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Ett kosmopolitiskt tillstånd kräver ett avstånd : en undersökning av hur människor i nöd representeras i fotografier av Läkare Utan Gränser år 2009

Sjunnesson, Joakim LU (2009) KOVK01 20092
Division of Art History and Visual Studies
Abstract
This study iams to show how the non-governmental organisation Doctors Without Borders represent people in suffering and distress in 2009. The three photographs chosen are located on a photo blog called "Voices from the field" on the organisation's international web page. The basis for the analysis is a hypothesis that these represented narratives can be interpreted as having a moral relationship between the people represented and the spectator. Inspired by the Aristotelian interpretative praxis of fronesis I combine a social constructivist and a normative approach.
The theoretical framework consists of a combination of a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective and a media and communications theory influenced by moral philosophy.
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This study iams to show how the non-governmental organisation Doctors Without Borders represent people in suffering and distress in 2009. The three photographs chosen are located on a photo blog called "Voices from the field" on the organisation's international web page. The basis for the analysis is a hypothesis that these represented narratives can be interpreted as having a moral relationship between the people represented and the spectator. Inspired by the Aristotelian interpretative praxis of fronesis I combine a social constructivist and a normative approach.
The theoretical framework consists of a combination of a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective and a media and communications theory influenced by moral philosophy.
I show via my interpretations that the three pictures can be seen and understood as constructing a moral obligation towards the spectator through the workings of discourse - in these cases a moral discourse that includes a photographic one. Through choice of subject matter, composition and editorial techniques and conventions these visual narratives construct a form of realism that is the foundation for the story telling of these people and their hardships. The pictures offer opportunities for developing a cosmopolitian identity - but always within a moral discourse. (Less)
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author
Sjunnesson, Joakim LU
supervisor
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course
KOVK01 20092
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
normative, fronesis, critical discourse analysis, social constructivism, discourse, cosmopolitan identity, moral
language
Swedish
id
1545054
date added to LUP
2010-05-03 10:30:45
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2010-05-03 10:30:45
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  abstract     = {{This study iams to show how the non-governmental organisation Doctors Without Borders represent people in suffering and distress in 2009. The three photographs chosen are located on a photo blog called "Voices from the field" on the organisation's international web page. The basis for the analysis is a hypothesis that these represented narratives can be interpreted as having a moral relationship between the people represented and the spectator. Inspired by the Aristotelian interpretative praxis of fronesis I combine a social constructivist and a normative approach. 
The theoretical framework consists of a combination of a Critical Discourse Analysis perspective and a media and communications theory influenced by moral philosophy. 
I show via my interpretations that the three pictures can be seen and understood as constructing a moral obligation towards the spectator through the workings of discourse - in these cases a moral discourse that includes a photographic one. Through choice of subject matter, composition and editorial techniques and conventions these visual narratives construct a form of realism that is the foundation   for the story telling of these people and their hardships. The pictures offer opportunities for developing a cosmopolitian identity - but always within a moral discourse.}},
  author       = {{Sjunnesson, Joakim}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Ett kosmopolitiskt tillstånd kräver ett avstånd : en undersökning av hur människor i nöd representeras i fotografier av Läkare Utan Gränser år 2009}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}