The Safari and the Screen: How Visual Technologies Shaped Italian Colonial Narratives.
IF 0.8 3区 哲学Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCETechnology and CulturePub Date : 2025-01-01
Beatrice Falcucci, Gianmarco Mancosu
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Recent historiography on empire and postcolonialism has highlighted the diverse visual practices and technologies that shaped colonial narratives and knowledge. This article examines how various visual media were used to advance Italy's imperial agenda, drawing on both recent scholarship and original research. Introducing the concept of transmediality and its methodological importance for analyzing colonial cultural and visual practices, the article presents the case of Vittorio Tedesco Zammarano-an explorer, hunter, filmmaker, and writer active in Italian Somalia. Through a close examination of the technologies and cultural practices, this study reflects on how colonial fantasies, desires, and epistemes-particularly those related to hunting and safari-were intertwined with Fascist Italy's colonial ambitions, highlighting broader trans-imperial connections.
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