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

摄影与优生学：摄影在优生学运动发展和普及中作用的历史考察。这个项目分析了优生学运动对种族类型照片的使用。摄影被优生学家用作一种科学工具，但这个项目主要涉及它在普及和合法化一场运动方面的作用，这场运动在公元1870年至二战期间赢得了广泛的接受。它将探索英国、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摄影的使用进行比较。该项目将产生一本关于这一主题的开创性专著，这将对我们理解种族主义历史作出重大贡献。

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