Visual Memory in Grassroots Mobilizations

The Case of the Anti-Corruption Movement of 2011 in India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20087769
AutoresAlice Mattoni (0000-0002-4809-0207, University of Bologna), Anwesha Chakraborty (0000-0002-1681-870X, University of Bologna)
Año2025
Páginas159-180
Fecha de publicación2025-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoCHAPTER
RevistaVisual Memory of Protest (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5117/9789463723275_ch07
OpenAlexW4384303109
ISBN9789463723275
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas21

This chapter investigates the role of images in social movements in activating and nourishing collective memory as a process that has an instant recall value of the past in the present. Using the example of the India Against Corruption movement of 2011–2012, we unpack the role played by visuals as mnemonic devices to trigger and sustain protests and mass mobilizations. Our primary data shows how activists deployed images of Gandhi as well as Gandhi-related visuals to position their campaign within the long tradition of anti-colonial struggles in the country. The chapter contends that images can act as bridges between the present and the past and that they can also contribute to merging different protest waves, hence blurring the lines between past and present

Aesthetics · Art · Business · Cognitive psychology · Collective memory · Colonialism · Grassroots · Historical memory · Language change · Literature · Media studies · Mnemonic · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Recall · Social movement · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Law · Psychology