IMAGEN Y ANTROPOLOGÍA SERIES

"A decade ago, while I was carrying out doctoral research in Paris on the relationships between photography and anthropology, I had the opportunity to learn about a phenomenon that from the first moment caught my attention: what some specialists had called human zoos. The general formula, According to the model of the exhibitions organized by the promoter Carl Hagenbeck in the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris in the second half of the 19th century, it was apparently simple. If we take a human group belonging to an exotic society, we bring it to Europe—voluntarily or by force. force—and we place it in a fenced enclosure recreating the natural environment in which it lives as is done in wild animal zoos, we will be able to see first-hand its appearance and habits without leaving the warmth of home or endangering our lives." . Hasan G. López Sanz