1st Edition
Image-Making-India Visual Culture, Technology, Politics
By Paolo S.H. Favero
Copyright 2021
176 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
176 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
176 Pages
18 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Image-Making-India explores the evolving meaning of images in a digital landscape from the vantage point of contemporary India.
Building upon long-term ethnographic research among image-makers in Delhi, Mumbai and other Indian cities, the author interrogates the dialogue between visual culture, technology and changing notions of political participation. The book explores selected artistic... Read more
Ch 1 In uncompleted circles, spirals and swirls: An introduction, Ch 2 The present world of images: A theoretical background, Ch 3 Sharpening ideas on the whetting stone: Independent documentary practices, resistance and revolution, Ch 4 The ghost of an image: On photographs, truth and colonial violence, Ch 5 The uncanny destiny of ‘raw’ footage: The politics of imagemaking from analogic to digital, from filmmaking to archiving, Ch 6 Conclusions
Biography
Paolo S.H. Favero is Associate Professor of Film Studies and Visual Culture at the Visual and Digital Cultures Research Centre (ViDi), University of Antwerp, Belgium.
