The odyssey of Vanessa Lea’s images of the Mẽbêngôkre: steps towards creating a digital multimedia archive
This article analyses some of the difficulties inherent in the use of photography in research conducted by social anthropologists in the twenty-first century, focusing on the specific case of research undertaken by Vanessa Lea with the Mẽbêngôkre (Kayapó) since 1978. Brazilian legislation concerning...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Portuguese English |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2023
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/maloca/article/view/17466 |
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| Summary: | This article analyses some of the difficulties inherent in the use of photography in research conducted by social anthropologists in the twenty-first century, focusing on the specific case of research undertaken by Vanessa Lea with the Mẽbêngôkre (Kayapó) since 1978. Brazilian legislation concerning the use of images of Indigenous peoples is both ambiguous and problematic. The potential for the use of photography for pedagogic purposes is hampered by the lack of incentives and the poor conservation of existing materials. Snap shots of today metamorphose almost instantly into historical documentation and provide a dimension that cannot be replicated or substituted by the written word. |
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| ISSN: | 2675-3111 |
