Blind fishes: a photo essay

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https://doi.org/10.22380/2539472X.2344

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Ruin, infrastructure, penumbra, fishes

Abstract

Since the second half of the 20th century, modernization projects in western Mexico intensified the modification of the landscape with infrastructure for the reproduction of species. In this photo-essay I pursue the mobility of one of them, the fish. Specifically, I explore the figure of the blind fish as a narrative of modernity that provides an image of darkness. If modernity is a situated project that provides lights, I suggest the penumbra of the fish as an intermediate zone of light and darkness to think about the moments of inconsistency in the inhabiting of Mexican progress.

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Published

2022-05-01

How to Cite

Murillo, A. (2022). Blind fishes: a photo essay. Revista Colombiana De Antropología, 58(2), 130–141. https://doi.org/10.22380/2539472X.2344

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Vol. 58 No. 2 (2022): Ethnographies on infrastructure, space, and power (July–December)

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