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Tag Archives: Szemao
‘With a Camera in Yunnan’: the Ethnographic Expeditions of Fred W. Carey, RGS #2
PART 2 – COLLECTING AND DISPLAY In this second blog, Dr Andrew Hillier explores how the International Exhibition in Paris (1900) provided this young Customs man with the opportunity to collect local costumes in Yunnan but how their acquisition and … Continue reading
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Tagged Carey, Chinese Maritime Customs Service, customs, ethnography, Royal Geographical Society, Semao, Shan, Szemao, Yunnan
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‘With a Camera in Yunnan’: the Ethnographic Expeditions of Frederic W. Carey, RGS #1
Drawing on a collection of photographs taken in Yunnan at the turn of the twentieth century, in this, the first of two blogs, Dr Andrew Hillier discusses what these images tell us about ‘the imperial gaze’ and the mind-set of … Continue reading
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Tagged Carey, Chinese Maritime Customs Service, customs, ethnography, Royal Geographical Society, Semao, Shan, Szemao, Yunnan
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