Representation, International NGOs and Ethics of Seeing
1. Representation,
INGOs and the Ethics of
Seeing
IDSC08H3 Feb. 12,
2013
2. House keeping
Self-intro video
Adjusting grade (to 15%)
Film Critique (due Feb. 26)
Please read instructions carefully!!
Sample from past submissions
Major Project
Planning, discussion, annotated bibliography
Adjusting lecture topics
Debate outcomes
Next debate
Online participation – raise issues in readings and relevant
sources
3. Agenda
How is development “represented” ?
By the main stream media
By development agencies
By NGO
Understanding “representation”
Impact of representation and mis-
representation
Ethics of “Seeing”
9. What is “representation”?
How is development “represented”?
By whom, and for whom?
From the National Geographic effect to
the “CNN effect” and “Al-Jazeera
phenomenon”
Description or action?
Performativity: Development as
Representation
12. “Representation is the way in
which MEANING is given to
the things depicted”
Stuart Hall
13. Reception
What influence do
these factors have on
interpreters?
Class
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Representation as
Process
Class Class
Age Age
Gender Gender
Ethnicity Ethnicity
Production Reference
What part do these What sort of realities
factors play in media are depicted?
production?