Schoolchildren in the Apatani valley

Material Information

Title:
Schoolchildren in the Apatani valley
Creator:
Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( Photographer )
Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 ( contributor )
Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist ( contributor )
Place of Publication:
[S.l.]
Publisher:
[s.n.]
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Language:
English
Materials:
Photographic film: 35 mm B&W negative, Ilford : Fine Grain FP3 Panchromatic ( medium )

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Abstract:
These schoolchildren are standing in front of a newly built school, probably in Hapoli, the government administrative centre that developed in the Apatani valley in the 1960s : a few schools, constructed of bamboo, were built in the 1940s, but none survived into the 1950s : the North-east Frontier Agency, which governed Arunachal Pradesh from 1954 to 1972, oversaw the construction of several schools, such as this one : a few of these boys there were girls also at this school, are children of Indian government officials posted to the valley or of Indian shopkeepers who chose to do business there : Most, however, are Apatanis, many of whom wear the traditional male jacket, with a black-and-white diamond design but with an interesting, new school emblem: the tall pole erected during the Myoko festival, celebrated each March : Some of the Apatanis boys also wear their hair in the traditional style knot with skewer, and have the traditional chin tattoo : a few boys may be Nyishis and Hill Miris, or other tribal children, whose parents were in government service or doing business in the valley : Behind the children, standing on a porch, is an Indian man, who is probably one of their teachers. ( en )
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General Note:
Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995) was born and educated in Vienna, gaining a PhD in anthropology from the University of Vienna in 1931. A grant from the Rockefeller Foundation enabled him to study at the London School of Economics, under the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. In 1936, he went to the Naga Hills in northeast India for his first fieldwork; over the next four decades, he worked extensively in south & central India, northeast India and Nepal. In 1950 he was appointed Professor of Anthropology at SOAS, where he established the Department of Anthropology. During his career, he published seventeen books, most of them ethnographies of tribal cultures. He was President of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1975-77) and a pioneer in the field of visual anthropology.
General Note:
This scene was photographed on or approximate to 19620301
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Other designation of photograph: 468/31-31A/Apa Tani 1962 (modern)
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Original Container: BW Negatives Box VI
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Haimendorf's reference: 468_31-31A_Apa Tani, 1962 (moder
General Note:
The Myoko festival celebrates friendship and prosperity. It takes place throughout the entire month of March.
General Note:
Ethonlogue considers the Hill Miri to be part of the Mising (people) while other sources group the Hill Miri with the Nyishi. The Hill Miri are differentiated by their unique language, Sarak-miri or Hill-miri, from both Mising and Hill Miri.
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BW Negatives Box VI
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Funded in the United Kingdom by JISC
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SOAS name authority for "Haimendorf, Christoph Von Fürer- (1909-1995); anthropologist" is GB/NNAF/P146323.
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Fürer-Haimendorf, Christoph von, 1909-1995 : record number 109123273

Record Information

Source Institution:
SOAS, University of London
Holding Location:
Archives and Special Collections
Rights Management:
© 1962, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Nicholas Haimendorf, son of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. ----- Creative Commons (by-nc-nd). -- This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs.
Resource Identifier:
PP MS 19/6/APA/1158 ( SOAS manuscript number )
468_31-31A_Apa Tani, 1962 (moder ( Haimendorf reference )