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Yi-Fu Tuan Geography Lecture Series

Geo-Graphic Death: Space and the Politics of Violence Photography | James Tyner, Kent State

Event Details

Date
Friday, October 3, 2014
Time
3:30 p.m.
Location
Description
Between 1975 and 1979 the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge) established @ 200 security centers. Among these was prison S-21, the only center that photographed prisoners upon their arrival. The S-21 photographs constitute but one part of the overall photographic record of the Khmer Rouge. Drawing on photographic theories, Tyner provides a geographically informed understanding of ‘atrocity’ photographs as a means of providing broader understanding of the spatial politics of violence.
Cost
Free

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