Made to Be Seen
Perspectives on the History
of Visual Anthropology
EDITED BY MARCUS BANKS
AND JAY RUBY
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Contents
Introduction: Made to Be Seen
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Vial Anthropology andthe Bult Entoament
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‘Untied Dialogue
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Indigenous Media and
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tradonal owners warned that even withthe estrone maybe
Posse to view sacred tes around (he val} Ula.”
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sc prohibitions aga photography a ming witout consent of
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company had not sought the permision of Ulu’ andawnes to use
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