The Visual Memory of Protest

Ann Rigney (Editor), Thomas Smits (Editor)

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Abstract

Social movements are not only remembered in personal experience, but also through cultural carriers that shape how later movements see themselves and are seen by others. The present collection zooms in on the role of photography in this memory-activism nexus. How do iconographic conventions shape images of protest? Why do some images keep movements in the public eye, while others are quickly forgotten? What role do images play in linking different protests, movements, and generations of activists? Have the affordances of digital media made it easier for activists to use images in their memory politics, or has the digital production and massive online exchange of images made it harder to identify and remember a movement via a single powerful image? Bringing together experts in visual culture, cultural memory, social movements, and digital humanities, this collection presents new empirical, theoretical, and methodological insights into the visual memory of protest.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationAmsterdam
PublisherAmsterdam University Press
Number of pages232
ISBN (Electronic)9789048555475
ISBN (Print)9789463723275
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2023

Publication series

NameProtest and Social Movements
PublisherAmsterdam University Press
Volume27

Funding

FundersFunder number
European Research CouncilERC grant number 788572

    Keywords

    • activism
    • protest
    • cultural memory
    • visual representation

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