The Ones that are wanted. Communication and the politics of representation in a photographic exhibition.

Contents:

THE EXHIBITION
Okiek Portraits. A Kenyan People Look at Themselves ;

EXPLORING THE EXHIBITION
1. Tracing Okiek Portraits. "Images, Exhibitions, and the Politics of Representation" ;
2. Producing Okiek Portraits. Collaboration, Negotiation, and Exhibitionary Authority ;
3. Imagining Audiences. Okiek Portraits in Kenya ;
4. Imagining Audiences. Okiek Portraits in the United States ;
5. The Final Venues. Designing and Defining Interpretation ;

Appendix A
The Politics of Representation and Identities ;
Appendix B
Key Relationships Represented in Okiek Portraits ;
Appendix C
Learning about Visitors in Michigan and Georgia ;
Notes ;
Bibliography ;
Index.
[From the blurb: ]
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The Okiek People of Kenya's forested highlands have a long history of hunting, honey gathering, and trading with their Masaai and Kipsigis neighbors; several decades ago, they also began farming and herding. This book follows a traveling exhibition of anthropologist Corinne Kratz's photographs of the Okiek through showings at seven venues, including the national Museum in Nairobi and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Kratz tells the story of the exhibition - the stereotypes it sought to challenge, how commentaries by Okiek People were incorporated, and different ways that viewers in Kenya and the United States understood it. In addition to presenting wonderful images of the little-known people, this book explores the exhibition medium itself, focusing on the complexities and possibilities of cultural representation.
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