illustrating politics: beyond the clichés john parkinson, associate professor of public policy
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ILLUSTRATING POLITICS:Beyond the clichésJohn Parkinson, Associate Professor of Public Policy
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The situation
Politics textbooks, websites, lecture slides, brochures and banners all with the same visual material
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... showing a limited idea of “politics”
Legislatures Guns Globes
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But politics is more than that
Power and influence Institutions,
networks, governance, governmentality
Ideas, norms, values, beliefs
Macro political-economic structures and discourses
We undermine this broad conception by the limited visual cues we send
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Problem:
How do we illustrate ideas like:
governance discourse power without resorting
to clichés or dull, lifeless images?
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Painting
Pros Artists often already thinking in
conceptual terms Some good digital libraries online (eg,
the Tate)Cons Need to pay for the rights
and prices vary enormously
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“Deliberation”
The Discussion (1959-60) by Renato Guttuso © DACS 2006; photo © Tate London 2005.
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“Public space”
Hard to get it just right Only one person here Illustrates “space”... ...but not “public” so
well
Alcañiz (1961) by Tristram Hillier © Estate of Tristram Hillier 2010; photo © Tate London 2010.
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Tips for using paintings
Go modern classical portraits and
landscapes don’t stand out less likely to get budget
approved Go for obscure artists rather
than household names more affordable!
Secure worldwide, all-format rights costs a little more, but worth
it
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Photography
Pros Commission shots to get exactly what you want Lots of downloadable sources
some with free licenses eg, Creative Commons (Wikimedia); Flickr
Cons Free shots variable quality
not well-composed not well-lit or well-exposed poor resolution not attempting to illustrate a concept
Professional work can be expensive (eg, Getty Images)
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“Control”
Surveillance cameras, Singapore. Photo by ‘Isderion’, licensed by Creative Commons 3.0
Barricades at Union Square, San Francisco © BrokenSphere / Wikimedia Commons
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“Sharing space”
‘Ricoloop’ at the Bern Street Music Festival 2007. Photo Philipp Zinniker, licensed by Creative Commons.
Mission district, San Francisco. Photo © Jack Simon, by permission.
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Photography tips
It is not just about recording an event, it is illustrating an idea
Avoid “grip and grin” Pay a photographer
who understands lighting, composition, focus (!), etc
Give a sense of place, not just talking heads
US Department of the Army award ceremony. Photo public domain.
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Other approaches
Cartoons Abstract
graphics Textual
design Graphs
Graph of the destruction of Napoleon’s Grande Armée
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It takes time
What slows you down Permissions - essential and often
overlooked... but in my experience, very often granted Online archive searching
pictures rarely categorized according to our categories
But it is worth it more effective communication of what we
do better sales!
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Further reading
Edward Tufte Beautiful Evidence (2006) The Visual Display of Quantitative
Information (2001) Envisioning Information (1991)