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Reimagining food systems and food futures: a visual approach Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-19 Catherine Price
The aim of this article is to reveal some of the different points of view, priorities and visions for the future of food systems which were on display in FOOD: Bigger than the Plate, a temporary ex...
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Para/texts for the movie Archie’s Final Project: navigating stigma and profit imperatives to discuss suicide and human connections Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-20 Alessandra Seggi
In light of the high suicide rates among youth in the United States and the role that media can play in educating the public about it, this paper examines how the independent film Archie’s Final Pr...
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Visualizing everydayness, questioning interstitiality Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Taher Abdel-Ghani
This visual essay explores the possibility of everyday spaces to be theorized as interstices, i.e. in-between or temporary spaces. The images are black-and-white video snapshots of urban spaces in ...
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The photography of José Gómez de la Carrera and the construction of the territorial image of the early Republic of Cuba Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Nieves Acedo
This article studies the group of photographs by José Gómez de la Carrera, active in Cuba between 1885 and 1909, which entered the University of Navarra Museum Collection in 2018. With a multidisci...
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Street photography and the flâneur: reflections on Australian city narratives Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Grant Ellmers
This original photographic work investigates the intersection of street photography and the concept of the flâneur within an Australian urban context. By transforming cityscapes into visual texts, ...
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#EverydayNile Correspondences Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 Emanuele Fantini
Building on Tim Ingold’s theory on human correspondence, this visual essay plays with the photos of #EverydayNile, a project involving photojournalists from different Nile basin countries to re-pic...
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Correction Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-13
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Fire as an aesthetic resource in climate change communication: exploring the visual discourse of the California wildfires on Twitter/X Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-12 Aidan McGarry, Emiliano Treré
This article uses the case study of the California wildfires of 2020/2021 to examine the visual discourse on fires on social media and investigate how it was harnessed by environmental activists to...
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Remembering Howie Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Deborah Brandt, Mima Cataldo, Timothy Curry
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 3, 2024)
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Editorial Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-07-02 Julie Patarin-Jossec, Gary Bratchford, John Grady, Susan Hansen, Kate Korroch
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 3, 2024)
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Mortevivum: photography and the politics of the visual Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-25 Crystal Am Nelson
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Survival and social support networks: visual narratives of labour market integration among highly skilled African immigrants in Quebec Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-17 Charles Gyan, Jen Hinkkala, Allan Kasapa
Despite the growing presence of highly skilled African immigrants in Quebec, Canada, there is a paucity of research on their adaptation processes, specifically regarding survival and social support...
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Homes that house precarity: a visual essay on capturing an eco-dystopian reality Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-10 V.K. Karthika
This visual essay, analysing a series of photographs curated by Indian photographer K.R. Sunil, explores how climate change leads to human precarity, triggering feelings of economic, psychological,...
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‘How I edit my Instagram images’: investigating skilled vision in the work of YouTube’s lifestyle-content creators Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-06-06 Ida Roivainen
Woman social media content creators’ visual expertise is ill understood and arguably overlooked. Through the example of lifestyle-creators, this article explores the ways they plan, produce, and lo...
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Preserving the ephemeral: A visual typology of augmented reality filters on Instagram Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-05-02 L.A. Miller
Augmented reality filters allow users of popular social media sites such as Instagram to change their appearance through the application of digital overlays that adhere to the user’s face. The inst...
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Dolors project: art-based polyethnography evoking contemporary rural mothering through photography, dance and chapbooks Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-25 Eva Carreras, Ricard Espelt, Iris Muñoz, Enric Senabre Hidalgo
This collaborative ethnography details the Dolors project, a transdisciplinary exploration that evokes rural mothering in Copons, Catalonia, through an immersive photographic process. The project c...
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Visual depictions of the Polish–German border: a quantitative analysis of visual dimension of bordering practices Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Łukasz Rogowski, Przemysław Rura, Adam Rybak
We find both the quantitative approach to (de)bordering practices research and visual studies about the Polish-German border relatively underdeveloped. This paper aims at filling methodological and...
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Interconnectedness, place and growth: a visual essay on transformative learning Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Amy West, Helen Caldwell, Helen Tiplady, Emma Whewell
In this visual essay, personal growth, experienced by the authors, is explored and communicated through combined images and words. A theoretical framework – that of Mezirow’s (1994. “Understanding ...
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Signs of change: community, collective action, and gentrification in Brooklyn, New York Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Judith R. Halasz
This photo-documentary project captures unofficial signs posted on the streets of central Brooklyn, New York to explore how community members engage with each other during a recent period of intens...
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A sad tree: visualising ecological emotions through bodies in place Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Chloe Watfern, Marthy Watson, Barbara Doran, Priya Vaughan
In this time of climate and ecological crisis, we engaged with young people and their families to articulate feelings in and about the natural world. Our research question: how might the arts-based...
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A photographic essay on socio-economic organisation – temporary shelters in Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada) Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Roger Sugden, Marcela Valania
The essay considers socio-economic organisation from the perspective of monopoly capitalism analysis, a strand of heterodox economics. The centre-piece of the essay is a photographic study of two t...
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Ring this bell if you want to save our planet Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Hamish Stewart
‘Ring This Bell if You Want to Save Our Planet’ is a visual essay that explores the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on the Lower Lea Valley in East London. Its focus is to observe the impact on the...
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Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Lizi Anderson-Cleary
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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A closer look at Cuba’s public health model that prioritizes population health Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Helena J. Chapman
As the largest Caribbean island, Cuba is known for its picturesque Havana boardwalk, musical rhythms, and tropical climate. A closer look at the national public health model that integrates care fo...
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Imagining the city Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Gary Bratchford, John Grady, Julie Patarin-Jossec, Kate Korroch, Susan Hansen
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2024)
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Critical visual approaches to understand the complexities and contradictions of the city: introduction to the special issue for Visual Studies Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Geoffrey Deverteuil, Brian Doucet
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2024)
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The death and life of great visual urbanism Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Elvin Wyly
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2024)
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Unnatural nature – visual, spatial, and temporal contexts controlling our air Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Diana Papademas, Stephen Kirkpatrick
The article is the result of the collaboration of a sociologist and librarian who have photodocumented the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site for decades to study the changed ecology, revaluation...
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‘It’s all about connecting’: using visual methods to surface the multisensory and more-than-human dimensions of health information Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Deborah Lupton, Ash Watson, Vaughan Wozniak-O’Connor
Human bodies and health states are becoming increasingly digitised and datafied through the use of digital technologies such as mobile and wearable devices, apps and software, electronic medical re...
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Weak in comparison to dreams Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Anna Stielau
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Visual bodies, ritualised performances: an offline-online analysis of Extinction Rebellion’s protests in Finland and Portugal Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-26 Carla Malafaia, Jenni Kettunen, Eeva Luhtakallio
Protests are, and have always been, fundamentally visual and embodied phenomena. However, the unprecedented quest for visibility instigated by social media brings about novel intricacies for contem...
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The media swirl: Politics, audiovisuality, and aesthetics Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Munire Burcak Gezeroglu Christensen
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Urban research in film using walking tours and psychogeographic approaches Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Aled Singleton
This article investigates urban change, making films from research approaches which use ethnographic walking interviews, public walking tours and psychogeographic techniques. The case study focuses...
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The baggage of representation: man with a red carrier bag searching for a signal Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Jane Brake
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2024)
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Gentrification and changing visual landscapes: a Google Street View analysis of residential upgrading and class aesthetics in Hamilton’s Lower City Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Caleb Babin, Brian Doucet
Measuring the pace and spatial distribution of gentrification is important to developing policies to mitigate its negative consequences. Typically, this is done through an analysis of census data o...
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The spectacle of demonstration: the visual representation of political imagination during the coronavirus crisis Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Ruthie Ginsburg
The coronavirus crisis revealed the vulnerability of shared space especially as a space for civic actions. The media, during lockdown and social distancing, become the main channel for maintaining ...
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Building internal reputation in stigmatised neighbourhoods: the use of remote participatory photo mapping Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Giada Casarin
The fight against negative neighbourhood effects has been led by urban regeneration policies aimed at mixing by ethnicity, income, tenure as well as demolition and poverty deconcentration – all of ...
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A feminist rewriting of cartoon captions Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-21 Fatma Fulya Tepe, Per Bauhn
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The poetics of poetry film: film poetry, videopoetry, lyric voice, reflection Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Reviewed by Gabrielle McNally
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Quiet Spaces: Public Places – visual representation of vulnerable identities Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Nadia Elize Van Der Walt
This study examines the visual representation of vulnerable individuals in documentary photography while prioritising ethical considerations and aiming to avoid exploitation. By leveraging the powe...
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The crisis of ugliness: From cubism to pop-art Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Mikhail Lifshitz
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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What is an inclusive city? Reconfiguring participation in planning with geospatial photovoice to unpack experiences of urban belonging among marginalised communities Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Sofie Burgos-Thorsen, Sabine Niederer, Anders Koed Madsen
Visual research has historically been productive in foregrounding marginalised voices through photovoice as alternative to the written and oral forms of participation that dominate public participa...
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A room of your own: photographs of situations of well-being taken by patients suffering from a stress-related illness Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Hans T. Sternudd, Ulrica Hörberg, Petra Wagman, Anna Birgitta Gunnarsson
The study presented in this article is part of the project ‘Finding Viability in Daily Life’. In the project, participant-produced photographs of situations of well-being were used in interviews. A...
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What is an inclusive city? Reconfiguring participation in planning with geospatial photovoice to unpack experiences of urban belonging among marginalised communities Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Sofie Burgos-Thorsen, Sabine Niederer, Anders Koed Madsen
Visual research has historically been productive in foregrounding marginalised voices through photovoice as alternative to the written and oral forms of participation that dominate public participa...
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Wake up, this is Joburg Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Joe Konieczny, Avrom and Anna Yanovsky Teaching Collection
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Wake up, this is Joburg Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Joe Konieczny
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2024)
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The influence of Russian religious aesthetics on Russian animation Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Yanni Liao
Russian religious aesthetics, and in particular the canon of Orthodox iconography, had a huge impact on all spheres of Russian culture. Among these areas, the influence of religious aesthetics on S...
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Blackboard voices Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Luc Pauwels
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Heir to the throne: photography and the rise to presidency by politicians in Zimbabwe and South Africa Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Lungile Augustine Tshuma
Photographs are rarely given much academic attention, especially, in Africa. This is against the popular use of photography in political communication. Against this background, this study examines ...
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Blackboard voices Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Luc Pauwels
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2024)
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Editorial Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Julie Patarin-Jossec, John Grady, Susan Hansen, Gary Bratchford, Kate Korroch
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 38, No. 3-4, 2023)
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‘There were days I felt empty’: care, affect, and graphic medicine Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Sathyaraj Venkatesan, Livine Ancy A
There is a world, invisible to many, of terminally ill people being cared for full time by a loving family member or friend. These caregivers are living with burdens and pressures that even regular...
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Protecting the future ‘Us’: a rhetoric-performative multimodal analysis of the polarising far-right YouTube campaign videos in Finland Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Virpi Salojärvi, Emilia Palonen, Laura Horsmanheimo, Roosa-Maria Kylli
The far right is active on social media, including YouTube for its outreach, community-building and mainstreaming of radical content. This article compares campaign videos of two distinct Finnish far-right parties. It develops a rhetoric-performative and multimodal analysis of audiovisual material and unveils how the contemporary Finnish far right articulates and performs affectively ‘us’ through counterhegemonic
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Interweaving artist-researcher-teacher identities: facilitating visitor-artwork interactions Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 Juyoung Yoo
This visual essay portrays how an artist-researcher-teacher investigates the idea of a/r/tography and constructivist teaching pedagogy while using her own artwork, Fantasy Museum, as a platform for teaching. Fantasy Museum features a series of digitally altered photographs of museum visitors viewing emptied artworks, and visitors are invited to draw their own collections inside the empty spaces, which
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Protecting the future ‘Us’: a rhetoric-performative multimodal analysis of the polarising far-right YouTube campaign videos in Finland Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Virpi Salojärvi, Emilia Palonen, Laura Horsmanheimo, Roosa-Maria Kylli
The far right is active on social media, including YouTube for its outreach, community-building and mainstreaming of radical content. This article compares campaign videos of two distinct Finnish f...
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A theory of assembly: From museums to memes Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-31 Caitlin Swindell
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Addressing corruption through visual tools in India: the case of three civil society initiatives and their Facebook pages Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Anwesha Chakraborty, Alice Mattoni
In the past decades, several grassroots movement organisations across the world have tackled the issue of corruption with the aim of mobilising knowledge on this widespread problem. In our paper, we look at three bottom-up civil society organisations and collective actors fighting for greater transparency and curbing of corruption in Indian society, highlighting how they employ visuals to debate on
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Nervous systems: Art, systems, and politics since the 1960s Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Rachelle Sabourin
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Visibilising gentrification-induced displacement: a visual essay on the role of a socially and politically engaged photographic practice in housing activism Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Anita Strasser
This visual essay has two aims. On the one hand, it is intended as a visual exploration of gentrification-induced displacement. It focuses on photographic material generated for Deptford is Changing, a research project which exposed and politicised the emotional upheaval caused by contemporary state-led gentrification in Deptford, south-east London. On the other hand, the essay presents socially and
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Visibilising gentrification-induced displacement: a visual essay on the role of a socially and politically engaged photographic practice in housing activism Visual Studies (IF 0.7) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Anita Strasser
This visual essay has two aims. On the one hand, it is intended as a visual exploration of gentrification-induced displacement. It focuses on photographic material generated for Deptford is Changin...