Nepantleras fotografiando. Exploring identities through the camera

Abstract

The photographs shown present the outcome of the workshop Nepantleras fotografiando. Exploring identities through the camera that was held in 2016 as part of the exhibition project A(r)mando Vo(i)ces in the Vienna Central Library. During the workshop, Gloria E. Anzaldúa’s drawings formed a starting point to understand some of her concepts that each participant was invited to connect to through a series of photographs. These outcomes focused on the search for visual representations which would enable a reflection on each participant’s identity in a collective process, connecting the individual position to issues such as body positivity and our bodies as a source of knowledge production, community activities as a political tool, the knowledge of spirituality and plants and the knowledge that comes through experiences of migration.

Keywords

• gloria e. anzaldúa
• nepantla
• photography
• identity