Rebel Vision: Decolonizing Photojournalism
- Event Type
- Lecture
- Sponsor
- Center for Advanced Study
- Location
- Knight Auditorium | Spurlock Museum
- Date
- Mar 1, 2022 7:00 pm
- Speaker
- Tara Pixley
- Contact
- Center for Advanced Study
- cas@illinois.edu
- Phone
- 217-333-6729
- Views
- 73
- Originating Calendar
- Center for Advanced Study
In this lecture, Professor Pixley will discuss how contemporary photojournalism practices have inscribed imperialist, anti-Black, whitewashed world views into news photography at both individual and institutional levels. She will analyze those practices and unpack the activist ethos and professional concerns that launched a variety of initiatives and interventions such as Women Photograph, Everyday Projects, and Diversify Photo — all of which have used the digital realm to produce what she claims is a “rebel vision” of marginalized communities. She will advance her hypothesis that as we aim to articulate the relationship between contemporary media and contemporary society, a holistic approach is imperative to understanding media cultures and their intersections with representations of race, gender, and other identity formations.
Hosted by: Department of Journalism
Cosponsored by: American Indian Studies Program, Department of African American Studies, Department of Asian American Studies, Department of Dance, Department of Gender & Women's Studies, Department of Latina/Latino Studies, Department of Media & Cinema Studies, Department of Sociology, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Graduate College, School of Art + Design, School of Social Work, Spurlock Museum