At Dalits’ Feet: Archival Resources of Counteraction

Laine, Anna

doi:10.1111/var.12198

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“…Considering that the archive is deeply embedded in relations of power and is manipulated by those in power, Taylor specifically urges us to take embodied knowledge seriously and consider the body as an archive (2003, 16). Meanwhile, Anna Laine argues: “Body as archive further has political potential, in enabling marginalized individuals and groups to use the materiality and memories of their own bodies to challenge and refigure dominating narratives and practices of archival bodies” (2020, 19). For instance, Laine's collaborative photography project approaches Dalit bodies as “archives of casteism” (19) in response to the dominant framework of upper‐caste Hindu scriptures.…”

Section: Radical Vocalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Granular Activisms

Nayyar

2022

Visual Anthropology Review

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In this article, I reflect on the collaborative multimodal ethnography that I conducted in Badhuli village with Aaji, a lower‐caste storyteller, singer, healer, and rice farmer. In addition to highlighting Aaji's life story and her Bhojpuri singing practice, the research project involved facilitating performative spaces for women to exchange, rehearse, film, and digitally share their vocal repertoires with other community members across gender, caste, religion, and generation. Through an analysis of multimodal ethnographic materials, this article argues that rural north Indian women's vocal traditions and performances are more than “everyday acts of resistance” (Scott 1985). Specifically, I combine Barthe's concept of “grain” of voice (1977) with recent scholarship on political activism and theories of voice and vocality (Eidsheim 2008; Schlichter 2011). I propose the new notion of “granular activism,” that is, grounded in the intermingling and exchange of women's vocal traditions. I conclude by demonstrating Aaji's radically activist role in re‐imagining Bhojpuri inter‐gender and inter‐caste dynamics through vocal traditions.

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Section: Radical Vocalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Granular Activisms

Nayyar

2022

Visual Anthropology Review

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“…The final method that proved effective was the use of my own photographic prints in dialogue with my collaborators within discursive exhibition spaces. In this effort, I used curation as a continuation of experimental practice within anthropology (Elhaik and Marcus 2020; see also Basu 2007; Laine 2020). This was the most collaborative of the four approaches to collecting data on the local perspective on Northern landscapes, albeit less experimental outside of the world of traditional anthropological methods.…”

Section: Discursive Exhibition Spacesmentioning

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In Galleries and Beer Cans: Experimental Photography in Explorations of Northern Swedish Landscapes

Bartlett¹

2021

Visual Anthropology Review

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This visual essay reflexively explores experimental photographic research methods. Using cyanotypes, beer can cameras, maps, and exhibitions to make physical spaces and surfaces occupied by photography tangible, I show how these methods work with traditional anthropological approaches to orient us to how local place is represented, and how this visual critique connects with the ways landscape is experienced in contrast to historical national discourses. These methods were aimed at having a better understanding of local experiences and understandings of Northern landscapes in rural Sweden.

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The ‘drive and talk’ as ethnographic method

Drew¹,

Skinner²,

Bardsley³

2022

Anthropology Today

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Anthropologists have long embraced the value of the ‘walk and talk’ ethnographic method, which is an interactive means of generating research insights in situ – on site. In this article, we propose that there is room for an expanded appreciation of the ‘drive and talk’ method. While driving and talking with their interlocutors, researchers can elicit information prompted by features in the landscape and the environment that might be otherwise forgotten or overlooked if the interview context was set in a fixed location. To demonstrate the utility of this approach, this article explains the empirical and phenomenological (sensorial and experiential) insights yielded by driving and talking with interlocutors in a South Australian wine‐growing region. Automobility has the advantage over ambulation when it comes to accessing landscapes at the scale of the farm, which is where environmental management decisions are on heightened display.

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At Dalits’ Feet: Archival Resources of Counteraction

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

Granular Activisms

Granular Activisms

In Galleries and Beer Cans: Experimental Photography in Explorations of Northern Swedish Landscapes

The ‘drive and talk’ as ethnographic method

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