Visual interruptions: a reflection on “Thermal optimum: time, intimacy and the elemental in the first thousand days of life”

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Visual interruptions: a reflection on “Thermal optimum: time, intimacy and the elemental in the first thousand days of life”

Published in: Anthropology Southern Africa
Volume 39 , issue 1 , 2016 , pages: 74–75
DOI: 10.1080/23323256.2016.1162661
Author(s): Kharnita Mohamed Department of Social Anthropology, School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics, South Africa
Keywords: “first thousand days of life” , self-reflexivity , thermographic imaging , viewer ethics , visual expectation
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Abstract

In this commentary, Kharnita Mohamed critically assesses Fiona C. Ross and Nicholas Eppel’s photo essay, “Thermal Optimum: Time, Intimacy and the Elemental in the First Thousand Days of Life.” The essay is published alongside this commentary.

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