The rise of digital photography and imaging has transformed the landscape of visual communication and culture. Events, activities, moments, objects, and people are ‘captured’ and…
Many people in the West or global North now live in a culture of 24/7 instant messaging, iPods and MP3s, streamed content, blogs, ubiquitous digital…
The essays in Killing Women: The Visual Culture of Gender and Violence find important connections in the ways that women are portrayed in relation to violence,…
As evidenced by the clientele in any urban coffee shop, devices such as cell phones, BlackBerries, and Wi-Fi-enabled laptops have proliferated, particularly during the past…
From the rise of fully automated factories to the creation of new migrant work forces, the world of work, employment, and production is rapidly changing. By…
See also “Surveillance Culture: Engagement, Exposure and Ethics in Digital Modernity” The International Journal of Communication. 11, 2017. Surveillance stories hit the headlines almost every…
Surveillance is sometimes spoken of as a God’s eye view of the world. This idea is explored in relation to the ‘objective gaze’ of disengaged…
Despite its reach and impact, little scholarly attention has been granted to what is becoming a silent social tsunami of our times: evictions. Tens of…
Under the rubric of ‘financial inclusion’, lending to the poor—in both the global North and global South—has become a highly lucrative and rapidly expanding industry…
Leading international organisations presently argue that a transition to ‘climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA) is an obligatory task to ensure food supply for an anticipated nine billion…