Coming of Age in Chicago explores a watershed moment in American anthropology, when an unprecedented number of historians and anthropologists of all subfields gathered on the 1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition fairgrounds, drawn together by the fair’s focus on indigenous peoples. Participants included people making a living with their research, sporadic backyard diggers, religiously motivated researchers, and a small group who sought a “scientific” understanding of the lifeways of indigenous peoples. At the fair they set the foundation for anthropological inquiry and redefined the field. At the same time, the American public became aware, through their own experiences at the fair, of a global humanity, with reactions that ranged from revulsion to curiosity, tolerance, and kindness. Curtis M. Hinsley and David R. Wilcox combine primary historical texts, modern essays, and rarely seen images from the period to create a volume essential for understanding the significance of this event. These texts explore the networking of thinkers, planners, dreamers, schemers, and scholars who interacted in a variety of venues to lay the groundwork for museums, academic departments, and expeditions. These new relationships helped shape the profession and the trajectory of the discipline, and they still resonate more than a century later.

Coming of Age in Chicago: The 1893 World's Fair and the Coalescence of American Anthropology

History

Hinsley, Curtis M.

Wilcox, David R.

Americas

University Of Nebraska Press

From Site To Sight

Arts & Photography

Banta, Melissa

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Harvard University Press

In 1986 the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard mounted From Site to Sight, a groundbreaking traveling exhibition on the historic and contemporary uses of photography in anthropology. Using visual materials from the vast photographic archives of the Peabody Museum and the work of members of Harvard’s anthropology department, the accompanying catalog investigates how anthropologists have employed the camera as a recording and analytic tool and as an aesthetic medium. Photographs ranging from daguerreotypes to satellite images are presented in an examination of the possibilities and limitations of using the camera as a fact-gathering and interpretive tool. The authors also explore the broader implications of the uses―and misuses―of visual imagery within the human sciences. 
From Site to Sight has been a foundational text for scholars and students in the developing field of visual anthropology, illustrating the role of photographic imagery in anthropology and archaeology from the disciplines’ formative years to the 1980s. Long out of print, this classic publication is now available in an enhanced thirtieth anniversary edition with a new introductory essay by Ira Jacknis.

From Site to Sight: Anthropology, Photography, and the Power of Imagery, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition

Photography & Video

Peabody Museum Press

Savages and Scientists: The Smithsonian Institution and the Development of American Anthropology, 1846-1910

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Smithsonian Inst. Pr.

A history of the Smithsonian's study of the Indians. Originally published as Savages and Scientists in 1981. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

The Smithsonian and the American Indian: Making a Moral Anthropology in Victoria America

Smithsonian

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