Adjusting the Lens : Indigenous Activism, Colonial Legacies, and Photographic Heritage

Nielssen, Hilde Wallem; Lien, Sigrid. Adjusting the Lens : Indigenous Activism, Colonial Legacies, and Photographic Heritage. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2021.

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Abstract (English)

"Adjusting the Lens explores the role of photography in contemporary renegotiations of the past and in Indigenous art activism. In moving and powerful case studies, contributors analyze photographic practices and heritage related to Indigenous communities in Canada, Australia, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the United States. In the process, they call attention to how Indigenous people are using old photographs in new ways to empower themselves, revitalize community identity, and decolonize the colonial record.

Adjusting the Lens presents original research in this emerging field in Indigenous photography studies, juxtaposing the historical and the contemporary across a range of geographically and culturally distinctive contexts. The transnational perspective of this exciting collection challenges old ways of thinking and meaningfully advances the crucially important project of reclamation." -- Publisher's website.

Types: Anthologies, essays, collections
All Contributors: Nielssen, Hilde Wallem (Author); Lien, Sigrid (Author); Nielssen, Hilde Wallem (Editor); (Editor)
Dossier: 800 - PHOTOGRAPHIE / PHOTOGRAPHY
Collation: 312 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780774866613
Language of Publication: English
Publishers: Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press
Keywords: PHOTOGRAPHY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLES; ACTIVISM; POLITICAL ART; COMMUNITY; DECOLONISATION; HISTORY
Copyright Statement: UBC Press
Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Includes biographical notes.
Includes index.

Deposited by: Collections
Date Deposited: 30 Aug 2022 15:38
Last Modified: 24 Feb 2024 17:55
URI: http://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/34296
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