ethnography/pornography
“For one thing, they [both] represent impulses born of desire: the desire to know and possess, to ‘know’ by possessing and possess by knowing. Each is structured hierarchically. In pornography, male subjectivity assumes the task of representing female subjectivity; in ethnography, ‘our’ culture assumes the task of representing theirs. The appropriateness of these tasks, though sometimes given a historical context, remains, for the most part, an assumption, responsibility, or power, conferred by dint of membership in the interpreting community rather than through negotiation with the interpreted community.” (link)
Bill Nichols. 1991. Representing reality: issues and concepts in documentary. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
