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To examine how the physical decay of colonial photographs in postcolonial archives sparks debates over custodianship and emotional attachments to colonial visual heritage.

May 1, 2005Cultural AnthropologyOpen Access

Objects of Love and Decay: Colonial Photographs in a Postcolonial Archive

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To examine how the physical decay of colonial photographs in postcolonial archives sparks debates over custodianship and emotional attachments to colonial visual heritage.
Conducted a critical discursive analysis of preservation practices and debates centered on colonial visual culture.
Examined the material conditions and institutional custody of colonial photograph collections housed at the National Archives of The Gambia.
Identified competing institutional and cultural discourses regarding the authority and responsibility to preserve deteriorating colonial artifacts.
Framed preservation debates around photographic decay as an emotional discourse reflecting intimacy with colonial history and the challenge of letting go.

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Qualitative analysis reveals custodial tensions surrounding deteriorating colonial photographs in The Gambia, highlighting complex emotional attachments to visual heritage.

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Liam Buckley (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1043535725bbd5cc60beed https://doi.org/10.1525/can.2005.20.2.249

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Qualitative analysis reveals custodial tensions surrounding deteriorating colonial photographs in The Gambia, highlighting complex emotional attachments to visual heritage.

Objects of Love and Decay: Colonial Photographs in a Postcolonial Archive

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