Abstract This forum proposes a practice-oriented approach to (de)legitimation processes in world politics. Drawing on international practice theory and visual IR, among other fields, our offers an important extension of existing literature that mostly concentrates discursive (de)legitimation. Instead, this focuses broader variety practices (de)legitimation, such as bodily gestures practices, including communicated via (social) media. The forum’s six contributions demonstrate the significance...

Desire is a continuous force, fundamentally eccentric and insatiable, yet insufficiently explored in tourism studies. To examine desire to 'unusual' places of darkness danger we propose four interpretations this psychoanalytic concept: as recognition, 'object' cause desire, for novelty, fantasy. Initial empirical evidence drawn from analysing online mass-media accounts tourists North Korea suggests that access when travelling such country portrayed one the most reclusive, dangerous feared world.

Abstract In recent years, satellite imagery, previously restricted to the defence and intelligence communities, has been made available a range of non-state actors as well. Non-governmental organisations, journalists, celebrities such George Clooney now use remote sensing data like digital Sherlock Holmeses investigate reveal human rights abuses, political violence, environmental destruction, eco-crimes from distance. It is often said that increasing availability applicability technologies...

Recent scholarship in international relations (IR) and political sociology (IPS) has made significant contributions to the study of images. Chief among such studies on visual politics been focus popular media including cartoons, film, photography, video games. This article takes a look at another prominent medium: comic. Comics provide ample potential starting points for IR scholars sociologists; comic's aesthetic qualities—the way which it narrates geopolitical events public audiences...

Abstract In this article, we engage with IR's recently rediscovered interest in peace and connect it the visual turn international relations. We move field's focus on representations of war to develop concept photography. suggest both understanding photography as a social agent promoting visions incorporating analysis into emerging agenda peace. Our illustrative examples show that is insufficient think about analyze images only connection large scale violence interstate war. contrast,...

The visual communication of climate change by social movements has become an emerging subject research in recent years. Much the existing literature on focuses how environmental and protests are depicted mainstream media outlets. This exploratory study examines themselves. Its focus is one 'new narrator' mediated politics change: Fridays for Future (FFF), arguably most significant communicators change. question seeks to understand FFF activists narrate action through images posted Instagram....

This article analyzes the gendered representation of military service in German YouTube series Die Rekruten (DR) (The Recruits), a popular web produced on behalf armed forces (Bundeswehr) for recruitment purposes, which accompanies 12 navy recruits during their basic training. The is situated within research masculinity and military, particular recruitment. It supplements current scholarship by studying previously neglected case that interest given Germany's antimilitarist culture, should...

Journal Article Imaging North Korea: Exploring its Visual Representations in International Politics Get access David Shim, Shim German Institute of Global and Area Studies Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Dirk Nabers Christian Albrechts University Kiel Perspectives, Volume 14, Issue 3, August 2013, Pages 289–306, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-3585.2012.00493.x Published: 14 2013

The connection between the everyday and international has received increasing attention in critical IR recent years. As many contributions aim to rethink terms of everyday, mundane ordinary become a site geopolitical analysis. paper’s central idea is that we, as academics human beings, constantly face what can be called an political sociology world politics: How life “distant” places? Who lives these And, are people doing “over there”? By reflecting on how we obtain certain places, this...

This paper argues that the question of food (in)security in Democratic People’s Republic Korea is not necessarily indicative country’s actual nutritional conditions but rather constituted through meaning‐making behavior — signifying practices predominantly on part humanitarian aid institutions working there. The argument intended to gloss over and situation North or suggest famine, starvation, malnutrition do exist. nevertheless are external separate from reality they observe, monitor,...

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Satellite imagery plays an important role in contemporary geopolitics. Arguably the most well‐known example is Colin Powell's (in)famous presentation to UN Security Council February 2003, during which he used satellite pictures legitimate invasion of Iraq. photographs draw on a techno‐scientific discourse that enables them function as undistorted records impartially documenting space and place. As result, they assume defining authority 'speak truth' – probably enhanced with regard...

S outh K orea's rising status in regional and global affairs has received significant attention recent years. In academic, media, policy debates, though, orea is usually regarded as a mere middle power that, due to its geopolitical situation, only limited leeway foreign choices. Accordingly, it must constantly maneuver between larger neighbors: C hina, J apan, R ussia. However, this perspective negates the fact that same constraints also apply other states region. Thus no country can easily...

This paper discusses the material rhetoric of Statue Peace built in front Japanese Embassy Seoul, South Korea. Installed 2011 to commemorate so-called “comfort women”—the former sex slaves forced work brothels during Korea’s occupation by Empire Japan—, several identical-looking copies statue have since spread throughout country and beyond. While many observers noted symbolic politics sculpture, I argue for taking into account its dimension too—with aim furthering our understanding how...