Webinar: “Breaking with colonial continuities: production and interpretation of images (photos)”

When: Tuesday 17th March at 11am and 6pm MET via ZOOM 

Important: The webinar will be held twice to acomodate different time zones. Pleace specify when registering which time you would like to participate.

Worum geht's?

Self-perceptions and perceptions of others at both the individual and collective levels continue to be shaped by colonial power relations and patterns of thought in both the Global South and the Global North. These colonial continuities persist and have a significant influence on how people, realities of life, and contexts are perceived and represented. Visual communication in specialist and development services as well as in international cooperation is not unaffected by this: photographs and images shape public narratives, generate emotions and can – often unintentionally – reproduce stereotypical ideas, hierarchies and one-sided perspectives.

The webinar offers participants a space for critical engagement with these visual worlds. Using concrete examples from practice, they will practice reflective interpretation of photographs and visual material and question common modes of representation. In addition, they will receive an introduction to decolonial perspectives on photography and visual practice that focus on questions of power, representation, responsibility, and agency.

The aim of the webinar is to sharpen participants' understanding of images, develop sensitivity to problematic narratives, and learn about alternative, differentiated forms of visual representation. Participants are encouraged to explore new ways of visually representing international cooperation—respectfully, cooperatively, and beyond colonial stereotypes.

Facilitatior: Stefan Heiß, Leitung Öffentlicheitsarbeit EIRENE Internationaler Christlicher Friedensdienst e.V.

Contact:

Jasper Hoffmann

Tel.: +49 (0) 228 908 99 32

seminare@agdd.de