Citlalli González Ponce Doctor in Social Sciences and Master in Communication from the University of Guadalajara.

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Three snapshots of the relationship between scientific photography and anthropology in Mexico

  • Citlalli González Ponce

[drocpap]T[/dropcap]his article presents an overview of the use of photography as a methodological resource in the scientific work of Mexican anthropology. The account goes from 1840 to date, emphasizing three periods. The first one shows how the first traveling photographers who arrived in the country established the relationship with anthropology. In the second, three projects that led to the first ethnographic maps of the indigenous population in Mexico are reviewed. On the third, we mention some researches of the 21st century that review and criticize the multiple nuances and forms that this relationship has adopted.