https://brunnodouat.com Brunno Douat Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:05:36 +0000 https://brunnodouat.com en https://brunnodouat.com/To-Open-a-Clearing Sun, 02 Feb 2025 15:16:48 +0000 Brunno Douat https://brunnodouat.com/To-Open-a-Clearing To Open a Clearing: Cultivating Spaces of Endurance in the Upper Amazon To effectively challenge the policies of extraction and depletion implemented by late liberal regimes, the Waorani communities residing in the Ecuadorian Amazon have devised spatial strategies to preserve their traditional territory. By reexamining Mary Louise Pratt's concept of the contact zone and delving into the juxtaposition between settler and Indigenous literature, spatialities, and worldviews, this thesis suggests the concept of forest Clearings as a means to explore spatial forms of endurance. &nbsp; &nbsp; Numerous Clearings emerge within the Amazon, where encounters between divergent worldviews have engendered otherwise modes of existence. These spaces originate from mutualistic relationships between ants and plants, the material necessities for cultivating cacao and economic trees within traditional gardens amidst the forest, the aspiration to establish new settlements or reclaim former ones adjacent to oil platforms to assert sovereignty over traditional territories, and acts of weaving and singing while renewing a corporeal connection with the Amazon. Through a series of fieldwork reflections drawing upon Elizabeth Povinelli's notion of quasi-events, these Clearings are perceived as spaces where ontological negotiations are more likely to occur, strategies of enduring exhaustion are nurtured, potentiality is sheltered, and forms of dominance—even if for a moment—rattle. &nbsp; &nbsp; At the core of the thesis narrative lies the ambition of a particular Waorani community to establish a Museo Vivo, or a living museum, on the outskirts of the city of Coca. While scrutinizing the intertwined histories of museums&nbsp;as hegemonic infrastructures that facilitate extractive colonial projects in the region, this work nevertheless recognizes the Waorani's appropriation of the museum as a trap to ensnare our attention and redirect the focus towards a more pressing matter: the defense of their territory. Serving as a spatial strategy to withstand the exhaustion caused by extractive practices in the Amazon, the living museum can be viewed as the creation of a Clearing—an emancipation from prevailing forms of dominance through the subversion of hegemonic ontologies. Within the Clearing, dominant self-identities "get mixed up," inviting individuals to transcend their existing roles and fostering alternative life forms capable of sustaining a stubborn refusal to collapse. &nbsp; &nbsp; In essence, this work serves as an invitation to acknowledge our own agency as researchers, academics, architects, and artists when navigating the ambivalent movements of establishing and suppressing Clearings during interactions with local communities like the Waorani. The work proposes that assuming responsibility as active agents within the social ecology of Clearings—embracing the condition of being "seen seen" by one another—gives rise to new collaborative practices and ontological exchanges. Master of Environmental Design thesis at the Yale School of Architecture.Advisors: Ana Maria Durán Calisto,Keller Easterling 2021-2023 <img width="1772" height="2539" width_o="1772" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f876bfef37989c6efc0f3987bbd0e182d32553af9bf49db6b73500f763566cd/Website_.jpg" data-mid="225894368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f876bfef37989c6efc0f3987bbd0e182d32553af9bf49db6b73500f763566cd/Website_.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="2539" width_o="1772" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f7308a539da03c0b3bac74ff5b10be7b3c25df6ad00a926a4c44ad61d612e795/Website_4.jpg" data-mid="225894371" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f7308a539da03c0b3bac74ff5b10be7b3c25df6ad00a926a4c44ad61d612e795/Website_4.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="2539" width_o="1772" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6d168d0c5bf9989bd9ff558871214bb109efef3ae36e103319754be75acc8a5/Website_3.jpg" data-mid="225894373" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6d168d0c5bf9989bd9ff558871214bb109efef3ae36e103319754be75acc8a5/Website_3.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="2539" width_o="1772" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04eafe6ec6a0ee7482b796b507764a7a614f060137360fb5c1b953b627fed6db/Website_6.jpg" data-mid="225894374" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04eafe6ec6a0ee7482b796b507764a7a614f060137360fb5c1b953b627fed6db/Website_6.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="2539" width_o="1772" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ca6a03540785d60d252bee33cf79bf541e02089721d5280f0d64fd9ee3fd2afa/Website_8.jpg" data-mid="225894375" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ca6a03540785d60d252bee33cf79bf541e02089721d5280f0d64fd9ee3fd2afa/Website_8.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="2539" width_o="1772" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73b5e3a8f133c48e3b20357b3a7666a5609e9e6ddbb887d22a9849c13945848f/Website_7.jpg" data-mid="225894376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73b5e3a8f133c48e3b20357b3a7666a5609e9e6ddbb887d22a9849c13945848f/Website_7.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="2539" width_o="1772" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/09fc16911377cc47761ef16c9cda8c9ed4f85788114af7ef4c0305d29710d9f3/Website_9.jpg" data-mid="225894377" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/09fc16911377cc47761ef16c9cda8c9ed4f85788114af7ef4c0305d29710d9f3/Website_9.jpg" /> <img width="1772" height="2539" width_o="1772" height_o="2539" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1dcfec79263cd7495ccda4075ff541dde7b95227f192b9b251a8b03b6fd0c65e/Website_10.jpg" data-mid="225894378" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1dcfec79263cd7495ccda4075ff541dde7b95227f192b9b251a8b03b6fd0c65e/Website_10.jpg" /> https://brunnodouat.com/Casa-de-Bicho Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:05:34 +0000 Brunno Douat https://brunnodouat.com/Casa-de-Bicho (Upcoming) Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa July 05, 2026 – January 02, 2027 MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art Architects of Liberation is organized by Martino Stierli, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, and Ikem Stanley Okoye, guest curator and associate professor at the University of Delaware; with Mallory Cohen, curatorial associate in the Department of Architecture and Design. Collaborated as a researcher during the exhibition’s development and contributed as a commissioned writer to the exhibition catalogue.For more information visit:&nbsp;https://press.moma.org/exhibition/architects-of-liberation-modernism-in-western-africa/ Image:&nbsp;Children outside Bolgatanga Library, Ghana. December 1967. Photograph: Willis E. Bell. J. Max Bond Jr. papers, 1955–2009, Department of Drawings &amp; Archives, Avery Architectural &amp; Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. © Mmofra Foundation. <img width="949" height="796" width_o="949" height_o="796" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/873c35e44f48f6e8bff21dc11efe7081a10bdcb0903f8bc3ae84ad53521ee84f/Cover.jpg" data-mid="245119221" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/949/i/873c35e44f48f6e8bff21dc11efe7081a10bdcb0903f8bc3ae84ad53521ee84f/Cover.jpg" /> https://brunnodouat.com/Casa-de-Bicho-copy Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:05:36 +0000 Brunno Douat https://brunnodouat.com/Casa-de-Bicho-copy Casa de Bicho - with Gustavo Caboco Installation, part of the exhibition Um Rio Não Existe Sozinho by the Institute Tomie Ohtake — Belém In collaboration with Gustavo Caboco. Curators: Sabrina Fontenele and Vânia Leal Installation concept and design. 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accompanying publication. &nbsp;From the catalogue: “There is design in everything,” wrote Clara Porset, the innovative Cuban-Mexican designer. She believed that craft and industry could inspire each other, forging an alternative path for modern design. Not all of Porset’s colleagues agreed with her conviction. This exhibition presents these sometimes conflicting visions of modernity proposed by designers of home environments in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela between 1940 and 1980. For some, design was an evolution of local and Indigenous craft traditions, leading to an approach that combined centuries-old artisanal techniques with machine-based methods. For others, design responded to market conditions and local tastes, and was based on available technologies and industrial processes. In this exhibition, objects including furniture, appliances, posters, textiles, and ceramics, as well as a selection of photographs and paintings, will explore these tensions. The home became a site of experimentation for modern living during a period marked by dramatic political, economic, and social changes, which had broad repercussions for Latin American visual culture. For nearly half a century, the design of the domestic environment embodied ideas of national identity, models of production, and modern ways of living. The home also offered opportunities for a dialogue between art, architecture, and design. Highlights of the exhibition include Clara Porset’s Butaque chair; Lina Bo Bardi’s Bowl chair; Antonio Bonet, Juan Kurchan, and Jorge Ferrari Hardoy’s B.K.F. Chair; and Roberto Matta’s Malitte Lounge Furniture. Images: The Museum of Modern Art Spring 2024 <img width="1129" height="752" width_o="1129" height_o="752" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e620da45f7b08f7b56514c48e31476a6ca8bc84bd83b1514195635adfe3c3138/Screenshot-2025-09-08-at-1.46.11p.m..png" data-mid="237956233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e620da45f7b08f7b56514c48e31476a6ca8bc84bd83b1514195635adfe3c3138/Screenshot-2025-09-08-at-1.46.11p.m..png" /> <img width="1129" height="753" width_o="1129" height_o="753" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ec06991103a0ebfe992b27fb07b0dde2b6bb78e1ff74cdfff119f3e236342a7/Screenshot-2025-09-08-at-1.44.34p.m..png" data-mid="237956231" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9ec06991103a0ebfe992b27fb07b0dde2b6bb78e1ff74cdfff119f3e236342a7/Screenshot-2025-09-08-at-1.44.34p.m..png" /> <img width="1335" height="754" width_o="1335" height_o="754" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18f2fa655e5fdd6170fee54b5f7f9e9fec5be9b08c789973b17d4d93aed935d9/Screenshot-2025-09-08-at-1.45.04p.m..png" data-mid="237956232" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18f2fa655e5fdd6170fee54b5f7f9e9fec5be9b08c789973b17d4d93aed935d9/Screenshot-2025-09-08-at-1.45.04p.m..png" /> https://brunnodouat.com/Beneath-the-Mud Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:24:29 +0000 Brunno Douat https://brunnodouat.com/Beneath-the-Mud Beneath the Mud - with Gustavo Caboco Installation at the KO’EYENE program, at the 2024 Theaterformen Festival in Braunschweig In collaboration with Gustavo Caboco Installation concept and design. Photos by Mehdi Amiri and China Hopson Summer 2024 <img width="3500" height="2329" width_o="3500" height_o="2329" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06966d3005a64a3f528df6fc31ee90588423b6677fa73a43c94f935df2e3e66e/KOEYENE_FestivalTheaterformen24_photoChinaHopson_153.jpg" data-mid="219467460" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06966d3005a64a3f528df6fc31ee90588423b6677fa73a43c94f935df2e3e66e/KOEYENE_FestivalTheaterformen24_photoChinaHopson_153.jpg" /> <img width="3500" height="2329" width_o="3500" height_o="2329" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/87fb7059d633e9e1613ef82111c71a7f9f41df970fd09bb62a4dfe2b6bc6f282/KOEYENE_FestivalTheaterformen24_photoChinaHopson_131.jpg" data-mid="219467459" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/87fb7059d633e9e1613ef82111c71a7f9f41df970fd09bb62a4dfe2b6bc6f282/KOEYENE_FestivalTheaterformen24_photoChinaHopson_131.jpg" /> <img width="3500" height="2329" width_o="3500" height_o="2329" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ac8f48495ea0d03bd421f51b3d5077d0081552154faf8bdf5a7e288f20563b8/KOEYENE_FestivalTheaterformen24_photoChinaHopson_154.jpg" data-mid="219467461" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ac8f48495ea0d03bd421f51b3d5077d0081552154faf8bdf5a7e288f20563b8/KOEYENE_FestivalTheaterformen24_photoChinaHopson_154.jpg" /> <img width="4669" height="3110" width_o="4669" height_o="3110" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff7f156296cb19ff149775e7d1d3f8f851da583371e23b1c9c63c558697e087d/KOEYENE_Festival.jpg" data-mid="219467914" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff7f156296cb19ff149775e7d1d3f8f851da583371e23b1c9c63c558697e087d/KOEYENE_Festival.jpg" /> https://brunnodouat.com/Venice-2023 Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:46:23 +0000 Brunno Douat https://brunnodouat.com/Venice-2023 Surfacing — The Civilised Agroecological Forests of Amazonia. Installation at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale The Laboratory of the Future Authors: Estudio A0 (Ana María Durán Calisto and&nbsp;Jaskran Kalirai) and Manuela Omari Ima Collaborator as a researcher and fundraiser.&nbsp; Maps of ancestral territory embroided in Wengo and ceilling structures weaved in One fibers by the Waorani communities of Tiwino and Tepapade in collaboration with students from the Yale School of Architecture.&nbsp; From the catalogue: "Gold prospecting using LiDAR in the twenty-first century has brought to the surface not only vast mineral deposits but also evidence of mega-regional cities. The digital whispers of these cities forcefully speak of the civilisations built by the people of the Amazon River basin tributaries for over five millennia.The land of the ‘savage’ portrayed by the European conquest through Greek mythical beings and medieval legendary monsters are now being portrayed by remote sensing as the land of interwoven constellations of agroecological urbanisms that call for a new name, for an ontological reckoning.The civilisations of oral traditions are wanting of recognition, not as exotic urbanisms to be marginally included in history textbooks, but as brilliant, working examples of urban ecology that may lead our way into a reconciliation of the city, its foods systems, and its hinterlands. This is the focus of this exhibition."&nbsp; Spring 2023 <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/124e3c182a975defdfe0c8215e9dec2d031e33c6ed2b2f4cc747524c7ba32981/Venice_dsc03075.jpg" data-mid="237956200" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/124e3c182a975defdfe0c8215e9dec2d031e33c6ed2b2f4cc747524c7ba32981/Venice_dsc03075.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2aabcfc8b5d67b900f2da487c801ab3089a83df6f74ac08bfb95c5dd2d7ccfc4/Venice_dsc03054.jpg" data-mid="237956202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2aabcfc8b5d67b900f2da487c801ab3089a83df6f74ac08bfb95c5dd2d7ccfc4/Venice_dsc03054.jpg" /> https://brunnodouat.com/On-Deck-1 Fri, 09 May 2025 16:32:55 +0000 Brunno Douat https://brunnodouat.com/On-Deck-1 On Deck: Architectural Production After PowerPoint In collaboration with Christina Moushoul and Matthew WagstaffeResearch and Exhibition Project. The research project and exhibition On Deck: Architectural Production After PowerPoint addresses the overlooked impact of slide presentations on architectural production. Drawing from media, design, and communication theory, and focusing on a selection of New York-based practices over the past four decades, it seeks to demonstrate how this always-present medium—often presented in private or confidential settings—has influenced contemporary architectural conceptualization and communication. Research supported by the The Architecture League of New York 2024 Independent Projects Grant. 2025 <img width="634" height="400" width_o="634" height_o="400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9e7816926c84fe1e68831c8c747d1feda1aa83f7ee0e8f3eb265d073537b5dd/DuPont-Chart-Room.jpg" data-mid="233009068" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/634/i/c9e7816926c84fe1e68831c8c747d1feda1aa83f7ee0e8f3eb265d073537b5dd/DuPont-Chart-Room.jpg" /> <img width="1350" height="900" width_o="1350" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ffe18b2dcf390363ee252c29ab12d322d8c3283edd917ce7fb35628b82e213b/Screenshot-2025-05-09-at-9.55.27a.m_.jpg" data-mid="233009071" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1ffe18b2dcf390363ee252c29ab12d322d8c3283edd917ce7fb35628b82e213b/Screenshot-2025-05-09-at-9.55.27a.m_.jpg" /> <img width="1463" height="900" width_o="1463" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bd017f266a0cc7d1f8d47f65ba9b9a76f1d4dabbdff4c8225a50f4c47f817004/IMG_5996.jpg" data-mid="233009070" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bd017f266a0cc7d1f8d47f65ba9b9a76f1d4dabbdff4c8225a50f4c47f817004/IMG_5996.jpg" /> <img width="741" height="900" width_o="741" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1123afad60d2e807783faa77990d94c10bdc2df9995075d203210d7abe553e0b/IMG_3761.jpg" data-mid="233009069" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/741/i/1123afad60d2e807783faa77990d94c10bdc2df9995075d203210d7abe553e0b/IMG_3761.jpg" /> <img width="1172" height="900" width_o="1172" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5fe2c98e0dab7f6ca63b9e29710506fb51c9fdd565103de59e4b69c5ffe82067/Computer-Chronicles_01.jpg" data-mid="233009066" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5fe2c98e0dab7f6ca63b9e29710506fb51c9fdd565103de59e4b69c5ffe82067/Computer-Chronicles_01.jpg" /> <img width="1172" height="900" width_o="1172" height_o="900" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8db5fb4a938afb225094a1554a1c08bc87a8d236ae55635d2f45b5c16cb2ec8e/Computer-Chronicles_02.jpg" data-mid="233009067" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8db5fb4a938afb225094a1554a1c08bc87a8d236ae55635d2f45b5c16cb2ec8e/Computer-Chronicles_02.jpg" /> https://brunnodouat.com/Entwining-chambira Tue, 06 Jun 2023 16:39:11 +0000 Brunno Douat https://brunnodouat.com/Entwining-chambira Entwining chambira to weave a world-forest The project develops an open archive alongside the Tepapare community composed of drawings, maps, photographs, video footage, audio recordings, oral histories, and traditional songs. Together they document the entangled territorial and cosmological assemblages present in complex production processes. The research focuses on the socio-ecological processes in making the traditional Yoo, the Waorani hammocks. Yoo's production involves intense trekking through the forest and gathering source materials throughout vast portions of the group's traditional territory. While chanting songs that recall the human-other-than-human relations embodied in the materials, the Tepapare women collectively weave together memory, place, and matter, inscribing their sense of continuous bodily reciprocity with the Amazon. The resulting artifact is an archival assemblage, a counter-map that makes Waorani ontology and territorial occupation legible, despite attempts at erasure through colonization. Research supported by Yale’s Tropical Resources Institute Fellowship Summer 2022 <img width="3442" height="2582" width_o="3442" height_o="2582" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6364c52fb5b3a9a7e14c171dec1fb264cd72cc49f02ecd4af2e67e77a3c591ec/Kabe-Map_small_web.png" data-mid="190244015" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6364c52fb5b3a9a7e14c171dec1fb264cd72cc49f02ecd4af2e67e77a3c591ec/Kabe-Map_small_web.png" /> <img width="2180" height="1228" width_o="2180" height_o="1228" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02ee679e5688421b4597c11baf4d6e205d5e2d2fcbdda07cfe8d87a1566c974c/Following_group_dsc02247_low.jpg" data-mid="181225880" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02ee679e5688421b4597c11baf4d6e205d5e2d2fcbdda07cfe8d87a1566c974c/Following_group_dsc02247_low.jpg" /> <img width="2001" height="1126" width_o="2001" height_o="1126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20b2f81236735c3b4e53bccbbd01753b42ca7472a34bef2b1397aae5b0793620/low_Chambira_Collecting_dsc01898.jpg" data-mid="181225886" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20b2f81236735c3b4e53bccbbd01753b42ca7472a34bef2b1397aae5b0793620/low_Chambira_Collecting_dsc01898.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73ed26c910a0d647a6068be1dfb0b55d2530e4862d1cab58ad03a0d44590dcb9/Coloring_process_dsc02157.jpg" data-mid="181225882" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73ed26c910a0d647a6068be1dfb0b55d2530e4862d1cab58ad03a0d44590dcb9/Coloring_process_dsc02157.jpg" /> <img width="6000" height="3376" width_o="6000" height_o="3376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b962ae46186aafc3ce9f4cc2c4b1d97cf7d9e0bec96cf30da9e6696a4c5d43e/Coloring_process_dsc02200.jpg" data-mid="181225885" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b962ae46186aafc3ce9f4cc2c4b1d97cf7d9e0bec96cf30da9e6696a4c5d43e/Coloring_process_dsc02200.jpg" /> <img width="5939" height="3342" width_o="5939" height_o="3342" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df777c3f01bb0cfb3cb1e583ee44c79ea8033f3179fced37e48e8ff1524cbf59/Coloring_process_dsc02142.jpg" data-mid="181225883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df777c3f01bb0cfb3cb1e583ee44c79ea8033f3179fced37e48e8ff1524cbf59/Coloring_process_dsc02142.jpg" /> https://brunnodouat.com/On-Curupira-Steps-1 Sat, 06 Aug 2022 21:40:33 +0000 Brunno Douat https://brunnodouat.com/On-Curupira-Steps-1 On Curupira Steps: Lina Bo Bardi in Vila Velha Essay published on Cornell Journal of Architecture Issue 12: After.Editor in-chief: Val WarkeManaging Editors: Hallie Black and Todd PetrieSubmission Editor: Gracie Meek and Rabei Bhatti Read the full essay here. Spring 2022 <img width="2222" height="2439" width_o="2222" height_o="2439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ee973f68b05be387b7e60823761c267423ef44be79bac6ac1895a7990db2c8f/Sequence_v02.gif" data-mid="162598846" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ee973f68b05be387b7e60823761c267423ef44be79bac6ac1895a7990db2c8f/Sequence_v02.gif" /> https://brunnodouat.com/Blackfeet Sat, 06 Aug 2022 21:40:33 +0000 Brunno Douat https://brunnodouat.com/Blackfeet Counter-witnessing Blackfeet Erasure in Beinecke's Walter McClintock collection of colored slides The investigation proposes critically analyzing the editing processes involved in negatives, photographs, and colored slides depicting Blackfeet communities as part of the Walter McClintock collection at Beinecke Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library. Salvage ethnographer and photographer Walter McClintock would erase elements of acculturation to promote the idea of a pristine and idealized indigeneity, supposedely “untouched by white civilization.” For that purpose, elements such as trains, Western clothing, wagons, and whole villages were systematically erased in the original negatives. The research consists in cataloguing the negatives, comparing them with the later edited colored-slides, analyzing erased elements and, consequentely, bringing silenced stories to the surface. Research supported by the Beinecke Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library Fellowship for Graduate Students. 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