Voyages as exercises of the gaze


Autoria(s): Novaes, Sylvia Caiuby
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

04/11/2013

04/11/2013

2012

Resumo

This article focuses the relationship between journeys and photographs especially among anthropologists who travel. Having travelled to the Upper Negro River as an advisor of a PhD student, I discuss what digital photographs may mean in a context where verbal communication is impossible. Real or imaginary journeys are a source of images, reports, or travel logs in which it is difficult to discern what is real and what is fiction. After discussing a few famous scientific and literary journeys, the article focuses on some anthropological journeys and concludes that images produced by anthropologists are a result of trained intuition, a sensitive gaze, and memories of former travels. The article includes photographic essays that incorporate pictures I took in February 2012 among the Hupd'äh, in the Upper Negro River region.

Identificador

Vibrant, Virtual Braz. Anthr.,v.9,n.2,p.272-291,2012

1809-4341

http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/40525

10.1590/S1809-43412012000200010

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-43412012000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1809-43412012000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S1809-43412012000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Associação Brasileira de Antropologia (ABA)

Relação

Vibrant: Virtual Brazilian Anthropology

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Real and imaginary journeys #images #photography #memory #imaginary #Viagens reais e imaginárias #imagens #fotografia #memória #imaginário
Tipo

article

original article