Expanding our Vocabulary - Poverty Pornography

Expanding our Vocabulary – Poverty Pornography

Charities often use exploitative images – now termed as poverty pornography – to raise awareness and money for causes.  However, the idea of a Western “knight in shining armour” devalues the poor, reduces their agency, and presents a dependency on a forgone cup of coffee.  There are ways to draw attention to issues that are not as exploitative. 

Links:

Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_porn

Radi-Aid – Africans for Norway (many links to fabulous satirical videos) https://www.radiaid.com/

Charity Intelligence - https://charityintelligence.ca/index.php

 

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Credits:

Adam Johns – voiceover

Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love