Dr. Kavanagh, I'm curious.  In college (last several
years), I was told that there was no such thing as
race, that it is an artificial construct.  Is there
truly such a thing as "race"?   I would think that
things like DNA and gene mapping might preclude the
concept of race.

As for the person who posted the original question, I
think I might be very careful about classifying "the
race" of the people in the pictures if you only
classified one and then not the others.  First, it's
been my experience that a term that is acceptable for
one "race" of people is soon out-of-date and not
accepted.

What would be the need to identify "the race" of those
in the photograph rather than their country of origin?



--- thomas w kavanagh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Well, no, "ethnicity" is not an anthropological,
> politically correct or
> otrherwise, substitute for "race"  although it is
> often sloppily used that
> way in the US. "Ethnicity" is cultural (e.g.
> Comanche, Irish, or Tetela,
> etc.), "race" is biological (e.g. American Indian,
> African, etc.)
>
> But yes we do include tribe in the catalog of our
> Wanamaker Collection of
> American Indian photographs.
>
> Thomas Kavanagh, PhD
> Curator of Collections
> Mathers Museum of World Cultures
> Indiana University
>
>
> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Fiona Adams wrote:
>
> > Hi Lynnea. Form my anthropological view, the
> politically correct term is
> > "ethnicity" not race. We are the human race made
> up of ethnicities.
> >
> > As far as categorizing the pictures, there is no
> harm in categorizing by
> > ethnicity and by groups. I suggest doing what you
> think works best for your
> > organization. Hope this helps.
> >
> > Best,
> > Fiona Adams
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Museum discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> > Behalf Of Lynnea Kleinschmidt
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:52 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: subject terms for race
> >
> >
> > I posted a question about cataloging on the
> listserv, and no one has
> > responded.
> >
> > Here is the query again.
> >
> > Do you usually identify the race of people in
> photographs when you catalog
> > them?  If so, do you identify the race of everyone
> in the photograph or only
> > that of selected persons?
> >
> > I am the coordinator for an IMLS museum-library
> collaboration grant.  We are
> > using three controlled vocabulary lists:  AAT,
> TGM1, and LCSH for providing
> > subject access.  We are cataloging World War II
> shipyard materials, so
> > gender and race are important issues for the
> stories of the work force and
> > for our community.  The policy for applying race
> access has been discussed.
> >
> > Does anyone address this issue?
> >
> >
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