Moral Publics: Human Trafficking, Video Films and the Responsibility of the Postcolonial Subject
This presentation analyzes the ways in which a Nigerian video film about human trafficking is received by Nigerian women who experienced trafficking in their migration itinerary to Italy. This radically contextualized case study is used as a methodological “lockpick” to open up new lines of enquiry into the relationship that southern Nigerian video films create with their audiences. I argue that, by virtue of their specific “addressivity” (Barber 2007), the genre of Nigerian video films that focus on female migration and prostitution participates in the creation of moral publics that are concerned with the definition of the postcolonial subject’s responsibility in shaping his/her own destiny.
Reference:
We-A09 Celebrating the Work of Karin Barber 6-P-002
Presenter/s:
Alessandro Jedlowski
Presentation type:
Panel
Room:
Arts – Lecture Room 6
Chair/s:
Rouven Kunstmann
Date:
Wednesday, 12 September
Time:
15:45 - 16:00
Session times:
15:30 - 17:00