… University.

How is visuality — understood here as the mutual constitution of the visual and the social (W. J. T. Mitchell) — implicated in the mediated construction of instances of distant suffering in various parts of the world, and what are the effects of such implications? After a brief history of the visual representation of humanitarian crises by Euro-American civil …

… University is holding its 9th annual graduate studies conference this week. In coming weeks, Cultural Shifts will be posting a selection of papers from the event.
If you are in Ottawa, Canada, and would like to attend, the conference details are below. The event is open and free to the general public.

QUESTIONING BOUNDARIES: The Political Economy of Access, Control and …

… Fair Trade Committee and Field Officer for the SVBGA, November 6, 2006.
Amarsy, Shemina. Liason Officer for Fair Trade Organization International, November 7, 2006.
Defreitas, George. WIBDECO Product Controller in St. Vincent, November 8, 2006.
Rose, Ancelma. WINFA Administrative Secretary and Secretary for Gender Affairs, November 8, 2006.
Rose, Renwick. WINFA Coordinator, November 8, …