Understanding Visuality in Global Politics. A Multidisciplinary Conversation on Theories, Methodologies and Research Practices

全球政治中的视觉理解研究网络将建立一个关于视觉理论、方法和研究实践的多学科对话。我们计划举办四个研讨会，以便为这种交流提供智力空间。网络参与者将合作出版两本编辑过的卷，一本是德文，一本是英文。该网络由来自德国和荷兰的12名专门从事政治学和国际关系的研究人员组成。与会者在使用视觉人工制品和表现方面经验丰富，并就中心目标达成一致，即多学科对话是必要的，以促进关于全球政治中视觉的理论、方法和研究实践知识。来自哲学、艺术史、视觉人类学、视觉社会学、媒体和文化研究等学科的国内外学者将参加讲习班，以便与网络成员分享他们的专业知识和研究经验。最后的研讨会将在柏林举行，作者将在那里介绍单章。讲习班还将举办展览，以提高社会行动者和公民对视觉表现(例如恐怖主义、移徙和气候变化)可能产生的政治后果的认识。

The research network Understanding Visuality in Global Politics will establish a multidisciplinary conversation about visual theories, methodologies and research practices. We are planning four workshops in order to provide the intellectual space for such an exchange. The network participants will cooperatively publish two edited volumes, one in German and one in English. The network consists of 12 researchers from Germany and the Netherlands specialized in political science and International Relations. The participants are experienced in working with visual artefacts and representations and agree on the central goal, that a multidisciplinary conversation is necessary, in order to advance the theoretical, methodological, and research practical knowledge about visuality in global politics. National and international scholars from disciplines such as philosophy, art history, visual anthropology, visual sociology, media and cultural studies will join the workshops in order their expertise and research experiences with the network members. The final workshop is supposed to take place in Berlin, where the single chapters will be presented by the authors. The workshop will be accompanied by an exhibition to sensitize societal actors and citizens for the political consequences visual representations (for example terrorism, migration and climate change) might have.