Description
Despite the history and theory of photography’s critical turn to questions of colonialism, imperialism and race, these important discourses have left the visual logic of racial whiteness largely unexamined. Blight will suggest that in order for “western” photography to properly confront its violent participation in the development and continuation of white supremacy, it might begin an elucidative and critically self-reflexive discussion of racial whiteness, one informed by concepts developed in the areas of critical whiteness studies and the sociology and philosophy of race. To approach this task, Blight will consider the writings of Barbara Applebaum, Alastair Bonnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Kalpana Seshadri-Crooks and George Yancy, alongside work by artists that have made race-critical photography, including Michelle Dizon and Viêt Lê, Buck Ellison, Sophie Gabrielle and Hank Willis Thomas.| Period | 12 Nov 2020 |
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| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- Photography
- Racial Whiteness
- Race
- Visual Culture
- Art History
- Colonialism
- Critical Philosophy of Race
- Sociology of Race
- Orientalism
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Ways of Seeing Whiteness
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Cold, Dull, Ashen: The Image of Whiteness
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Images of whiteness: can we imagine a world without white eyes?
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Writer Conversations: Daniel C. Blight
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White Whirlwind: From Racial Equivalence to Anti-whiteness
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The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization
Research output: Book/Report › Book - edited › peer-review
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How do white people see?
Research output: Other contribution
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Perfect White Family
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper