ScienceLounge on „Visualising War: Shifts in proximity, technology and care“

The EEGA Science Lounge, in cooperation with the project KonKoop  (Cooperation and conflict in Eastern Europe), hosted a compelling event titled “Visualising War: Shifts in proximity, technology, and care.” The discussion featured esteemed guests: Monica Rüthers from the University of Hamburg, Bohdan Shumylovych from the Centre for Urban History in Lviv, who joined online from Ukraine, and Petra Bopp, an art historian and curator from Hamburg. Moderated by Mela Žuljević of the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, the event delved into the evolving visual narratives of war, exploring the implications of technological advancements and changing societal proximities and care structures in the context of conflict. The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine is one of the most visually documented conflicts in the history of war globally. Different actors and parties produce, publish and appropriate various kinds of images and visual representations on daily basis: social media photos and videos, crowdsourced maps of conflict sites, journalist reports, drone and satellite images, etc. The event started with short inputs of the invited guests, each focusing on different aspects of the topic.

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