Author Archives: emmalbyrne
In the red zone
Australian journalist Martin Chulov tells Peter Clarke about the challenges of reporting from Iraq and the preparations for January’s election While Afghanistan has been centre stage, with its deeply flawed presidential election and the vexed debate about sending in more US troops, … Continue reading
Predators campaign ad
Reporters Without Borders denounces the “Predators of Press Freedom” by releasing its annual list of the worst violators and launching its latest high-profile campaign ad. Reporters Without Borders issued its first predators list in 2001. The aim of these annual … Continue reading
Trip to the British Library Newspaper Archive
I went to the British Library newspaper archive yesterday. I had no idea when I boarded the tube that it was going to take me well over an hour each way and that was just the tube ride. The library … Continue reading
Baghdad: City of Walls, part 1: Scars of war
http://gu.com/p/26q8k Baghdad, a traumatised city, wears its scars as a series of giant walls dividing its neighbourhoods. Ghaith Abdul-Ahad reports from his home town in the first part of his City of Walls video series. There are four parts in … Continue reading
Inge Missmahl brings peace to the minds of Afghanistan
Amazingly inspirational TED talk. What a strong, determined, forward thinking woman. We should all learn from this.
Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon Book
The book entitled Napoleon came about as a direct result of the unused research material Stanley Kubrick collected, in his research for the movie that he dreamed about making but never got the chance to. The colossal volume of research … Continue reading
Inside Iraq: Battle for Haditha Part 1
The Battle of Haditha was a battle fought between U.S. forces and Ansar al-Sunna in early August 2005 on the outskirts of the town of Haditha, Iraq, which was one of the many towns that were under insurgent control in the Euphrates River valley during … Continue reading
Julian Assange on the Afghanistan war logs: ‘They show the true nature of this war’
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, explains why he decided to publish thousands of secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan. http://gu.com/p/2th59
Afghanistan: The War Logs
Afghanistan war logs: Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation • Hundreds of civilians killed by coalition troops • Covert unit hunts leaders for ‘kill or capture’ • Steep rise in Taliban bomb attacks on Nato The war … Continue reading
Death and voyeurism in reporting
Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War By Mark Danner “Why can’t you go somewhere nice for a change?”, complained Mark Danner’s mum about the destinations — Haiti, the Balkans, Iraq — of her son’s 23 years as a foreign correspondent: … Continue reading
Voyeurism in Triage
I came across this movie today called ‘Triage’. It sounds quite interesting and the subject matter is closely related to my Major Project. “If you are intending to see Triage with the expectation of explosions, bullets and savage scenes depicting … Continue reading
American voyeurism in post-war Iraq
Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad’s Green Zone Narratives of American misadventure during the occupation and its aftermath continue to emerge out of Iraq as journalists publish candid accounts that are, at times, even jaw-dropping. The lethal cauldron … Continue reading
How the camera has made us all voyeurs
(Image: Susan Meiselas/Magnum/Amador Gallery/Tate Modern) Are you a voyeur? Or just a bit nosey? Happier watching from the fringes than in the thick of it? Don’t be too hard on yourself: technology may be to blame, as you’ll see if … Continue reading
War tourism
War tourism is a term the media uses to describe the idea of recreational travel to war zones for purposes of sightseeing and superficial voyeurism. War tourist is also a pejorative term to describe thrill seeking in dangerous and forbidden places. There has … Continue reading
The Power of Watching: The Everyday Voyeur in Popular Culture
Tiling Books
Tiling Books Author/Design Concept: Pete Sampson Binding: Perfect-bound by hand “These books are explorations into objects and processes that are defined by their context. They make little sense unless they are juxtaposed together so that their meanings become clear. Nine books were … Continue reading
Tate Modern talk: Violence and Representation
Last Saturday I attended a discussion in Tate Modern called Violence and Representation. It’s the first time i’ve attended a Tate ‘talk’ before and was unsure of what to expect. It turned out to be really inspirational and completely relevant … Continue reading