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Inequality, As a Fact and a Permanent Image of Investigation
Abstract Submissions Closed
RC57 Visual Sociology (host committee)
Language: Spanish, English and French
Session Type: Oral
Global visual culture presents distinguishing features of human representations—i.e., the essential aspects of the human condition consecrated by classic art. Most themes allude to the will of freedom and democracy, the fight against inequalities through visual representations in the actual world. Insomuch as ethics and aesthetics can be questioned, one should not necessarily consider the socio-political meanings of images as politically exercised. Therefore, would be the search for politicization in the production of images or simply the practical consequence of vicissitudes in the formal diversity of creations? To provide insight on this preliminary problem, this research on the symbolic aspects of images focuses on the following two questions: What would designate and condition the exploitation of tragedy as a common reason for visual experiences in media? What are the “true” symbolic values that would prove factual through images on the impact of inequalities in visual representations in the actual world?
To address these questions, visual analysis based on the symbolic aspects of the elements that constitute democratic society’s imagery is essential, along with reviewing conventional values concerning the awareness of freedom and citizenship and fundamental human rights. In this sense, the objective of this proposal is to investigate the visual products of global society—its production, consumption, and meaning. Images from different contexts and localities, with formal diversity and distinct contents, have—in general—exerted significant influence through photojournalism in global and everyday social interactions, whether in economics, politics, science, or culture and its diversity.