With this project, we want to gather data that will help us to build the new catalogue of the IsIAO Photographic Archive, and to foster an informed, thoughtful discussion. Some images may be upsetting to individuals and communities directly or indirectly affected by the events depicted.
Con questo progetto vogliamo raccogliere informazioni utili per creare il nuovo catalogo dell’Archivio Fotografico IsIAO e favorire una riflessione aperta e consapevole. Alcune immagini potrebbero risultare difficili o dolorose per persone o comunità coinvolte, direttamente o indirettamente, negli eventi rappresentati.
The Team
ISMEO - Associazione Internazionale di Studi per il Mediterraneo e l'Oriente (International Association for Mediterranean and Oriental Studies) was founded in 2012 with the aim of continuing the scientific work of the now-dissolved IsIAO. In collaboration with the Museo delle Civiltà (MuCiv) and the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma (BNCR), it manages and promotes its vast documentary, archival, bibliographic, cartographic, museum, and photographic heritage.
Archivi IsMEO-IsIAO is a platform for the description and publication of the non-book and manuscript materials of the IsIAO collections, currently preserved at the National Central Library of Rome and the Museum of Civilizations.
This project, in particular, is developed and overseen by:
Lucas Iannuzzi(1988), Ph.D. Historian of fascist colonialism. Scientific collaborator at the "IsIAO Library" – the African and Oriental collections room of the National Central Library. In 2021, he defended a thesis in contemporary history and visual cultures (University of Pisa/ EHESS - Paris) focusing on the photographic production of anthropologists who supported the fascist regime. He is currently conducting research in the IsIAO photographic archives, working on the description, cataloging, and digitization of the collections. For contacts: biblioteca.isiao@gmail.com
Lorenzo Declich (1967) graduated in Islamic studies (1993) and earned a PhD in Islamic Civilization: history and philology at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" (2001). He taught History of Islam in the Indian Ocean at the University "L'Orientale" of Naples (2001-2006). He is an archivist (2008) and a librarian (2001) who has worked at the "IsIAO Library" – the African and Oriental collections room of the National Central Library of Rome since 2018.For contacts: biblioteca.isiao@gmail.com
