“The First Real Indians That I Have Seen”: Franz Boas and the Disentanglement of the Entangled
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Author/Creator
Rainer Hatoum
ab-Original, vol. 2, no. 2, The Entangled Gaze, 2018, pp. 157-184
Description
Author analyzes the field notes of the ethnographer Franz Boas, arguing that while he wanted to create a more authentic understanding of Indigenous people, he ignored many of the aspects of his interactions with them that would have led to such and understanding.