The Visual Culture of Care

The present panels invites submissions on the role of images and visual communication in the context of care. Addressing care as a critical way of engaging with the world that foregrounds matters of ethics and respect, the panel aims to attract scholars active in areas such as: aging, disability, cultural and natural heritage, marginality.

Aiming to attract contributions that are both theoretical and methodological in nature and from the vastest number of terrains possible we pursue the following questions:

What role can visual methods play in contexts where the engagement between researcher and participant requires specific attention to power relations?

Are participatory methods always able to bridge communication gaps?

What is the role of visual in this? Are today’s digital technologies providing us with inspiration for new practices?

How can care be reconsidered on the basis of visual research?