ABSTRACT

Raquez’s ethnographic mission through Laos to collect material for the 1906 Colonial Exposition in Marseille includes excerpts from Raquez’s published dispatches of his journey. Critical contextualization of French ethnographic practice and methods of colonial enclosure; use of camera and phonograph in ethnography and Raquez’s use of them in Laos; present in Luang Prabang when Sisavang Vong is crowned by French administrators; royal dance performance inspires idea for performance in Marseille; present in Phnom Penh for Norodom’s elaborate cremation ceremonies.