Without Restriction? Inuit Tattooing and the Dr. Wyn Rhys-Jones Photograph Collection at the NWT Archives. Issue 4 (8th August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jelinski, Jamie
• Is Part Of: Visual anthropology. Volume 30:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 344
• Page End: 367
• Publication Date: 2017-08-08
• Subjects: Visual anthropology -- Periodicals; 306
• DOI: 10.1080/08949468.2017.1340065
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-9468

Abstract

Abstract : This article considers the implications of research conducted on cross-cultural representations of Inuit tattooing at the Northwest Territories Archives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. The results however were fraught from the outset due to my interest in a group of eleven photographs from the Dr. Wyn Rhys-Jones collection, nine of which depict partially nude, tattooed Inuit women. Here I reflect on and analyze my research experience with regard to these photos, and contextualize the images alongside similar post-contact Western representations of tattooed Inuit women. In doing so I analyze archival policies, practices and responses, focusing on issues of accessibility.