@article{fdi:010065862,
  title = {{T}he archives of the planet : the life and works of {A}lbert {K}ahn},
  author = {{W}erner, {J}ean-{F}ran{\c{c}}ois},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}urrounded by a beautiful garden, the {A}lbert {K}ahn museum in {P}aris houses the most important collection of autochromes in the world. {T}his corpus, known as {T}he {A}rchives of the {P}lanet, was created by {A}lbert {K}ahn, a wealthy {F}rench banker who, during and after {W}orld {W}ar {I}, ran the project to collect visual documents (photographs and films) about small economic and cultural units about to disappear, in order to promote peace through a better understanding between people of different cultures. {T}he collection of these documents was made by professional cameramen who, before going to the field, were taught basic principles of human geography as conceptualized by the {F}rench scholar {J}ean {B}runhes. {T}his ambitious endeavor, which came to an end in 1932 because of {A}lbert {K}ahn's bankruptcy, left us with a valuable testimony about the way {E}uropean elites were relating to science, visual technologies and to other dominated societies at the turn of the 20th century. {I}n brief, the {A}lbert {K}ahn {M}useum and the {A}rchives of the {P}lanet are worth a visit for both aesthetical and intellectual reasons.},
  keywords = {{ANTHROPOLOGIE} {VISUELLE} ; {PATRIMOINE} {CULTUREL} ; {GEOGRAPHIE} {HUMAINE} ; {PHOTOGRAPHIE} ; {ARCHIVES} ; {MUSEE} ; {EUROPE} ; {ASIE} ; {MOYEN} {ORIENT} ; {AFRIQUE} ; {AMERIQUE} ; {OCEANIE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{V}isual {A}nthropology},
  volume = {28},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {438--450},
  ISSN = {0894-9468},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1080/08949468.2015.1086215},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065862},
}