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Getting the settler colonial picture: Sigrid Lien, ‘Ragnhild’s Images: Migration, Settler Colonialism and Photography’, International Journal for History, Culture and Modernity, 2020

22Apr20

Abstract: This article address photography’s embeddedness in histories of emigration and relocation. Photographs are integral pieces of life stories that take on new meanings as they circulate in history, while being told and retold. As catalysts of memories and postmemories they have the capacity to bring the hidden or difficult truths to the surface. This capacity is by no means limited to stories on the personal level. The article argues that settler immigrant’s family photographs may also have the potential to question the absence of indigenous peoples in histories of migration and settler colonialism. They may thus be considered as valuable tools in the process of contesting, ‘indigenizing’, and ultimately decolonizing these histories.


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