive of a community affected by a dam in Paraíba, Brasil
This article proposes to analyze a photographic collection built and organized by an extension project in Visual Anthropology at the Federal University of Paraíba between 2020 and 2022, which resulted in the author's undergraduate thesis completed in 2023, supervised by the co-author of the art...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Iluminuras |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/140466 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/iluminuras/article/view/140466 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Memória Acervos Fotográficos Atingidos por Barragem Antropologia Visual Memory Photographic Collection Dam-Affected Communities Visual Anthropology |
| Sumario: | This article proposes to analyze a photographic collection built and organized by an extension project in Visual Anthropology at the Federal University of Paraíba between 2020 and 2022, which resulted in the author's undergraduate thesis completed in 2023, supervised by the co-author of the article. We aim to provoke a reflection on the photographs, understanding them as entities endowed with life, which, in turn, cause a series of actions and events to resonate around them based on the imagination, desires, and intentions of social subjects. The article proposes to discuss the concepts of image, memory, and archive, reflecting on how images can be used in ethnographic research with communities affected by dams as mnemonic devices. The conducted investigation presents ethnographic practice as a sensitive space to think about the uses and management of photographic images, stimulating a dialogue with affected communities and social movements, reflecting on how images can be articulated as a form of social and political mobilization of memory. |
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