Of Human Seismographs: The Multifaceted Roles of Pictures in the Meaning Making of Earthquakes

This article investigates the multifaceted roles that pictorial representations of the human body have played in earthquake visualizations. From the first conventional repertoires in early modern Europe to the photographic iconographies of the early-twentieth-century United States, human bodies have...

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Main Author: Leikam Susanne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2019-01-01
Series:Open Cultural Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2019-0041