Photography and eugenics: an historical investigation of photography's role in the development and popularisation of the eugenics movement

这个项目分析了优生学运动中种族类型照片的使用。摄影被优生学家用作科学工具，但这个项目主要关注它在普及和合法化运动中的作用，该运动在1870年至二战期间赢得了广泛的接受。它将探讨英国，美国和德国优生摄影的技术，媒体形式，目的和效果，并将优生摄影与当代自由人类学中的摄影进行比较。该项目将产生一本关于一个专题的开创性专著，这将对我们了解种族主义历史作出重大贡献。

This project analyses the uses of racial type photographs by the eugenics movement. Photography was used as a scientific tool by eugenicists but this project is primarily concerned with its role in popularising and legitimating a movement that won widespread acceptance between c.1870 and WW2. It will explore the techniques, media forms, aims and effects of British, American and German eugenic photography and compare eugenics photography with the use of photography in contemporary liberal anthropology. The project will result in a groundbreaking monograph on a topic which will make a major contribution to our understanding of the history of racism.