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Performing Trauma in Central Africa: Shadows of Empire
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2018), xviii, 348 pp.
"What are the stakes of cultural production in a time of war? How is artistic expression prone to manipulation by the state and international humanitarian organizations? In the charged political terrain of post-genocide Rwanda, post-civil war Uganda, and recent violence in the Democratic Republic of
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Digital Trauma Processing in Social Media Groups: Transgenerational Holocaust Trauma on Facebook
Hungarian Historical Review, volume 6, issue 2 (2017), pp. 355-376
"In recent years, more and more social media (Facebook) groups have been created dealing with memories of the Holocaust in Hungary. In this article, I analyze and compare two groups, “The Holocaust and My Family” and “The Descendants of the Victims and Survivors of the Holocaust” in the fram
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The Trauma Graphic Novel
New York; London: Routledge (2017), x, 179 pp.
"The end of the twentieth century and the turn of the new millennium witnessed an unprecedented flood of traumatic narratives and testimonies of suffering in literature and the arts. Graphic novels, free at last from long decades of stern censorship, helped explore these topics by developing a new s
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Conflict, Trauma and the Media: A Collection of Essays
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2017), vi, 168 pp.
"This collection of essays explores the complicated relationship between the messengers bringing news of catastrophic upheaval and the recipients of that message. It concentrates on the journalists, photographers and film-makers, reflecting not only the motivations behind their work, but also the ps
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Survival Media: The Politics and Poetics of Mobility and the War in Sri Lanka
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xvi, 133 pp.
"Through the narratives and movements of survivors of the war in Lanka these interconnected essays develop the concept of 'survival media' as embodied and expressive forms of mobility across borders." (Publisher description)
Journalism in Conflict and Post-Conflict Conditions: Worldwide Perspectives
Top Insights
Göteborg: Nordicom; Media Development and Global Policy UNESCO Chair on Freedom of Expression (2016), 202 pp.
"The aim of the present book is to provide both empirical and theoretical input to the discussions of the role of journalism and media in conflict and post-conflict situations and in the often rather muddy waters between them. Together, the contributions to this book from different parts of the worl
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Ethics and Visual Research Methods: Theory, Methodology, and Practice
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), xxi, 266 pp.
"This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of ethical issues associated with visual research methods. Considering the work of researchers across a range of disciplines using visual methods in research, it offers practical and thoughtful discussions of emerging methodological and ethic
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Gaze Regimes: Film and Feminisms in Africa
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2015), xxxiv, 229 pp.
"Gaze Regimes is a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in film, either directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of
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Trauma and Public Memory
Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xii, 231 pp.
"This collection of essays and interviews offers perspectives on traumatic experience from the social and public side of the equation. Like other books in the Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies Series, it is concerned with redressing the balance of public memory through a focus on what has been negle
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Covering Trauma: A Training Guide
Radio for Peacebuilding Africa Search for Common Ground (2011), 20 pp.
"All stories about an ordinary person who becomes the victim of abuse require extra sensitivity, because survivors of abuse – whether the abuse is physical, emotional or political – are usually survivors of a traumatic event. There are many kinds of traumatic events. A terrible car crash, an ear
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Trauma Journalism: On Deadline in Harm's Way
New York; London: Continuum (2011), ix, 229 pp.
"The role of journalists in covering trauma and tragedy isn’t new. Witnessing acts of violence, destruction and terror has long been the professional responsibility of countless print and broadcast reporters and photographers. But what is new is a growing awareness of the emotional consequences of
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Trauma and Media: Theories, Histories, and Images
New York et al.: Routledge (2010), 224 pp.
"This book provides the first comprehensive account of trauma as a critical concept in the study of modern visual media, from Freud to the present day, explaining how contemporary trauma studies emerged from research on Holocaust representation in which the audiovisual testimony of survivors was pos
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The Moment is Frozen in Time: Photojournalists’ Metaphors in Describing Trauma Photography
Journal of Constructivist Psychology, volume 23, issue 3 (2010), pp. 231-255
"In describing their understanding of trauma, disaster, and conflict photography, photojournalists in this qualitative study conceptualized abstract experiences using specific types of metaphors. Their metaphors focused on concepts such as violence, bewilderment, and health/affliction. The unique as
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Trauma, Media, Art: New Perspectives
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2010), vii, 285 pp.
"The essays collected in this book follow a contemporary critical trend in the field of trauma studies that reflects comparatively on artistic and media representations of traumatic histories and experiences from countries around the world. Focusing on a diversity of art and media forms—including
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Media Witnessing: Testimony in the Age of Mass Communication
Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), 242 pp.
"From the Holocaust to 9/11, modern communications systems have incessantly exposed us to reports of distant and horrifying events, experienced by strangers, and brought to us through media technologies. In this book leading scholars explore key questions concerning the truth status and broader impl
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Trauma and Journalism: A Guide for Journalists, Editors & Managers
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma (2007), 28 pp.
"Trauma is at the heart of news — and of the human condition. How it’s reported gives those who weren’t there their first understanding of what a traumatic event means. Personally. For their families and loved-ones. For their community and their nation. Indeed, for the world as a whole. The jo
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Covering Violence: A Guide to Ethical Reporting About Victims and Trauma
Key Guidance
New York: Columbia University Press, 2nd ed. (2006), xv, 295 pp.
"Now in its second edition, Covering Violence remains a crucial guide for becoming a sensitive and responsible reporter. Discussing such topics as rape and the ethics of interviewing children, the book gives students and journalists a detailed understanding of what is happening "on the scene" of a v
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Covering Children & Trauma: A Guide for Journalism Professionals
Washington, DC: Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma (2006), 13 pp.
"When children are victims of violence, journalists have a responsibility to report the truth with compassion and sensitivity. Kids aren’t mini-adults; they deserve special consideration when they end up in the news. Yet few journalists have experience interviewing children for routine stories, le
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Child Clinicians & the Media: A Guide for Therapists
Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma; National Child Traumatic Stress Network (2006), 17 pp.
"Whether clinicians like it or not, children and families affected by trauma are routinely covered by the media. When that happens, clinicians often face difficult choices [...] Audiences are powerfully affected when direct information comes from children, adolescents or family members. Yet balancin
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Best Practices in Trauma Reporting: Ideas and Insights from Award-Winning Newspaper Articles
Key Guidance
New York: Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma (2005), 26 pp.
"The goal of this best practices guide is not to provide a template for trauma reporting, although the specific examples should be useful for journalists working on similar stories or faced with similar ethical dilemmas related to trauma reporting. The goal is to help journalists produce professiona
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