Аннотация:At first glance, ‘geopolitics and visual culture’ might seem an odd title. The two
terms invoke quite different associations: ‘geopolitics’ conjures up the sombre
arena of international politics, populated by diplomats and world leaders and
taken up with the conduct of international agreements, sanctions and conflicts;
‘visual culture’ suggests all manner of images – personal photographs, maps, art
and advertising – as well as popular media forms like film and television that we
use by virtue of a sense of sight. But recognition of the global and political nature of
the major image producers of our time and of the visual nature of various forms of
social control and resistance requires serious examination of geopolitics and visual
cultures as related fields.
