Title & Author:

The African photographic archive : research and curatorial strategies / edited by Christopher Morton and Darren Newbury.

Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Description:

xiv, 245 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Relocating the African photographic archive / Christopher Morton and Darren Newbury -- Connected Histories. Richard Buchta and the visual representation of Equatoria in the later nineteenth century / Christopher Morton -- The missionary, the diviner and the chief : distributed personhood and the photographic archive of the Mariannhill mission / Christoph Rippe -- Ethnographies. Redeeming some Cameroonian photographs : reflections on photographs and representations / David Zeitlyn -- 'Celebrating life' : the construction of photographic biographies in funeral rites among Kenyan christians / Heike Behrend -- The chairman's photographs : the politics of an archive in south-western Uganda / Richard Vokes -- Political Framings. Vernacular recollections and popular photography in South Africa / John Peffer -- Searching for the 'source community' : the Ronald Ngilima photographic archive and the politics of local history in post-apartheid South Africa / Sophie Feyder -- Going and coming back : curating the post-apartheid archive / Darren Newbury -- Okombone : compound portraits and photographic archives in Namibia / Patricia Hayes -- Archival Propositions. Versions of fragmented history and (auto)biography : on and from the Kaddu Wasswa archive / Andrea Stultiens -- Vital signs : twenty-first century institutions for photography in Africa / Erin Haney.

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.

ISBN:

9781472591241 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
1472591240 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
(ePDF)
9781472591258
(ePub)
9781472591265
9781474284660
1474284663

Subject:

Photography museums Management.
Photographs Conservation and restoration Africa.
Photograph collections Conservation and restoration Africa.
Photography Africa History Sources.
Musées de la photographie Gestion.
Photographies Conservation et restauration Afrique.
Collections de photographies Conservation et restauration Afrique.
Photographie Afrique Histoire Sources.
Photograph collections Conservation and restoration.
Photographs Conservation and restoration.
Photography.
Archivverwaltung
Fotoarchiv
Fotografie
Photographie Afrique.
Musées Gestion des collections Afrique.
Africa.
Afrika

Form/genre:

History.
Sources.

Added entries:

Morton, Christopher A., editor.
Newbury, Darren, editor.

Research and curatorial strategies

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290362
Call No.: BIB 233358
Status: Available