Moving Images: John Layard, Fieldwork, and Photography on Malakula Since 1914

by Haidy Geismar and Anita Herle

In 1914-1915, Cambridge anthropologist John Layard worked in Malakula, New Hebrides (Vanuatu). This was one of the earliest periods of solitary, intensive fieldwork within the developing discipline of British social anthropology. Layard worked enthusiastically with his local assistants to document and understand the customary lives of the people, taking copious notes and over 450 photographs. His collection of objects and glass plate negatives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824835034
• ISBN13: 9780824835033
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 9.0" x 10.5"