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Title The African photographic archive : research and curatorial strategies / edited by Christopher Morton and Darren Newbury
Published London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 245 pages)
Contents Preface -- 1 introduction: relocating the african photographic archive -- Part One. Connected histories -- 2 Richard Buchta and the visual representation of Equatoria in the later nineteenth century -- 3 The missionary, the diviner and the chief: distributed personhood and the photographic archive of the Mariannhill mission -- Part Two. Ethnographies. 4. Redeeming some Cameroonian photographs: reflections on photographs and representations -- 5 'celebrating life': the construction of photographic biographies in funeral rites among Kenyan christians -- 6. The chairman's photographs: the politics of an archive in south-western Uganda -- Part Three. Political framings. 7. Vernacular recollections and popular photography in South Africa -- 8. Searching for the 'source community': the Ronald Ngilima photographic archive and the politics of local history in post-apar -- 9. Going and coming back: curating the post-apartheid archive -- 10. Okombone: compound portraits and photographic archives in Namibia -- Part Four. Archival propositions. 11. Versions of fragmented history and (auto)biography: on and from the Kaddu Wasswa archive -- 12. Vital signs: twenty-first century institutions for photography in Africa -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "African photography has emerged as a significant focus of research and scholarship over the last twenty years, the result of a growing interest in postcolonial societies and cultures and a turn towards visual evidence across the humanities and social sciences. At the same time, many rich and fascinating photographic collections have come to light. This volume explores the complex theoretical and practical issues involved in the study of African photographic archives, based on case studies drawn from across the continent dating from the 19th century to the present day. Chapters consider what constitutes an archive, from the familiar mission and state archives to more local, vernacular and personal accumulations of photographs; the importance of a critical and reflexive engagement with photographic collections; and the question of where and what is 'Africa', as constructed in the photographic archive. Essential reading for all researchers working with photographic archives, this book consolidates current thinking on the topic and sets the agenda for future research in this field"--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Photography museums -- Management
Photographs -- Conservation and restoration -- Africa
Photograph collections -- Conservation and restoration -- Africa
Photography -- Africa -- History -- Sources
African history.
Photography & photographs.
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
History -- Africa -- General.
Photography -- History.
Photography -- Subjects & Themes -- Historical.
Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Photograph collections -- Conservation and restoration
Photographs -- Conservation and restoration
Photography
Africa
Genre/Form History
Sources
Form Electronic book
Author Morton, Christopher A., editor.
Newbury, Darren, editor.
ISBN 1472591259
9781472591258
1472591267
9781472591265