The October outbreak: critical notes about the emblematic photo of the protest
The use of photography as a tool and as a testimony at the same time configures a politics of visuality and memory, and it sometimes works to replace the absence of voices that have disappeared in time. Digging into the sedimented construction of history, it is important to show how one can go beyon...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Central del Ecuador |
| Repositorio: | Revista Contextos |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistadigital.uce.edu.ec:article/2915 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistadigital.uce.edu.ec/index.php/CONTEXTOS/article/view/2915 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | fotografía memoria octubre Ecuador protesta social Photography memory october social protest |
| Sumario: | The use of photography as a tool and as a testimony at the same time configures a politics of visuality and memory, and it sometimes works to replace the absence of voices that have disappeared in time. Digging into the sedimented construction of history, it is important to show how one can go beyond the narration of the events and investigate the humanity of the protagonists. In this way, the rescue of other critical, analytical and reflective looks on one of the most emblematic photos of the October 2019 outbreak in Ecuador becomes transcendental. |
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