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
Connect with Tanya Hewitt on LinkedIn
Buy her a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tanyah
Credits:
Adam Johns – voiceover
Beverley McKiver – composer and player of the music Tell Me About Love
