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Photographs speak louder than words: the language of international development images
International development workers have a long history of using photography to document their actions in the field. While this is ostensibly a laudable goal, our paper examines how the use of photography could reproduce and reinforce the existing imbalances between countries of the North and global South. We present a critical analysis contending that the assumption of the photograph as a document of reality has long been used to support imperialist, colonial and neocolonial agendas. We argue that this trend continues unabated in most instances of Canadian international development work. We make use of four recent pictorial examples from annual reports of international development agencies that we feel represent a particular reading of the dominant discourse, namely that Northern agencies are generous and engage in ‘civilizing’ behaviour when doing work in countries in the global South. We conclude with some specific recommendations for development workers on the use of photography.
Photographs speak louder than words: the language of international development images
International development workers have a long history of using photography to document their actions in the field. While this is ostensibly a laudable goal, our paper examines how the use of photography could reproduce and reinforce the existing imbalances between countries of the North and global South. We present a critical analysis contending that the assumption of the photograph as a document of reality has long been used to support imperialist, colonial and neocolonial agendas. We argue that this trend continues unabated in most instances of Canadian international development work. We make use of four recent pictorial examples from annual reports of international development agencies that we feel represent a particular reading of the dominant discourse, namely that Northern agencies are generous and engage in ‘civilizing’ behaviour when doing work in countries in the global South. We conclude with some specific recommendations for development workers on the use of photography.
Photographs speak louder than words: the language of international development images
Wehbi, Samantha (Autor:in) / Taylor, Deane (Autor:in)
Community development journal ; 48 ; 525-
01.10.2013
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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