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UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies

Imaging Human Rights

Date: Wednesday 28th May 2008
Time: 2pm – 6pm
Location: PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE FOR THIS SYMPOSIUM HAS CHANGED TO The Irish Aid Centre 27-31 Upper O'Connell St, Dublin 1

This symposium will bring together scholars, NGO personnel and media practitioners to discuss the roles of image producers and the functions of visual imagery in the documentation and communication of human rights issues. 

Topics under discussion will include

• concepts (e.g. humanitarianism, compassion) used to frame the imagery
• the genres and effects of ‘Western’ modes of visualisation
• the traditions and practices of image-makers in the field
• the roles of news organisations and NGOs in selecting and distributing images
• the effect of imagery on government policy and NGO activity
• the role of imagery in civil and legal inquiries

Timetable

2pm Opening address – Professor Liam Kennedy

2.15pm – 3.45pm Panel I: Human Rights and Representation (Chair: Liam Kennedy, UCD)

Mark Bradley (University of Chicago)
Kirsten Campbell (Goldsmiths College, London)
Hans Zomer (Dóchas)

3.45 pm Tea/Coffee

4.15pm - 5.45pm Panel II:  Photography and Human Rights (Chair: Justin Carville, IADT)

David Campbell (University of Durham)
Thomas Keenan (Bard College, New York)
Alison Locke (photographer)
Aine O’Brien (Dublin Institute of Technology)

6.pm Reception

Funding received from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences