Abstract
Africans and Muslims, photography and cultural studies – these are the subjects and objects of this cultural-political intervention combining humanist portrait photography, collaborative ethnography and oral history. The Somali Elders Project is located outside of the academy, in a community-based arts and educational centre in Cardiff, Wales. It is a mode of socially-concerned research, photography and representation in which marginalized voices, images and experiences are brought to the fore – with the subjects’ active participation. This polyvocal essay, combining text, voices and images, reflects on the project and suggests that it might provide a useful model for work in African cultural studies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 328 - 353 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Cultural Studies |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2008 |
Keywords
- African
- Muslim
- photography
- cultural studies
- representation
- language
- ethnography