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Visualising Justice

The Politics of Working With Children’s Drawings

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To set aside the sympathy we extend to others beset by war and murderous politics for a reflection on how our privileges are located on the same map as their suffering, and may—in ways we prefer not to imagine—be linked to their suffering, as the wealth of some may imply the destitution of others, is a task for which the painful, stirring images supply only an initial spark. (Sontag, 2003, p. 76)

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  1. Lara Bober
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. North-West University, South Africa

    Linda Theron

  2. McGill University, Canada

    Claudia Mitchell

  3. University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Claudia Mitchell

  4. University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    Ann Smith

  5. McGill University, Canada

    Ann Smith

  6. University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Jean Stuart

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Bober, L. (2011). Visualising Justice. In: Theron, L., Mitchell, C., Mitchell, C., Smith, A., Smith, A., Stuart, J. (eds) Picturing Research. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-596-3_5

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