2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the Actuality of Photography and History : Democracy Seen Through Contemporary American Photographs
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21720033
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Aesthetics/Art history
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| Research Institution | Gunma Prefectural Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
HIDAKA Yu 群馬県立女子大学, 文学部英米文化学科, 准教授 (70404910)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 写真 / アクチュアリティ / デモクラシー / 歴史 / アメリカ / メディア / 表象 / 映像文化 |
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| Research Abstract |
In this study on the actuality of photography and history, I proved that pain experienced through photographic images can be an important moment for us, its viewers, when history presents itself to us. First, Based on my plan to pursue this study, I constructed a framework to analyze how the actuality of history comes to touch us with the help of conceptions molded by such thinkers as Walter Benjamin and Eduardo Cadava. By using these conceptions as hints, I then analyzed photographs to show the appearance of historical actuality on them. In the final year, I concluded that historical actuality comes to appear through photographic images when they let us touch a historical aspect not by depicting it but by inviting us to experience the moment of history, live.
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