Exam 10: The Global Flow of Visual Culture

Manuel Castells named the use of digital social networks by contemporary social movements a ____________ revolution because interactive and self-configurable communication strategies allow movements to be less hierarchal and more participatory.

In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was beaten to death for supposedly flirting with a white woman at a convenience store. He was beaten so badly that his face was left horrifically disfigured. Till's mother chose to have an open casket funeral for her son, forcing those who saw him to confront the atrocities of racism in America. Widespread images of Till in his casket were credited with galvanizing the civil rights movement. ____________ had a similar iconic effect, prompting broad popular discourse and action in a social movement.

Why does Jody Berland call the global network of government and military satellites our "satellite panopticon"?

What is one negative repercussion cited by this book of the prevalence of stock photography in news publications?

Which image is used by Nicholas Merzoeff as an example of Anthropocene visuality?

Cuban performance and installation artist Tania Bruguera uses the term Arte Útil (Useful Art) to describe the core of her practice for the past ten years. Initiatives labeled Arte Útil must propose new uses for art within society; challenge the field within which it operates, responding to current urgencies; be implemented and function in real situations; replace authors with initiators and spectators with users; have practical, beneficial outcomes for its users; pursue sustainability while adapting to changing conditions; and reestablish aesthetics as a system of transformation. Whose work from Chapter 10 most closely meets the qualifications for Arte Útil?