
22/05/2025
Black and white images do have their critiques in visual anthropology, particularly when looking at the history of the discipline. However, it has been argued they also have their benefits, for example in the the way in which they capture depth, emotion, and texture. These images from Raoni Valle and Ivan Menezes Barreto Tukano's project, 'Rock Art Inter-Ontologies: Ethnography and Digital Safeguarding of Kumuã Knowledge on Petroglyph Sacred Places in Northwest Amazonia', depict ritual trances, storytelling, and connection with the rock art of the Yepá Mahsã (Tukano) people in Amazonia, Brazil.
Learn more: https://www.emkp.org/rock-art-inter-ontologies-ethnography-and-digital-safeguarding-of-kumua-knowledge-on-petroglyph-sacred-places-in-northwest-amazonia/
Raoni Bernardo Maranhão Valle (2024). Kumu Tarcísio touching a petroglyph.
Raoni Bernardo Maranhão Valle (2024). Miriãporãwi storytelling.
Raoni Bernardo Maranhão Valle (2024). Kumuã Tarcísio and Roberval in Miriãporãwi.