\n Session 1: Visual Narratives and the Politics of the Photograph
The session aims to explo re the act of analysing photographs and asks questions about the ethics o f collecting and reproducing images\, focusing on the political dimension s of photography\, including its use as propaganda and ideas associated w ith authenticity and legitimacy. The aim is to discuss the entwined relat ionship between the artificial and the real that has informed photography from its emergence in the late 19th century to the increasing use of AI technologies in image creation.
When you come to the session\, pl ease bring a research image that challenged you – in its access (was it hard to locate?)\, production (was it difficult to make?)\, or distribut ion (is it tricky to explain or publish?)
Proposed and run
by Renee Miller-Yeaman
(cover image: Jeff Wall\,
The Destroyed Room\, 1978)
\n Melbourne Centre for Cities (MC4C) is hos ting a series of Early Career Researchers' Sessions\, as part of our comm itment to support ECR agendas at the Centre. The sessions are programmed\ , organised\, and led collectively by early career Centre affiliates\, to reflect the skills\, concerns\, and experiences of the many young resear chers who work at the Centre.\n
\n\n What exciting approaches to r esearch are proposed by MC4C ECRs? How do these resonate across ECR exper iences at Unimelb? And how can we better learn from each other?\n
\n\n Come find your people!\n
\n\n Join us on the second Thursday of each month for an afternoon of peer learning and discussion\, on theme s such as building research partnerships\, managing controversial images\ , and creating a research environment where we are heard\, seen\, and und erstood.\n
X-LIVEWHALE-CUSTOM-CONTACT-EMAIL:sabina.andron@unimelb.edu.au X-LIVEWHALE-CUSTOM-PRESENTER1-BIO:\n Renee Miller-Yeaman's research l ooks at design histories of housing and institutions\, examining the inte rsections between government policy\, social histories and architecture. Her research approach connects various disciplines\, including architectu ral history and theory\, geography\, urban planning and media studies.\n< /p> X-LIVEWHALE-CUSTOM-PRESENTER1-IMAGE:
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