This book brings together essays by leading anthropologists that cover an entire range of visual representation, from Balinese television to computer software manuals. Contributors discuss the anthropology of art, ritual; media and communication, the study of landscape, the hist…
This text brings together a collection of essays by leading anthropologists, covering an entire range of visual representation and including discussions on the anthropology of art, the study of landscape, and the history of anthropology.
For many years the field of visual anthropology has been dominated by a focus on the production and study of ethnographic film, leading many anthropologists to dismiss it as being of little importance to their work. This book shows that the scope of visual anthropology is far br…
The Dispersed Local and the Culture of Protocols' examines the issues of value and rights associated with objects housed in museum collections. Arguing that the two are closely related, Morphy focuses in particular on issues surrounding the repatriation of human remains and digi…
"Museums, Infinity and the Culture of Protocols enters into a dialogue about museums' responsibility for the curation of its collections into an infinite future, whilst also tackling contentious issues of repatriation and digital access to collections. Bringing into focus a numb…