In the interview, Robert Hariman talks about his latest co-authored book The Public Image: Photog... more In the interview, Robert Hariman talks about his latest co-authored book The Public Image: Photography and Civic Spectatorship (University of Chicago Press, 2016), presenting the main argument that they put forward with John Louis Lucaites – that a paradigm shift is needed within the field of photographic theory in order to understand the changing social role of photography in contemporary societies. They argue for a redefinition of the medium’s “burden of representation”, embracing its limitations and treating it as a “small language”, firmly embedded within the notion of the vernacular. This move beyond simple politics of representation, he argues, should however not be apolitical. In fact, the paradigm shift is needed to re-politicise photography and therefore increase its political efficacy in the wake of unsustainability of the dominant neoliberal socio-economic order and the specific catastrophic idea of progress which it promotes. Keywords: capitalism, grimace, modernity, pho...
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1973-79 Teaching Associate, University of Minnesota 1979-85 Assistant Professo... more ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1973-79 Teaching Associate, University of Minnesota 1979-85 Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Communication, Drake University 1981-84 Assistant Dean, College of Fine Arts 1985-93 Associate Professor, Department of Speech Communication 1989-92 Chair, Department of Speech Communication 1989-93 Director, Center for the Humanities 1993-04 Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies 1993-04 Endowment Professor of the Humanities 1997-00 Chair, Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies 2000-04 Ellis and Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric 2002-04 Professor, Department for the Study of Culture and Society 2002-04 Associate Provost for Interdisciplinary Programs 2004Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University 2007-13 Chair, Department of Communication Studies 2014Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication Studies
In the interview, Robert Hariman talks about his latest co-authored book The Public Image: Photog... more In the interview, Robert Hariman talks about his latest co-authored book The Public Image: Photography and Civic Spectatorship (University of Chicago Press, 2016), presenting the main argument that they put forward with John Louis Lucaites – that a paradigm shift is needed within the field of photographic theory in order to understand the changing social role of photography in contemporary societies. They argue for a redefinition of the medium’s “burden of representation”, embracing its limitations and treating it as a “small language”, firmly embedded within the notion of the vernacular. This move beyond simple politics of representation, he argues, should however not be apolitical. In fact, the paradigm shift is needed to re-politicise photography and therefore increase its political efficacy in the wake of unsustainability of the dominant neoliberal socio-economic order and the specific catastrophic idea of progress which it promotes. Keywords: capitalism, grimace, modernity, pho...
ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1973-79 Teaching Associate, University of Minnesota 1979-85 Assistant Professo... more ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1973-79 Teaching Associate, University of Minnesota 1979-85 Assistant Professor, Department of Speech Communication, Drake University 1981-84 Assistant Dean, College of Fine Arts 1985-93 Associate Professor, Department of Speech Communication 1989-92 Chair, Department of Speech Communication 1989-93 Director, Center for the Humanities 1993-04 Professor, Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies 1993-04 Endowment Professor of the Humanities 1997-00 Chair, Department of Rhetoric and Communication Studies 2000-04 Ellis and Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric 2002-04 Professor, Department for the Study of Culture and Society 2002-04 Associate Provost for Interdisciplinary Programs 2004Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern University 2007-13 Chair, Department of Communication Studies 2014Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Communication Studies
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