Reflections on Objects, Spirits and Photographs from a Present Becoming Damaged Future

Abstract

My afterword engages six papers in the special issue “Archives and Anthropologies: From Histories to Futures”. It teases out particular arguments, locates common themes and explores the papers' relevance to wider debates in anthropology and visual culture. My paper particularly focuses on discussions around anthropology's analytical priorities and the position of the visual/material Vis-à-vis the social.

Keywords:

• Visual and Material Culture
• Agency
• Time
• Greek Debt Crisis
• Embodiment

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.