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Rural Ruins in America’s Climate Change Story: Photojournalism, Perception, and Agency in Shishmaref, Alaska

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This article provides a visual analysis of a set of peopleless photographs taken in 2006 of a falling home erosion in the village of Shishmaref, Alaska, that have been widely circulated in reporting about the relocation of the village due to climate change. It asks whether the visual contract between spectator and absent climate change victim extends beyond an empathetic response to action toward restoring the lost home. The article explores the relationship of contemporary scholarship on postmodern ruination in U.S. Rust Belt cities and the Shishmaref fallen home photograph as a means to analyze the work done by rural ruination.

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  • Victoria Stephanie Herrmann, 2019. "Rural Ruins in America’s Climate Change Story: Photojournalism, Perception, and Agency in Shishmaref, Alaska," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 109(3), pages 857-874, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:raagxx:v:109:y:2019:i:3:p:857-874
    DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2018.1525272
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    1. Stephen Lezak & Genevieve Rock, 2024. "On Micropolitics: Climate adaptation and Indigenous governance in Western Alaska," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 177(9), pages 1-20, September.

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