Anthropocene Imaginaries. Visualizing the Anthropocene in Digital Media
Language: English
The session is dedicated to the question of the interplay between digital visual media and public discourses on Anthropocene imaginaries. On the one hand, the session will focus on the significance of images in these discourses: Which familiar visual worlds, imaginative horizons and social conventions of representations are drawn upon? Are new forms of imaginations emerging?To what extent are they polysemous, non argumentative or normatively framed? On the other hand, the context within these images are used is of interest. Which actors or constellations of actors emerge in the use of certain aesthetics and motifs? How are the different actors positioning themselves through images within public discourses? What strategies and interests are pursued with the production and circulation of certain images?
We welcome contributions that empirically focus (1) on discursive fields within the context of the Anthropocene (2) forms of protest against human impact on earth and (3) on phenomena of generating awareness of the Anthropocene.