M'charek Amade
Department of Anthropology University of Amsterdam Netherlands.
Am Anthropol. 2020 Jun;122(2):369-380. doi: 10.1111/aman.13385. Epub 2020 May 6.
The face, just like DNA, is taken to represent a unique individual. This article proposes to move beyond this representational model and to attend to the work that a face can . I introduce the concept of to capture the multiple works accomplished by the face. Drawing on the example of DNA phenotyping, which is used to produce a composite face of an unknown suspect, I first show that this novel technology does not so much produce the face of an but that of a . Second, I demonstrate how the face draws the interest of diverse publics, who with their gaze flesh out its content and contours; the face engages and yields an affective response. I argue that the biologization of appearance by way of the face contributes to the racialization of populations. [].
面部，就如同DNA一样，被视为代表着独一无二的个体。本文提议超越这种表征模式，关注面部所能发挥的作用。我引入“面部劳动”的概念，以捕捉面部所完成的多种作用。以用于生成未知嫌疑人合成面部的DNA表型分析为例，我首先表明这项新技术所生成的并非未知嫌疑人的面部，而是一个“平均脸”。其次，我展示了面部如何吸引不同公众的关注，他们通过凝视赋予其内容和轮廓以血肉；面部引发并产生情感反应。我认为通过面部实现的外貌生物化促成了人群的种族化。
