Documenting the names of people in the AFI photos is not a priority here in Chiapas. Indeed, anonymity and confidentiality is a necessary part of the ethics of participatory photographic practice in the region. The naming of Indigenous subjects in photographic archives, has an entirely different meaning in a contemporary Australian context.
If you are interested in the intersection of arts and politics, arts activism and theatre, or even just interesting grassroots and community movements in the Americas, check out the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. In 2008 this institute opened a centre in San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chipas, in collaboration with Fortaleza de...
The primary purpose of my current trip to Southern Mexico is to spend some time working with the Chiapas Indigenous Photography Project, and their spin off project the Archivo Fotografico Indigena in San Cristobal De Las Casas. This is one of the longest running participatory photography projects that I know of (do you know...