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Discover the compelling intersections of photography and human rights with 'Visualising Human Rights,' a significant contribution to the discourse on visual culture and social justice. This BRAND NEW publication, published by UWA Publishing in 2018, delves into the transformative power of images that spread ideas, foster understanding, and challenge existing prejudices related to race, gender, and culture. Since the dawning of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, 1948, visual imagery has emerged as a critical means of transcending linguistic and cultural barriers, uniting individuals through shared experiences. This groundbreaking book invites you to re-evaluate visual ethics and the responsibilities we bear as viewers. It features a collection of essays from prominent scholars, addressing historical and contemporary practices in the realm of human rights activism. Explore how photographs not only document struggles and aspirations for justice but also catalyze discussions on the ethics of representation. As you engage with this enlightening text, consider how visual culture continues to shape our understanding of human rights today. With free shipping available for this item, please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Note that once your order is placed, it cannot be canceled. Enhance your bookshelf with this vital resource on human rights and visual culture.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781742589978
Year: 2018
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Description:
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, photography was considered a 'universal language' that would communicate across barriers of race and language. 70 years later it is timely to examine the cultural impact of the framework of human rights through visual culture.
Images are a crucial way of disseminating ideas, creating a sense of proximity between peoples across the globe, and reinforcing notions of a shared humanity. Yet visual culture can also define boundaries between people, supporting perceived hierarchies of race, gender, and culture, and justifying arguments for conquest and oppression. Only in recent years have scholars begun to argue for new notions of photography and culture that turn our attention to our responsibilities as viewers, or an ethics of spectatorship. This book explores questions surrounding the historical reception of human rights via imagery and its legacies in the present.
Visualising Human Rights is about the diverse ways that visual images have been used to define, contest, or argue on behalf of human rights. It brings together leading scholars to examine visual practices surrounding human rights around the globe.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781742589978
Year: 2018
Publisher: UWA Publishing
Description:
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948, photography was considered a 'universal language' that would communicate across barriers of race and language. 70 years later it is timely to examine the cultural impact of the framework of human rights through visual culture.
Images are a crucial way of disseminating ideas, creating a sense of proximity between peoples across the globe, and reinforcing notions of a shared humanity. Yet visual culture can also define boundaries between people, supporting perceived hierarchies of race, gender, and culture, and justifying arguments for conquest and oppression. Only in recent years have scholars begun to argue for new notions of photography and culture that turn our attention to our responsibilities as viewers, or an ethics of spectatorship. This book explores questions surrounding the historical reception of human rights via imagery and its legacies in the present.
Visualising Human Rights is about the diverse ways that visual images have been used to define, contest, or argue on behalf of human rights. It brings together leading scholars to examine visual practices surrounding human rights around the globe.