ENTWINING RESONANCES: CONSIDERATIONS ON DRAWING AND ANTHROPOLOGY

ABSTRACT

This article seeks to bring together anthropological considerations about drawing, in articulation with examples from my own fieldwork with Inga artists in Colombia. Firstly, I present a conjunction of authors who have renewed the uses and understanding of drawing in anthropological research and/or authors who consider the implications of drawing among their subjects, including a discussion on the notions of drawing, design, designs (as graphic inscriptions) and image, among others. Secondly, I present some considerations from my research subjects about drawing. Finally, the article raises some questions in order to suggest the extent, effects and resonances of these thoughts for research in anthropology.

KEYWORDS:
Drawing; design; resonances; Anthropology; fieldwork