Omens and Effect. Divergent Perspectives on Emerillon Time, Space and Existence Perle Møhl 2015, Semiosis.fr When scientists present their versions of the world – in writing, maps, inventories, figures, images, etc. – they pose their imprint upon it. Like omens, their representations not only reflect the world, they do things, they have effect. -•- Perle […]Continue Reading
Confluences. Emerillon of French Guyana (2007, 86 mins.) by Perle Møhl Distribution: Semiosis.fr Perle Møhl is an independent researcher and teacher of visual anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark Like forceful omens, scientific reports have hitherto depicted the Amerindian Emerillon of French Guiana as cultureless and doomed to disappear. With this film, a Continue Reading