Visual Peace [electronic resource] : Images, Spectatorship, and the Politics of Violence /
Möller, Frank.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
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.
Political theory.
Political philosophy.
Peace.
Arts.
Photography.
Communication.
Political Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Conflict Studies.
Arts.
Photography.
Media Studies.