One way to potentially enrich the image would be to circle the politicians that are mentioned, or somehow make them visible, or annotate their appearance with relevant quotes or quotations of their failures in governance.
This visualisation speaks to toxic politics of apathy or disregard of particular types of measures to protect citizens from the effects of flooding and water scarcity.
This visualization presents political apathy on climate change by showing the political leaders of Tamil Nadu participating in a discrete event: a ritual praying for rain. The critical commentary is dense and layered. If I understand correctly, the critique of political apathy centers on a critique on inadequate governance and infrastructure to address cycles of flooding and drought in chennai. Yet the photo shows political leaders engaged in an action—its effectiveness in doubt—but they are not displaying apathy. The disjunction provocates.
I think the caption could be expanded. As I noted earlier, a whole essay is embedded in this visualization. I would like to see more elaboration of the term, "political apathy" as I think that's such a weighted, rich frame for understanding this image.
This is a found image. It includes a photograph as well as source caption and a "trending" box. The photo is the central focus of critical commentary. I notice one woman in the photograph of dozens of male leaders (political and religious??). Most of the men are wearing white. The woman is in a brightly color sari. One man has a turquoise shirt on and another a tumeric and red colored scarf. They are oriented toward the photography and are gathered around a fire vigorously burning. Most are standing, behind a seated (on the ground) semi-circle of men.
This image is rich with ethnographic import. It is a found image. I would not know how to enrich this image further.
This visualization indexes climate change and political apathy. It is part of a larger photo essay which focuses on global urban coastal places as sites of toxicity. The cycle of flooding and drought in Chennai shape the image and commentary. This visualization is about the toxic politics that surrounds issues of governance and climate change within coastal communities.
This found image from an online news source shows the importance of faith and ritual in India's climate change action and discourse. The ethnographic insight gleaned from this concerns how human traditions intersect with contemporary challenges, specifically in India. The sentiment I get from this image is hopelessness. The men posing for the camera - directing their attention away from the ritual - indicates a kind of non-commital to the issue at hand.
I would like to learn more about the importance of ritual in the face of major climate-related events, and the specific ritual that is being performed here. I think this would give more insight into the awareness of climate change and actions performed by different people to combat or cope with change.
The image is a found image, taken from a news website. The image is carefully cropped, so that the 'trending stories' sidebar is included. The composition therefore encourages distraction away from the main article, towards other things happening simultaneously. The aesthetic is a kind of popular culture aesthetic, which evokes the mechanical response of clicking through, exploring new articles, and not staying for long in one place.
