4e de couv.: Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to <<virtualize>> human targets. This coincides with increased civilian casualties and a perpetuation of the very insecurity these t…
4e de couv.: Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to " virtualize " human targets. This coincides with increased civilian casualties and a perpetuation of the very insecurity these t…
Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to "virtualize" human targets. This coincides with increased civilian casualties and a perpetuation of the very insecurity these technologies are…
"Wars have always been connected to images. From the representation of war on maps, panoramas, and paintings to the modern visual media of photography, film, and digital screens, images have played a central role in representing combat, military strategy, soldiers, and victims. …
The German occupation of France from 1940 to 1945 presented wrenching challenges for the nation's artists and intellectuals. Some were able to flee the country; those who remained, including Gide and Celine, Picasso and Matisse, Cortot and Messiaen, and Cocteau and Gabin, respon…
The Nazis encouraged artistic and intellectual life in occupied France as a tool with which to placate those they had conquered, while French artists and intellectuals often used cultural activity as an overt or covert form of political expression. The Nazi encouragement of cult…