Jan 18, 2024
New article on memes: „Contested Image Practices of Public Shaming“ by Verena Straub
![Two women sit facing each other on a concrete block. It is the same woman, the image is mirrored. She is wearing overalls, her hair is dark and tied back in a bun. There is a purple object in her breast pocket and she is holding a thin white object in her hand, reminiscent of a cable tie. Her eyes are blindfolded with a scarf (left) and a black strip covers her eyes (right).](https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/phil/ikm/kuge/forschung/aktuelle-projekte/bildproteste/ressourcen/bilder/Abergil_MemeSelfreflective.png/@@images/7f772052-8d06-4769-89ca-a68c85c945bf.png)
Variation of Eden-Abergil Meme
In her text „Contested Image Practices of Public Shaming“ Verena Straub analyzes an Internet-meme that emerged in response to a photographic act of shaming against Palestinian detainees, involving a former IDF soldier. A close analysis of the meme’s variations shows that – instead of a collective act of shaming back – the meme creates affective publics that are highly dynamic, politically ambiguous and contested. The text was published in the volume „Affective Formation of Publics. Places, Networks, and Media“, edited by Margreth Lünenborg and Birgitt Röttger-Rössler.