an exhibition of photographic anthropology by Karl Frost at the Max Planck Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig April 18 – July 30, 2019 Deutscher Platz 6, Leipzig open hours 8:00 – 18:00 These photos and video stills were taken from the network of field sites associated with the Department of Human Behavior, Ecology, and […]
Author: Karl Frost
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Graffiti art in Candeleria, Bogota, Colombia
Candeleria district, Bogota, Colombia, 19 February 2019 At the start of a 6 week trip to Colombia to work with Anthropologist Cody Ross, i stopped for a day in Bogota. Part of the day, I was able to take in the street art near the hostel i was staying at in the Candeleria district. Bogota […]
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Artesanos Mosetenes video collage (Bolivian lowlands)
The following video is a collage of footage from a project documenting traditional Mosetén crafts, done at the request of David Maito Baya, president of the Pueblo Indígena Mosetén, as part of ongoing collaboration with MPI affiliated anthropologist, Dr Anne Pisor. (currently at Washington State University). Included is footage of weaving of baskets, bags, fans, and hat, carving […]
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Interview with Sharon Ness (wilp Tsi Basa) and Richard Wright (wilp Luutkudziiwus), Gitxsan
A few words in the Gitxsan language Wilp: ‘House’ – the primary social, political, and economic unit in Gitxsan society. All members are related matrilineally to a female ancestor of the Wilp. Gitxsan inherency, known as Gwalx Yee’insxw, is established by virtue of being a member of a wilp. The majority of Gitxsan rights reside in the wilp. A […]
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video collage from Arang dak (northern Nicaragua)
Arang dak is a small village in northern Nicaragua, near the border with Honduras, inhabited by members of the Mayangna indigenous community. Like many other indigenous villages, the people of Arang dak were violently forced to evacuate by the Sandinistas during the conflicts in that country in the 1980s. The Mayangna and Miskito fought the […]
video collage from Bahia Solano, Chocó, Colombia
Bahia Solano, is a coastal town in Chocó, a province or “department” of Colombia on the Pacific coast. The legal economy there relies heavily on fishing, but it is also part of one of many transportation routes in the cocaine trade. Chocó itself is historically the center of Afro-Colombian community. Many Africans escaped slavery and […]
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Artesanos Mosetenes, (Bolivian lowlands)
The following video stills are from a project initiated by the Mosetén people (el pueblo indígena Mosetén) in collaboration with Dr Anne Pisor, who has been working with the Mosetén for many years. The Mosetén are an indigenous group from the lowlands of Bolivia, with close historical connections with the neighboring Tsimane’, a pueblo indígena receiving more contemporary attention from anthropologists. The […]
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Haida Artists of Old Masset
The traditional territories of the Haida people are in northwest British Columbia (Canada) and and southwest Alaska (USA), primarily centered on the islands of Haida Gwaii. Haida Gwaii once had numerous villages scattered around the islands, mostly at river mouths rich in food resources. Together these communities represented a powerful political and economic force with […]