Visual Peace

Images, Spectatorship, and the Politics of Violence
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-43749-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

Reihe: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies

This book introduces a new research agenda for visual peace research, providing a political analysis of the relationship between visual representations and the politics of violence nationally and internationally. Using a range of genres, from photography to painting, it elaborates on how people can become agents of their own image.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Möller, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Fotografie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures PART I Introduction - Impressions: Stretching the Limits of Representations 1. Ambiguities, Approximations, Abstractions 2. The Participant Witness 3. Reflections on Photojournalism PART II 4. The Aftermath: Visions of Rwanda Portfolio 1: Rafiki Ubaldo, Temples of Memory 5. Visual Interventions in Rio de Janeiro's Culture of Violence 6. On Combatants and (Other) Victims Portfolio 2: Manuel Botelho, Aerogramas para 2010 7. WHY - ARE - WE - SO - INVOLVED? Unfinished Business Notes

Über Autor(innen)

Frank Möller is a Senior Research Fellow at the Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI), School of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Tampere, Finland.