Scientific research on climate change has given rise to a variety of images picturing climate change. These range from colorful expert graphics, model visualizations, photographs of extreme weather events like floods, droughts or melting ice, symbols like polar bears, to animated and interactive visualizations. Climate change graphics have not only increased knowledge about the subject, they have begun to influence popular awareness of global weather events. The status of climate pictures today is particularly crucial, as global climate change as a long-term process cannot be seen.When images are widely distributed, they are able to shape how the world is thought about and seen. It is this implicit basic assumption of the power of images to influence reality that this book addresses: today's images might become the blueprint for tomorrow's realities.(S1(BImage Politics of Climate Change(S0(B combines a wide interdisciplinary range of perspectives and questions, treated here in sixteen interdisciplinary case studies. The author's specializations include both visual practice and theory: in the fields of climate sciences, computer graphics, art, curating, art history and visual studies, communication and cultural science, environmental and science & technology studies. The close interlinking of these viewpoints promotes in-depth insights into issues of production and analysis of climate visualization.
| ISBN: | 9783837626100 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 2014 |
| Author: | Birgit Schneider, Thomas Nocke |
| Publisher: | Transcript an imprint of transcript |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 388 pages |
| Series: | Image |
| Genres: |
Theory of art History of art General and world history Social and cultural history Cultural studies Media studies Sociology Politics and government Central / national / federal government policies |
Scientific research on climate change has given rise to a variety of images picturing climate change. These range from colorful expert graphics, model visualizations, photographs of extreme weather events like floods, droughts or melting ice, symbols like polar bears, to animated and interactive visualizations. Climate change graphics have not only increased knowledge about the subject, they have begun to influence popular awareness of global weather events. The status of climate pictures today is particularly crucial, as global climate change as a long-term process cannot be seen.When images are widely distributed, they are able to shape how the world is thought about and seen. It is this implicit basic assumption of the power of images to influence reality that this book addresses: today's images might become the blueprint for tomorrow's realities.(S1(BImage Politics of Climate Change(S0(B combines a wide interdisciplinary range of perspectives and questions, treated here in sixteen interdisciplinary case studies. The author's specializations include both visual practice and theory: in the fields of climate sciences, computer graphics, art, curating, art history and visual studies, communication and cultural science, environmental and science & technology studies. The close interlinking of these viewpoints promotes in-depth insights into issues of production and analysis of climate visualization.
Image Politics of Climate Change features in the following genres: Theory of art, History of art, General and world history, Social and cultural history, Cultural studies, Media studies, Sociology, Politics and government, Central / national / federal government policies
Image Politics of Climate Change is available in Paperback
Image Politics of Climate Change was written by Birgit Schneider, Thomas Nocke and published by Transcript an imprint of transcript
Image Politics of Climate Change has 388 pages
Yes it is part of Image series
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