Visualizing and Contesting the “Invention of Race”

link to visual reference 1 of indigenous artist from 19th century.

This is the second visual reference I am utilizing: https://share.google/aimode/SbGRvGJKrmfUrFLAv

Kindly refer to the rubric below however I will copy and paste this: NSTRUCTIONS

Select two primary visual sourcesone that you argue attempts to categorize or

“scientifically” prove racial difference (e.g., a comparative anatomy diagram, a

physiognomic study, or one of the Zealy Daguerreotypes ) and one that visually resists or

challenges such categorization (e.g., a work by Adrian Piper, or an early artwork by an

Indigenous artist).

Develop a thesis statement that articulates the complex, often contradictory relationship

between these two images. Your paper should address the following:

Analysis of Visual Rhetoric: How do the selected images visually construct or

deconstruct racial categories? Analyze elements like composition, gaze, medium,

and context.

Theories of Race and Vision: Relate your visual analysis to the assigned readings

from Weeks 5-7, specifically:

o The 18th-century “invention” of race through texts by Bernier, Voltaire, Kant,

and Blumenbach.

o The idea of “Racecraft”.

o The problem of objectivity in vision and the use of photography as “scientific

evidence”.

o The concept of the Spectacle of the Other.

Context and Critique: Discuss the specific historical and social context in which

the images were produced and circulated. Argue how the resistant image provides a

critique of the racializing strategies found in the other.

*You must use at least two readings from the syllabus in addition to two outside sources,

such as scholarly books or peer-reviewed articles. Websites do not count as scholarly

sources.

PLEASE MAKWE SURE YOU INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ;CITE 2 PEER REVEIWED SOURCES ( not sourced for you) 2 VISUAL SOURCES (PROVIDED) AND 2 ARTICLES (Racecraft which I provided notes for and secondly I provided Francois Bernier, A new division of the Earth)

In one of the Google Docs provided I wrote an a thesis your encouraged to use or reinterpret, and I provided the rubric.