"The Contact Zone": Power relations in visual representation of foreign lands, people and objects

dc.contributor.authorBianca Tiziana Salvo
dc.coverage.spatialBolivia
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-22T18:59:47Z
dc.date.available2026-03-22T18:59:47Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractSince its origin, photography has had a close relationship with the manner discoveries have been displayed and understood by the Western world. Even if the accessibility to photographs is currently appreciated as a global phenomenon, the study of digital archives and photographic narratives of the other reveals a biased and defective gaze. Based on Marie Luise Pratt’s proposals of the “Contact Zone”, this essay reflects upon the complexities in the representation of foreign lands, people, and objects as a way to understand the historical power relationships embedded in photographic images and archives.
dc.identifier.doi10.5281/zenodo.7951261
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7951261
dc.identifier.urihttps://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/73434
dc.language.isoen
dc.sourceUniversidad de Los Andes
dc.subjectRepresentation (politics)
dc.subjectPower (physics)
dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectComputer science
dc.title"The Contact Zone": Power relations in visual representation of foreign lands, people and objects
dc.typearticle

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