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Picturing global warming and its consequences – Do we need a conflict sensitive approach?
Global warming is one of the major issues in international news reporting. While pictures play a crucial role in coverage, picturing the topic is difficult, as the impact and the consequences of climate change are not always directly visible.
Instead, we see certain aspects like emotional photos of polar bears on ice shells and receding glaciers or horrifying pictures from famine and natural disasters as well as apocalyptic scenarios which become facts. Furthermore, most of the observed consequences take place in the South. Will there be a new form of war and conflict photography? Or is there a conflict sensitive way of visualizing the topic? The workshop will discuss these issues with scholars from mass communication studies as well as photographers and picture editors.
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Felix Koltermann Photojournalist, Peace and Conflict Researcher |
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Christoph Bangert Photographer | Photo agency laif |
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Peter Bitzer Director of Marketing | Laif and Bilderberg |
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Elke Grittmann Visiting Professor of Communication Studies | University of Augsburg |
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Marco Siebertz Freelance Journalist, Communication Designer | Deutsche Welle |
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