Beyond ‘Reading’ Materials: Trace (on Trace) and Value
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Fig. 1: Letter addressed to the Controller of Customs, Cape Town, regarding the seizure of a case of imported (second-hand) clothing and including descriptions of customs officials’ ‘reading’ of the textiles therein, National Archives of South Africa, Cape Town Archives Repository, T vol. 1134 no. 3858/1908. Photo: Agnes Piekacz. In the early 20th century, British colonial government representatives introduced a new tariff schedule in British-South Africa. At the docksides of British-South A...
DOI: 10.58079/142v1
Author: Agnes Piekacz
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6917713895
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