Hidden racism and structures of power in the images of Ebola 2014

Clara Méndez Hernández; Francisco Javier Tirado Serrano

doi:10.7238/d.v0i27.376905

Hidden racism and structures of power in the images of Ebola 2014

Títol traduït de la contribució: Racisme ocult i estructures de poder en les imatges de l’ebola del 2014

Clara Méndez Hernández, Francisco Javier Tirado Serrano

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Les epidèmies són considerades com a estats paradigmàtics d’emergència i escenaris humanitaris. Així, les conceptualitzacions humanitàries són negociables mitjançant les mateixes practiques que sorgeixen amb aquesta classe d’emergència. Aquest article cerca investigar sobre aquest procés en relació amb el brot d’ebola del 2014, un esdeveniment considerat una amenaça mundial i una situació humanitària intolerable. Analitzem com la definició d’allò que es pot entendre (o no) com a humanitat va ser negociada mitjançant dimensions com ara l’espectre de la visibilitat, la distribució d’agències, els afectes intencionats i els imaginaris definits. Aquest article es basa en una anàlisi semiòtica empírica de centenars d’imatges de l’epidèmia de l’ebola del 2014 i 15 grups de sondeig o entrevistes individuals dutes a terme al llarg d’un any, amb el tractament d’imatges de les xarxes socials.

Títol traduït de la contribució	Racisme ocult i estructures de poder en les imatges de l’ebola del 2014
Idioma original	Anglès
Pàgines (de-a)	1-13
Nombre de pàgines	13
Revista	Digithum
Número	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7238/d.v0i27.376905
Estat de la publicació	Publicada - de des. 2021

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