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Depth of Field: Disorienting the “Ethnographic Gaze” through Zeme Naga Realms

Depth of Field: Disorienting the “Ethnographic Gaze” through Zeme Naga Realms I could hear starlight as nightfall enveloped the Zeme Naga renam1Infinity acquired focus, depth of field sharpenedThe cosmic canvas unfolded to yield as galaxies above became proximate,A slice of lunar fragment drifted without seamsSense of perception of the real blurred under starry beamsAs the crescendo of Zeme children’s chorus diminished into Christmas Eve. The generator’s droning dead, in sonorous silence heaven and earth could mergeAn invisible shroud, as if conjured from effacement of electric light,The mind wandered and my spirit mingled with the Herui2 in the forestA mythical time erupted as constellations traipsed across undeterred in flight.The hamlet’s slumber awakened herasam3 beings of lore who were at restThe camera once my witness, now blinded by otherworldly luminescenceHeightening clarity of perception that needs no vision,To traverse this Naga realm where the real and ethereal collapsedThe ethnographer’s gaze lost and vulnerable and yet unbridled. Zeme presents and Naga futures suddenly erupted excavating deep pastsEchoes of “times immemorial” resonated in the war‐cries of ritual fervour.World War lore met Grandma’s tales in midst of blaring anthropologist’s gramophoneA bygone time when guns, grit, ghosts, and bones all were writ in stone,Oh, how many pasts resurrected, disjointed ensembles of temporal tones!Now discernible with depth of perceptionBecame possible http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anthropology & Humanism Wiley

Depth of Field: Disorienting the “Ethnographic Gaze” through Zeme Naga Realms

Kakati, Aditya Kiran
Anthropology & Humanism , Volume 47 (1) – Jun 1, 2022
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I could hear starlight as nightfall enveloped the Zeme Naga renam1Infinity acquired focus, depth of field sharpenedThe cosmic canvas unfolded to yield as galaxies above became proximate,A slice of lunar fragment drifted without seamsSense of perception of the real blurred under starry beamsAs the crescendo of Zeme children’s chorus diminished into Christmas Eve. The generator’s droning dead, in sonorous silence heaven and earth could mergeAn invisible shroud, as if conjured from effacement of electric light,The mind wandered and my spirit mingled with the Herui2 in the forestA mythical time erupted as constellations traipsed across undeterred in flight.The hamlet’s slumber awakened herasam3 beings of lore who were at restThe camera once my witness, now blinded by otherworldly luminescenceHeightening clarity of perception that needs no vision,To traverse this Naga realm where the real and ethereal collapsedThe ethnographer’s gaze lost and vulnerable and yet unbridled. Zeme presents and Naga futures suddenly erupted excavating deep pastsEchoes of “times immemorial” resonated in the war‐cries of ritual fervour.World War lore met Grandma’s tales in midst of blaring anthropologist’s gramophoneA bygone time when guns, grit, ghosts, and bones all were writ in stone,Oh, how many pasts resurrected, disjointed ensembles of temporal tones!Now discernible with depth of perceptionBecame possible

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Published: Jun 1, 2022

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