Putting representational boots on other feet: Moukarim postcards from Cameroon c 1914-15
Abstract This paper analyses a set of 28 postcards taken in Cameroon during WW1 by a photographer of Lebanese origin, one of the Moukarim brothers. It throws light on a period of Cameroonian history, on the images and their place in photographic history. The postcards that the Moukarims took canno...
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This paper analyses a set of 28 postcards taken in Cameroon during WW1 by a photographer of Lebanese origin, one of the Moukarim brothers. It throws light on a period of Cameroonian history, on the images and their place in photographic history. The postcards that the Moukarims took cannot be viewed simply as exemplifying the colonial gaze: the visual economy is more complicated than that. The images provide a lens on internationalism, lending a perspective from which to think about the complex set of actors who helped to make and to represent history.
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Cet article présente un ensemble de 28 cartes postales prises au Cameroun pendant la Première Guerre mondiale par un photographe d’origine libanaise, l’un des frères Moukarim. Il met en lumière une période de l’histoire camerounaise, les images et leur place dans l’histoire de la photographie. Les cartes postales prises par les Moukarim ne peuvent être considérées comme un simple exemple du regard colonial : l’économie visuelle est plus complexe que cela. Les images offrent un regard sur l’internationalisme, une perspective qui permet de réfléchir à l’ensemble complexe des acteurs qui ont contribué à faire et à représenter l’histoire.
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| spelling | doaj-art-43377019ab3e46e7b21588652716481f2025-08-20T02:40:56ZengISCA, University of OxfordVestiges: Traces of Record2058-19632024-12-01101Putting representational boots on other feet: Moukarim postcards from Cameroon c 1914-15 David ZeitlynAbstract This paper analyses a set of 28 postcards taken in Cameroon during WW1 by a photographer of Lebanese origin, one of the Moukarim brothers. It throws light on a period of Cameroonian history, on the images and their place in photographic history. The postcards that the Moukarims took cannot be viewed simply as exemplifying the colonial gaze: the visual economy is more complicated than that. The images provide a lens on internationalism, lending a perspective from which to think about the complex set of actors who helped to make and to represent history. Résumé Cet article présente un ensemble de 28 cartes postales prises au Cameroun pendant la Première Guerre mondiale par un photographe d’origine libanaise, l’un des frères Moukarim. Il met en lumière une période de l’histoire camerounaise, les images et leur place dans l’histoire de la photographie. Les cartes postales prises par les Moukarim ne peuvent être considérées comme un simple exemple du regard colonial : l’économie visuelle est plus complexe que cela. Les images offrent un regard sur l’internationalisme, une perspective qui permet de réfléchir à l’ensemble complexe des acteurs qui ont contribué à faire et à représenter l’histoire. https://vestiges.shox.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/vestiges/article/view/286Keywords: Cameroon, Cameroun, Kamerun, Moukarim, Lebanese, WW1, photographyMots clef: Cameroon, Cameroun, Kamerun, Moukarim, libanaise, WW1, photographie |
| spellingShingle | David Zeitlyn Putting representational boots on other feet: Moukarim postcards from Cameroon c 1914-15 Vestiges: Traces of Record Keywords: Cameroon, Cameroun, Kamerun, Moukarim, Lebanese, WW1, photography Mots clef: Cameroon, Cameroun, Kamerun, Moukarim, libanaise, WW1, photographie |
| title | Putting representational boots on other feet: Moukarim postcards from Cameroon c 1914-15 |
| title_full | Putting representational boots on other feet: Moukarim postcards from Cameroon c 1914-15 |
| title_fullStr | Putting representational boots on other feet: Moukarim postcards from Cameroon c 1914-15 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Putting representational boots on other feet: Moukarim postcards from Cameroon c 1914-15 |
| title_short | Putting representational boots on other feet: Moukarim postcards from Cameroon c 1914-15 |
| title_sort | putting representational boots on other feet moukarim postcards from cameroon c 1914 15 |
| topic | Keywords: Cameroon, Cameroun, Kamerun, Moukarim, Lebanese, WW1, photography Mots clef: Cameroon, Cameroun, Kamerun, Moukarim, libanaise, WW1, photographie |
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