The Narrative Aesthetics of Protest Images

Jolma the Journal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind and the Arts 2 (1):212-238 (2021)
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Abstract

In this paper I argue that protest images have a certain aesthetics and a degree of transformative power. Crucial to this aesthetics is the images’ narrative struc- ture, like the representation of goal-directed actions. On this basis, I show that there are more aspects that contribute to the storytelling capacity, like narrative characteristics and an aesthetics of dramatization. Using the example of climate change protests as a case study, I establish that these aspects can contribute to the transformative ability of protest images, if used effectively.

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Hannah Fasnacht
University of Lucerne

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