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Based on an analysis of films shot by Youssouf Janessar, the cameraman of the Afghan commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, this article presents a study of the Afghan wars between 1982 and 1992. It considers the act of filming in its anthropological meaning and the ethnographic dimension as translated by these images. The article first deals with the link between Massoud and recorded images and, more widely, his relationship with modern technology in combat. It then proposes an anthropological analysis of fighters based on a reading of these images, which record traces of behaviour, comportment and appearance a repository of non-verbal communication between fighters and which represent very rich material for the anthropological study of war. Keywords: Afghanistan, archive, camera operator, Janessar, Massoud, modjâhedin, strategy, war Depuis 1979, la guerre en Afghanistan a été l'objet de rigoureuses analyses géopolitiques et politiques dans le champ universitaire (Dorronsoro 2000; Roy 1985; Rubin 2002). Elle a été le sujet d'une couverture médiatique intense par des journalistes étrangers qui ont représenté la résistance afghane dans toute sa singularité et la guerre dans l'écrin d'un paysage grandiose.1 Peu d'études ont en revanche étudié le conflit à partir des images filmées qui ont
Anthropology of the Middle East – Berghahn Books
Published: Jan 1, 2012
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