Calhoun Craig – The Imperative to Reduce Suffering

Argomenti del programma: This course is a continuation, extension and update of the Humanitarian Communication course. Focusing on how humanitarian imaginary is integral to the production of the Global South and to our perceptions of (the needs of) poor countries and vulnerable peoples, this course critically examines the role of communication in humanitarian contexts—not merely as a tool, but as constitutive of humanitarian action itself.

Argomenti del programma: This course critically examines how visual culture shapes public perceptions and policy decisions on borders, migration, climate change, and human rights. Through a sociological and criminological lens, students will analyze how visual media—including photojournalism, surveillance systems, humanitarian imagery, activist art, and data visualizations—mediate notions of crisis, victimhood, mobility, and justice.

Argomenti del programma: This course is a continuation, extension and update of the Humanitarian Communication course. Focusing on how humanitarian imaginary is integral to the production of the Global South and to our perceptions of (the needs of) poor countries and vulnerable peoples, this course critically examines the role of communication in humanitarian contexts—not merely as a tool, but as constitutive of humanitarian action itself.

Argomenti del programma: This course critically examines how visual culture shapes public perceptions and policy decisions on borders, migration, climate change, and human rights. Through a sociological and criminological lens, students will analyze how visual media—including photojournalism, surveillance systems, humanitarian imagery, activist art, and data visualizations—mediate notions of crisis, victimhood, mobility, and justice.

Argomenti del programma: This course is a continuation, extension and update of the Humanitarian Communication course. Focusing on how humanitarian imaginary is integral to the production of the Global South and to our perceptions of (the needs of) poor countries and vulnerable peoples, this course critically examines the role of communication in humanitarian contexts—not merely as a tool, but as constitutive of humanitarian action itself.