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This volume brings together research on contemporary uses of historical photographs from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, conducted between 1880 and 1980. Case studies discuss how photos of the past, in the light of contemporary times and the challenges of the digital age, are answered, recontextualized and resignified. The volume poses new challenges for visual anthropology, highlighting the contrast between fluency, sense of belonging and affection, to explore the contemporary significance of historical photography in processes of constitution of memory, ethnographic imagination and identity in Latin America.

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This volume brings together research on contemporary uses of historical photographs from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, conducted between 1880 and 1980. Case studies discuss how photos of the past, in the light of contemporary times and the challenges of the digital age, are answered, recontextualized and resignified. The volume poses new challenges for visual anthropology, highlighting the contrast between fluency, sense of belonging and affection, to explore the contemporary significance of historical photography in processes of constitution of memory, ethnographic imagination and identity in Latin America.

This volume brings together research on contemporary uses of historical photographs from Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, conducted between 1880 and 1980. Case studies discuss how photos of the past, in the light of contemporary times and the challenges of the digital age, are answered, recontextualized and resignified. The volume poses new challenges for visual anthropology, highlighting the contrast between fluency, sense of belonging and affection, to explore the contemporary significance of historical photography in processes of constitution of memory, ethnographic imagination and identity in Latin America.

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The renewed interest that historical photography of the Peruvian Amazon has awakened in the social sciences and cultural and artistic projects encouraged us to explore the importance that these images, produced between the late 19th and the early 20th century, have acquired in the construction of a contemporary narrative regarding the Amazonian indigenous peoples and the Amazonian forest. The analysis of these photographs is even more relevant in the current setting, marked by the public debate emerged at the increasing pressure that the Peruvian government and external agents have on the Amazon region and its natural resources. In this regard, early visual representations of the Amazonian indigenous peoples and the Amazonian forest, shown in recent photo exhibitions, allow us to reflect on how the Amazon is being integrated into contemporary national imaginary.