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"The point of departure of this book is a phenomenon which is often referred to as the 'return of the religious', a recent but apparently ubiquitous phenomenon which does not fit the modernist axiom of secularisation, neither in the 'developed' nor the 'developing' worlds. In Africa, the last two decades have witnessed a remarkable and steady increase in the spread and reinforcement of occult and paranormal phenomena. The reports on these developments are not restricted to specific countries or areas; they cover the whole continent and surface in the most diverse images, media, stories and rumours. The credence accorded to them has become an important factor that shapes social relationships in everyday life, economic and political actions, medical decisions and religious adherence."--Publisher's description

Image testimonies witnessing in times of social media / Kerstin Schankweiler, Verena Straub, Tobias Wendl -- Epistemologies of testimonies -- Credibility in crisis : contradictions of web video witnessing / Sascha Simons -- Affective images and the political trial / Jonas Bens -- In conversation: fearless filming¿video footage from syria since 2011 / Marianna Liosi with Guevara Namer and Amer Matar -- Affective witnessing -- "Moroccan lives matter" : practices and politics of affecting / Kerstin Schankweiler -- Drone's-eye view : affective witnessing and technicities of perception / Michael Richardson -- Social media practices -- Photographic witnessing, the occupation, and palestinian politics / Simon Faulkner -- Witnessing to survive : selfie videos, live mobile witnessing and black necropolitics / Penelope Papailias -- Eye, flesh, world : three modes of digital witnessing / Paul Frosh -- Witnessing destruction -- "Living martyrs" : testifying what is to come / Verena Straub -- Testimonies to a new social order : the islamic state's iconic iconoclasm / Christoph Günther, Tom Bioly -- From cape town to timbuktu : iconoclastic testimonies in the age of social media / Tobias Wendl -- List of contributors

Recent political conflicts signal an increased proliferation of image testimonies shared widely via social media. Although witnessing with and through images is not a phenomenon of the internet era, contemporary digital image practices and politics have significantly intensified the affective economies of image testimonies. This volume traces the contours of these conditions and develops a conception of image testimony along four areas of focus. The first and second section of this volume reflects the discussion of image testimonies as an interplay of evidential qualities and their potential to express affective relationalities and emotional involvement. The third section focuses on the question of how social media technologies shape and subsequently are shaped by image testimonies. To further complicate the ethical position of the witness, the final section looks at image testimony at the intersection of creation and destruction, taking into account the perspectives of different actors and their opposed moral positions. With an emphasis on the affectivity of these images, Image Testimonies provides new and so far overlooked insights in the field. It will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Sociology and Social Policy, Media and Communications, Visual Arts and Culture and Middle East Studies.

Selbstmordattentate werden seit jeher von Bildern begleitet und durch diese bestimmt. Von Märtyrerpostern über Videotestamente bis hin zu Computersimulationen und Livestreams vom Tatort - die Bildproduktionen der Milizen sind auf vielfältige Weise an der Tat beteiligt und müssen als Akteure im politischen Feld ernstgenommen werden. Verena Straub zeigt erstmals die Geschichte sogenannter Märtyrerzeugnisse auf, die seit den 1970er Jahren in diversen politischen Kontexten operieren. In zahlreichen Falluntersuchungen analysiert sie deren ästhetische und mediale Bandbreite, ihre Handlungsdimensionen und Genderpolitiken, ihre künstlerischen Aneignungen und ethischen Herausforderungen.