Beschreibung
The imaginaries of northern landscape have not remained static in the era of ecological crisis but play a pivotal function within the geopolitics of visual representation. Such imaginaries can sanction those dominant discourses that frame environmental catastrophe as the consequence of undifferentiated human activity, but, it is argued, they also have the capacity to represent a complexity and heterogeneity frequently absent from this broad discursive field. The contributors to this volume engage with the practice, curation and utilization of photography and other lens-based media, to examine the critical role of visual culture in shaping and interrogating conceptions of environmental catastrophe.
Autorenporträt
Darcy White is principal lecturer in visual culture in the Department of Media Arts and Communication, Sheffield Hallam University, where she teaches the history and theory of photography. She is the founder of the Northern Light Contemporary Landscape Photography research group and co-convener of its biennial conference. Julia Peck is a photographer, writer and academic based at the University of Gloucestershire, with a long-standing interest in landscape and the environment, political ecology and philosophies exploring non-binary approaches to human/nature relationships. Her photographic work has been exhibited in the UK and she has contributed images, articles and reviews to 'Next Level, Dandelion, Source, Visual Studies, History of Photography', 'Photographies' and 'Journal of Australian Studies'. Chris Goldie is formerly senior lecturer, currently honorary research fellow, in the Department for Media Arts and Communication, Sheffield Hallam University. Recent publications have appeared in the 'Journal of Design History', 'The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies and Development', and the 'Design Journal'.
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