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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
The Childhood of Human Rights: The Kodak on the Congo
Beteiligte:
Sliwinski, Sharon
Erschienen:
SAGE Publications, 2006
Erschienen in:Journal of Visual Culture
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1177/1470412906070514
ISSN:
1470-4129;
1741-2994
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Beschreibung:
<jats:p>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.</jats:p>