TY - JOUR
T1 - Another Look at John Marshall and the Ju/’hoansi
T2 - Reassessing a Documentary Lifetime
AU - Tomaselli, Keyan G.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - A reassessment of the Marshall family expeditions in the 1950s and the films in the Kalahari is offered. What was learned by the Marshalls, as pioneers of visual anthropology, is examined through the investigations of several later scholars, filmmakers and archivists. This article draws on the semiotics of C. S. Peirce in light of his discussion of how things appear (phaneroscopy), backgrounded research and image ethics, and my own field work amongst Kalahari Desert communities. It examines the principles and contradictions that arise from the Marshalls’ research and imaging with the Ju/’hoansi people. Some new semiotic insights regarding representation and researcher position, and observer–observed relationships, are offered here.
AB - A reassessment of the Marshall family expeditions in the 1950s and the films in the Kalahari is offered. What was learned by the Marshalls, as pioneers of visual anthropology, is examined through the investigations of several later scholars, filmmakers and archivists. This article draws on the semiotics of C. S. Peirce in light of his discussion of how things appear (phaneroscopy), backgrounded research and image ethics, and my own field work amongst Kalahari Desert communities. It examines the principles and contradictions that arise from the Marshalls’ research and imaging with the Ju/’hoansi people. Some new semiotic insights regarding representation and researcher position, and observer–observed relationships, are offered here.
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U2 - 10.1080/08949468.2021.1885919
DO - 10.1080/08949468.2021.1885919
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104232471
SN - 0894-9468
VL - 34
SP - 101
EP - 133
JO - Visual Anthropology
JF - Visual Anthropology
IS - 2
ER -