Touch in anthropometry: Enacting race in Dutch Papua New Guinea 1903–1909.

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    • Subject Terms:
      PAPUA New Guinea
    • Subject Terms:
      MARTIN, Rudolf
    • Abstract:
      Starting from the idea that race is an assemblage, the author investigates two instances of touch in anthropometry. Firstly, the detailed instructions for mechanized measurements of “the living”. Second, the practices involved in actual measurements of Papuans in Dutch New Guinea during two expeditions in 1903 and 1909. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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