Visualizing Resistance
Between Hamas Violent Hostage Liberation Scenes and Palestinian Citizens’ Narratives on Instagram During the Gaza Conflict
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21435239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Souzana Mizan (0000-0002-8818-5403, Universidade Federal de São Paulo), Daniel De Mello Ferraz (0000-0002-8483-2423, Universidade de São Paulo) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 212-231 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cadernos de Linguagem e Sociedade (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-9712 • E-ISSN: 2179-4790 |
| Publisher | Biblioteca Central da UNB (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.26512/les.v26i1.58079 |
| OpenAlex | W7164818596 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article investigates the visual strategies employed by Palestinian citizens amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, focusing on how Instagram is used to challenge hegemonic media narratives that predominantly highlight violent hostage liberation scenes. As modern and humanist epistemologies increasingly reimagine Gaza/conflict zone as a commodified real estate venture and resort, this study examines how visual language becomes a tool for resisting colonization and oppression. Drawing on Southern epistemologies (Sousa Santos, 2018), the analysis highlights locally rooted visual semiotics that convey the lived experiences of Gazans. Through visual digital ethnography and visual literacy (Mizan; Ferraz, 2021), the study reveals how these audiovisual materials foster a decolonial perspective, subverting Western media representations and amplifying the voices of marginalized communities. This research ultimately contributes to the Southernization of Applied Linguistics by foregrounding alternative visual discourses that challenge colonial and capitalist commodification of the region and reassert local narratives of resistance
Commodification · Ethnography · Foregrounding · Hegemony · Narrative · Resistance (ecology) · Semiotics · Visual culture · Visual language · Visual Literacy · Multilingual Education and Policy · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Public Spaces through Art
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |