Juntos de nuevo: el vínculo entre los lazos transnacionales y los archivos de fotos de las familias de Ghana

Elad Ben Elul

doi:10.4995/var.2014.4209

Authors

Elad Ben Elul University College London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4995/var.2014.4209

Keywords:

Digital anthropology, Material culture, Ghana, Archive, Digital photos, Family photo albums

Abstract

This article examines the practice of storing and sharing digital photos among Ghanian families in the diaspora. Ethnographic observation raised issues about the materiality of digital photos and their storing platforms and the complex dialogue between digital architecture and pre-existing cultural forces such as kinship and storytelling.

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Author Biography

Elad Ben Elul, University College London

Department of Digital Anthropology, University College London (UCL), UK

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