The political relevance of ‘almost trivial-looking things’. An interview with Theo van Leeuwen (ENG)

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• dc.contributor.author Oliva, Mercè
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-17T08:47:34Z
• dc.date.available 2024-10-17T08:47:34Z
• dc.date.issued 2019
• dc.date.modified 2019-12-02T17:25:15Z
• dc.description.abstract In this interview, Theo van Leeuwen reflects on the role of social semiotics and iconography as research methods for identifying the ideology conveyed by multimodal texts and signifying practices. Van Leeuwen defends the relevance of analyzing and understanding what seems trivial and apolitical, such as images, toys, PowerPoint presentations and spaces, all of which shape our worldview and establish the possibilities and limits of social practices and relationships, as well as their role in legitimating (or challenging) the social order. The last section of the interview is devoted to an analysis of overtly political images: van Leeuwen talks about how politicians present themselves to the media in the current era of politainment; reflects on how social movements use the visual to stir up debate and challenge dominant discourses and, finally, he discusses memes as examples of popular humor and participatory culture and their potential and limitations in terms of challenging and fostering social change.
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• dc.identifier http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Comparativecinema/article/view/cc.2019.v7.i12.05
• dc.identifier 2604-9821
• dc.identifier 10.31009/cc.2019.v7.i12.05
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/62246
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Universitat Pompeu Fabra
• dc.relation.haspart Comparative Cinema, 2019, Vol. 7, Núm. 12 (2019): Iconographies in the public sphere. Fiction devices in the representation of power, p. 69-90
• dc.relation.haspart Comparative Cinema, 2019, Vol 7, No 12 (2019): Iconographies in the public sphere. Fiction devices in the representation of power, p. 69-90
• dc.relation.haspart Comparative Cinema, 2019, Vol. 7, Núm. 12 (2019): Iconographies in the public sphere. Fiction devices in the representation of power, p. 69-90
• dc.relation.haspart http://www.raco.cat/index.php/Comparativecinema/article/view/cc.2019.v7.i12.05/446772
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• dc.source.uri RACO (Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert)
• dc.title The political relevance of ‘almost trivial-looking things’. An interview with Theo van Leeuwen (ENG)
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