Abstract

MURILLO, Andrea. Blind fishes: a photo essay. Rev. colomb. antropol. [online]. 2022, vol.58, n.2, pp.130-141.  Epub May 01, 2022. ISSN 0486-6525.  https://doi.org/10.22380/2539472x.2344.

Since the second half of the 20th century, modernization projects in western Mexico intensified the modification of the landscape with infrastructure for the reproduction of species. In this photo-essay I pursue the mobility of one of them, the fish. Specifically, I explore the figure of the blind fish as a narrative of modernity that provides an image of darkness. If modernity is a situated project that provides lights, I suggest the penumbra of the fish as an intermediate zone of light and darkness to think about the moments of inconsistency in the inhabiting of Mexican progress.

Keywords : ruin; infrastructure; penumbra; fishes.

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