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SUMMARY:Rebel Lives\, photographs from inside the Lord's Resistance Army -
  Kristof Titeca\, University of Antwerp
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CONTACT:Victoria Jones
DESCRIPTION:Why and how do rebels take photographs\, and which functions d
 o photos serve within a rebel movement? This is the central question of my
  presentation\, which will reflect on my recently published book and exhib
 ition 'Rebel Lives. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) from the inside.' Thi
 s project is mainly based on photographs taken by commanders from the Lord
 's Resistance Army between 2001 and 2004\, and which I have been collectin
 g over a number of years. Based on fieldwork among the (surviving) portray
 ed rebels which were traced and identified\, this presentation will deal w
 ith issues of representation and functionality of these photos\, on both a
 n individual- and group-level. The project therefore is not only a visual 
 record of the everydayness of living in a violent rebel movement\, but all
 ows to reflect on broader issues: one the one hand\, these photographs all
 ow individual rebels to (self) represent themselves in ways which are not 
 different from non-militarized environments - emphasising issues such as m
 asculinity or femininity\, and so on. On the other hand\, these photograph
 s are not only a form representation\, but also reflect and entrench wider
  power structures within the rebel movement. Concretely\, they serve a var
 iety of other functions\, which are not only military\, but also as a tool
  of (positive and negative) socialisation.
LOCATION:Seminar Room S1 Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge
  CB3 9DT
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