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The Storyteller: Observations On Murtada Bulbul’S ‘Swineherders’, Sharon Sliwinski
The Storyteller: Observations On Murtada Bulbul’S ‘Swineherders’, Sharon Sliwinski
Sharon Sliwinski
This review engages Murtada Bulbul's series of photographs of Bangladeshi swineherders (published in this issue), casting the photographer's treatment as that of a storyteller. On one hand, this treatment suggests the importance of visual-cultural forms for the very legibility of human rights. On the other hand, Bulbul's pictures can teach us something about what it means to live a "bare life," that is, to live at the edges of the human community.
The Childhood Of Human Rights: The Kodak On The Congo, Sharon Sliwinski
The Childhood Of Human Rights: The Kodak On The Congo, Sharon Sliwinski
Sharon Sliwinski
This chapter examines the Congo reform movement’s use of atrocity photographs in their human rights campaign (c. 1904–13) against Belgian King Leopold, colonial ruler of the Congo Free State. This material analysis shows that human rights are conceived by spectators who, with the aid of the photographic apparatus, are compelled to judge that crimes against humanity are occurring to others. The article also tracks how this judgement has been haunted by the potent wish to undo the suffering witnessed.
The Childhood Of Human Rights: The Kodak On The Congo, Sharon Sliwinski
The Childhood Of Human Rights: The Kodak On The Congo, Sharon Sliwinski
Sharon Sliwinski
This article examines the Congo reform movement's use of atrocity photographs in their human rights campaign (c. 1904–13) against Belgian King Leopold, colonial ruler of the Congo Free State. This material analysis shows that human rights are conceived by spectators who, with the aid of the photographic apparatus, are compelled to judge that crimes against humanity are occurring to others. The article also tracks how this judgement has been haunted by the potent wish to undo the suffering witnessed.