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Making Histories: The Torres Strait Expedition Of 1898, Elizabeth Edwards

Pacific Studies

The Cambridge Torres Strait Expedition used photography to address two agendas, both of which were grounded in the temporal ambiguities of photography. Photography was used first as an integrated tool of anthropological investigation, particularly in the field of salvage ethnography and through “reenactment”; and second as a site of social interaction between the expedition and the Torres Strait Islanders through the exchange and display of photographs. I argue that these two agendas and their function as “history” are grounded in the temporal ambiguities inherent in photographic inscription. The first, the scientific, depended on the construction and representation of a “static” …

In Search Of “Men Of Nature”: Paul Wirz’S Photography In New Guinea, 1916–1955, Andrea E. Schmidt

Pacific Studies

Between 1916 and 1955 the Swiss anthropologist and collector Paul Wirz (1892– 1955) took several thousand photographs during his research trips to New Guinea, where he stayed with the Marind-anim of the south coast, at Lake Sentani, in the highlands with the Western Dani and the Enga, at the Papuan Gulf (Gogodala), and in the Sepik and Maprik areas. For his black-and-white–dominated photography Wirz used first gelatin dry-plate technology, later roll film. The photographs served as illustrations for his numerous publications, and, sometimes hand-colored, as lantern slides for his lectures. In content, Wirz believed that photography should above all document …

Reading Photographs In Colonial History: A Case Study From Fiji, 1872, Brigitte D’Ozouville

Pacific Studies

This essay explores the significance of a photographic triptych, ca. 1872, pasted on a colonial-era photographic album about Fiji. The author argues that these photographs are reliable documents of referent questions that go beyond the aesthetic effect of photography, the new impact of the medium, and the European curiosity developed for the representation of the “savage.” First, the content of these images are examined within the context of the Fijian colonial history, that is, their “signifiant” in Barthes’s terms. But the interpretation of this triptych is extended further in light of our present knowledge of photography and its use in …

Official/Unofficial Images: Photographs From The Crane Pacific Expedition, 1928–1929, Virginia-Lee Webb

Pacific Studies

The Crane Pacific Expedition was privately funded by Cornelius Crane and institutionally sponsored by the Field Museum, Chicago. Originally planning a pleasure trip, Crane offered to fund and organize a scientific one for the museum. The expedition circled the globe from November 1928 to October 1929, and collected over 18,000 specimens of all types for various departments at the Field Museum. Sculptures were also collected and given to several museums. However, the Crane Expedition is particularly significant for its photographic record of the Sepik River, New Guinea. One official photographer, Sidney N. Shurcliff, was documented, yet five men are now …

Vol. 20 No. 4 (1997): Pacific Studies Full Issue, The Jonathan Nāpela Center For Hawaiian And Pacific Islands Studies

Pacific Studies

Pacific Studies is published two times a year by The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies, Brigham Young University Hawai‘i #1979, 55–220 Kulanui Street, Lāʻie, Hawai‘i 96762, but responsibility for opinions expressed in the articles rests with the authors alone. Subscription rate is US$40.00 yearly, payable to The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies. The Jonathan Nāpela Center for Hawaiian and Pacific Studies (formerly The Pacific Institute) is an organization funded by Brigham Young University Hawai‘i. The Center assists the University in meeting its cultural and educational goals by undertaking a program of teaching, research, and …

The Invisibility Of Gospel Ploughmen: The Imaging Of South Sea Pastors In Papua, Max Quanchi

Pacific Studies

South Sea Islanders serving in missions in Papua were visible in their journey to Papua, in their work as pioneers opening up new missions along the coast and inland, and in their immersion in local communities. Travelers, administration officials, and European missionaries in Papua reported meeting these “gospel ploughmen” and “admirable frontiersmen” and relied on them for assistance with transport, accommodation, translating, collecting, and personal and official business. They were an integral part of the European world, though marginalized by position, rank, skin color, language, and ethnic origin. The schools, churches, and chapels they built were usually the only substantial …

Untitled, Phil Mcfarland

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Untitled, Darius Tilton

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Untitled, Matt Dellinger

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Merrimack College: The First Fifty Years, Robert (Bud) D. Keohan, Frank J. Leone Jr.

Merrimack College Publications

Merrimack College Fiftieth Anniversary Photo Book

Text Editor: Robert (Bud) D. Koehan '53

Photograph Editor: Frank J. Leone Jr. '61

Silenced Sacred Spaces: Selected Photographs Of Syrian Synagogues By Robert Lyons, Samuel Gruber, Samuel D. Gruber

Religion - All Scholarship

Discusses the history and architecture of the synagogues of Syria documented by photographer Robert Lyons in a survey sponsored by the Jewish Heritage Council of the World Monuments Fund.

Untitled, Amy Meyerkord

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Street Vendors, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1996, Jeffrey Martin

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Uncle Frank, Leah Kidwell

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Detail: Sunlight, Karly Whitaker

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Untitled, Andy Roberts

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Helping Hands, Mike Denckhoff

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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The Accident, Jeffrey Martin

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Commonthought Vol.7 (1996), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

In The City, Marc Taylor

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Untitled, Crista Mcgaughey

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Untitled, Meleah Rush

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Untitled, Eric Williams

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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"Old Style", Phil Mcfarland

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Untitled, Phil Mcfarland

A Midwestern Review: A Magazine of the Arts and Issues at DePauw University

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Commonthought Vol.6 (1995), Commonthought Staff

Commonthought

This issue features works created by Lesley University students and covers a broad range of topics. The work itself crosses many disciplines from creative writing to visual arts.

Photography, Chris Talbot

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