Subject: Re: Harm, crime and injustice: Photography
competition call for entries
competition for more. Enid
HI... It makes me sad in a way to see this
competition. What it
generates
is more hate, more fear, and more concern that
crime is everywhere... be
every day.. Mary
Dear Colleague,
What is crime? Photography Competition
Help us to challenge common sense thinking
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/whatiscrime.html
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies is proud
to launch a new
photography competition 'What is crime?' which
seeks to explore how we
view
harm, crime and injustice. We are writing to ask
you to consider
incorporating
this initiative into your classes or to encourage
your students to take
part.
You may also be interested in participating
yourself!
Launched today, the OWhat is crime?š photography
competition seeks to
challenge common sense thinking by seeking
innovative submissions of
images
of 'crime' and the 'criminal'. Violent events
caused by businesses and the
state; hidden violence against women, children
and the elderly; the way in
which poverty injures, hurts and kills; the
impact of environmental
pollution
all of these rarely attract the same level of
political and public concern
as Oconventionalš crime. So, rather than the
usual law and order images of
police, prison and judges, the competition
invites entries which stimulate
thinking about harm, injustice and crime
around the themes of financial
harm
and inequality; environmental harm and; different
forms of violence.
Open to members of the public, students and
campaigners, amateur and
professional photographers alike, the competition
represents an innovative
way
of intervening in public debates about justice
and will seek creative,
moving
or
funny images. This is an opportunity for you
and/or your students to
contribute visually to this exploration of harm,
crime and injustice. If
you
would
like to promote the competition, like paper or
electronic versions of our
flyers,
or have any queries, please email me at this
address.
Entry is via our website only and closes on March
1st 2009. More
information
about the competition can be viewed here
leaflet, click here
As part of our wider 'What is crime?' initiative
we are also publishing a
series of
briefing papers and holding a number of events;
you may have come across
our publication earlier this year by Professor
Steve Tombs and Dr Dave
Whyte
on injuries at work was the first briefing (under
the violence strand),
and
we're
also planning a lecture on structural violence
and human insecurity to be
given
by Dr David Roberts early next year. We're in the
process of commissioning
a
number of other papers on environmental harm and
financial harm. More
details
Please feel free to pass this to any friends or
colleagues you feel might
be
interested.
Best regards, Anna
Anna Gilmour
Competition Coordinator
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
King's College, London
Strand
London WC2R 2LS
Tel: 020 7848 1677
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at
Kingšs College London is an
independent charity that informs and educates
about all aspects of crime
and
criminal justice. We provide information, produce
research and carry out
policy
analysis to encourage and facilitate an
understanding of the complex
nature of
issues concerning crime. We are a membership
organisation working with
practitioners, policy makers, academics and
students, the media and
voluntary
sector, offering a programme of events,
publications and online resources.
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