Representing Catastrophe
Mediatization and Transnational Solidarities
Representatives from academic, NGO and charity sectors will jointly discuss disaster mediatization and consumption and how these can enhance and undermine community resources for dealing with disasters. With its focus on Caribbean and Southeast Asian island environments, the workshop will compare experiences with post-disaster reconstruction across political, historical and geographical contexts.
We are interested in enabling an interdisciplinary discussion drawing on media studies, anthropology, geography, literature, history, and visual cultural studies, which will consider the following topics:
- the geopolitics of giving
- disasters, mass media and mass empathy
- suffering and spectatorship
- disasters and celebrity culture
- post-disaster reconstruction and policy mobilities
- religion and transnational solidarity
Key speakers
We are delighted to announce that the workshop will feature presentations by:
- Lilie Chouliaraki (LSE)
- Gordon Winder (LMU)
- Mark Anderson (University of Georgia).
Registration
Seats are limited. Please register with: L.J.Damstra@uva.nl
Location
Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, Linnaeusstraat 2, 1092 CK Amsterdam