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Images and Human Rights Images and Human Rights : Local and Global Perspectives Edited by Nancy Lipkin Stein and Alison Dundes Renteln Images and Human Rights: Local and Global Perspectives Edited by Nancy Lipkin Stein and Alison Dundes Renteln This book first published 2017 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2017 by Nancy Lipkin Stein, Alison Dundes Renteln and contributors All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-9988-7 ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-9988-8 This collaboration is dedicated to our families, friends, colleagues, stu- dents, and to all who fight for human rights. Alison Dundes Renteln Nancy Lipkin Stein TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter One ................................................................................................. 1 Images and Human Rights: Local and Global Perspectives Nancy Lipkin Stein and Alison Dundes Renteln Chapter Two .............................................................................................. 11 The Human Right to Photograph Michel Angela Martinez and Alison Dundes Renteln Chapter Three ............................................................................................ 41 Human Rights Films and Disability: Towards Observational Cinema as a Practice of “Shared Human Rights” Anastasia Klupchak Chapter Four .............................................................................................. 60 Perception of the Visual: We See With Our Brains Sarah Brown Chapter Five .............................................................................................. 74 The Nature of Being: A Sense of Meaning Virtue and Other Values of the Ovahimba Rina Sherman Chapter Six ................................................................................................ 94 “In God We Trust”: Islam, Photographs, and Imaginations of Bangladesh Fabiene Gama Chapter Seven .......................................................................................... 121 One Hundred Years of Suffering? “Humanitarian Crisis Photography” and Self-Representation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Aubrey P. Graham Chapter Eight ........................................................................................... 153 Visions of Sex-Trafficking: The Filmic Representation of Suffering Katherine Wahlberg viii Table of Contents Chapter Nine ............................................................................................ 178 An Evolutionary Process of Capturing Images of People Experiencing Homelessness Dr. Andra Opalinski, Dr. Susan Dyess and Dr. Nancy Stein Chapter Ten ............................................................................................. 200 Memes, Mashups, and the Battle for the Future of Human Culture Tok Thompson Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................ 213 Images of Trans: Framing the Way We See Transgender People Nancy Lipkin Stein CHAPTER ONE IMAGES AND HUMAN RIGHTS: LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES NANCY LIPKIN STEIN AND ALISON DUNDES RENTELN Introduction Images, moving and still, are clearly powerful, and yet we really do not know exactly how they affect us and our world. Despite tremendous interest in the role of the visual in human rights advocacy, relatively little empirical research has documented its influence. This book offers reflections on the role of images as they circulate in both global fora and, in particular communities that contributors have examined carefully in context. The idea for this unusual collection was inspired by a panel Dr. Nancy Stein organized for the Royal Anthropological Society’s conference, Anthropology and Photography, that was held at the British Museum in June 2014. Evident enthusiasm for the subject in London and elsewhere inspired others to join the project. This interdisciplinary volume, Images and Human Rights, includes research from healthcare advocates, human rights scholars and activists, photographers, and visual anthropologists who see a need for more careful contextual interpretation of images in global and local settings. Although vast literature exists on the importance of images concerning global injustices in fields such as human rights, photography, and visual studies, few provide case studies of specific photographs in cultural context. This book affords insights into the role of the visual from various disciplines including anthropology, fine arts, folklore, human rights, healthcare, photography, politics, and law. The contributors offer detailed illustrations of images in various countries that have arguably influenced public perceptions of vulnerable groups as well as the members’ own self- understandings. Chapters touch on representations of individuals who are
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