How images frame China's role in African development.
Political leaders, policy-makers and academics routinely refer to development as an objective process of social change through the use of technical, value-free terms. Images of poverty and inequality are regularly presented as evidence of a world that exists 'out there' where development unfolds. Th...
| Publicado en: | International Affairs Vol. 96; no. 3; pp. 667 - 691 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=143334264&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 143334264 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00205850 INA jtl: International Affairs issn: 00205850 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2020 vid: 96 iid: 3 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 143334264 10.1093/ia/iiaa060 ppf: 667 ppct: 24 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T db: hlh ui: 143334264 – @attributes: type: P db: hlh ui: 143334264 tig: atl: How images frame China's role in African development. aug: au: Karavas, George su: Economic development International relations Social change Modernization (Social science) Industrialization Africa-China relations Economic conditions in Africa African politics & government Chinese politics & government sug: subj: Economic development International relations Social change Modernization (Social science) Industrialization Administration of General Economic Programs Foreign affairs International Affairs Africa-China relations Economic conditions in Africa African politics & government Chinese politics & government keyword: Africa China international development South-South relations violence visual politics Africa China international development South-South relations violence visual politics ab: Political leaders, policy-makers and academics routinely refer to development as an objective process of social change through the use of technical, value-free terms. Images of poverty and inequality are regularly presented as evidence of a world that exists 'out there' where development unfolds. This way of seeing reflects the value of scientific forms of knowledge but also sits in tension with the normative foundations of development that take European modernization and industrialization as the benchmark for comparison. The role images play in this process is often overlooked. This article argues that a dominant mode of visuality based on a Cartesian separation between subject and object, underpinning the ascendance of European hegemony and colonialism, aligns with the core premises of orthodox development discourse. An example of how visual representations of development matter is presented through images of Africa–China relations in western media sources. Using widely circulated images depicting China's impact on African development in western news media sources as an example of why visual politics matters for policy-making, the article examines how images play a role in legitimizing development planning by rendering associated forms of epistemological and structural violence 'invisible to the viewer'. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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