Partial stories: repeat photography, narratives and environmental change in Tanzania

von Hellermann, Pauline. 2020. Partial stories: repeat photography, narratives and environmental change in Tanzania. Visual Anthropology, 33(4), pp. 363-391. ISSN 0894-9468 [Article]

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Abstract or Description

Repeat photography has emerged as a popular tool in visualising climate change, yet has been employed relatively little by visual environmental anthropologists. Based on research in Tanzania’s South Pare Mountains, this paper demonstrates that repeat photography can be a powerful method for environmental anthropologists both practically and epistemologically: repeat photography as a practice integrates well with ethnography, whilst the contradictions emerging through multi-modal research help us reflect on the narratives about environmental change we encounter and write ourselves. At the same time, in-depth ethnography is crucial for understanding the lived experience and wider politico-economic dimensions of landscape change not visible through repeat photography alone.

Item Type:

Article

Identification Number (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.2020.1791575

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Anthropology

Dates:

DateEvent
18 July 2019Accepted
1 September 2020Published

Item ID:

27593

Date Deposited:

15 Nov 2019 15:47

Last Modified:

01 Mar 2022 02:26

Peer Reviewed:

Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/27593

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