Abstract
Neste trabalho foram analisados dois conjuntos com fotografias inéditas produzidos durante as Missões Antropológicas em São Tomé e Príncipe (1954) e Angola (1955). A investigação, no âmbito do projeto Photo Impulse (financiado pela Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal), permitiu examinar o discurso presente em diários e documentos oficiais em conjunto com a fotografia e sua materialidade, que agrega sentidos ao discurso ao propor modos de exibição. Com a análise, buscou-se pensar sobre os caminhos possíveis para a descolonização da fotografia colonial por meio da reflexão sobre o poder investido ao arquivo e sobre as relações de gênero, que foram “esquecidas” pelo paradigma modernidade-colonialidade.
In this paper, two sets of unpublished photographs produced during the Anthropological Missions in São Tomé and Príncipe (1954) and Angola (1955) were analyzed. The investigation, in the scope of the Photo Impulse project (funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal), allowed to examine the discourse present in official diaries and documents together with photography and its materiality, which adds meanings to the discourse when proposing views. With the analysis, we sought to reflect on the possible paths for the decolonization of colonial photography through the reflection of the power invested in the archive and the gender relations that were “forgotten” by the modernity-coloniality paradigm.
In this paper, two sets of unpublished photographs produced during the Anthropological Missions in São Tomé and Príncipe (1954) and Angola (1955) were analyzed. The investigation, in the scope of the Photo Impulse project (funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal), allowed to examine the discourse present in official diaries and documents together with photography and its materiality, which adds meanings to the discourse when proposing views. With the analysis, we sought to reflect on the possible paths for the decolonization of colonial photography through the reflection of the power invested in the archive and the gender relations that were “forgotten” by the modernity-coloniality paradigm.
Translated title of the contribution | Anthropological missions of São Tomé (1954) and Angola (1955): Pathways to the decolonization of photography |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 81-106 |
Number of pages | 26 |
Journal | Estudos Historicos |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 72 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- Africa
- Anthropological mission
- Archive
- Colonial photography
- Decolonial
- Portugal
- Fotografia Colonial
- Missão Antropológica
- Arquivo
- Descolonial