Power, as an experiential reality, is as old as the universe when considered as the ability to influence. The understanding of its dynamics has therefore been the preoccupation of the knowledge quest from the earlier times, as man sought to understand the relations of power within the operations of nature. The inquiry into the earliest beginnings of the universe, with the proposition of various elements including fire, water, air and the earth as the most basic material components of nature, explored the relevance of these variants of matter to becoming. The human has remained at the centre of
I am excited to continue our multi-post series on digital collections. Today Jonathan Saxon examines the Getty Research Institute’s online portal, A Nation Emerges: Sixty-five Years of Photography in Mexico and his subsequent post will cover the GRI’s Obsidian Mirror-Travels: Refracting Mexican Art and Archaeology. He earned his M.A. in History from California State University, Los Angeles. Currently, he is an Adjunct Instructor of History at Antelope Valley College. His complete discussion of the Getty Research Institute’s digital resources for Mexico, from which this post