ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the triangular relationship between technology, aesthetics and politics and reflect upon the relationship between anthropologists interested in digital/visual culture and artists entrenched in digital practices in India. The chapter is divided into three sections. In the first part, it concentrates on the materiality of digital images and the way in which, in the contemporary context, these images destabilize the conventional assumptions regarding the meaning of images and visual culture at large. The second part will analyse the specific case of India. The author draws on the ethnographic data and shows the way in which questions concerning digitality, interactivity, image-making and image-sharing have been moulded in the context of the digital practices emerging in the subcontinent. The final part will attempt to raise some critical reflections regarding the possible consequences of an increased dialogue with contemporary image-makers and image-making practices for what concerns the production and communication of anthropological knowledge.
